Fifty-nine citizens of Sumner County request that James Tuppence, a free man of color, be allowed to remain in the state. They report that the said Tuppence "was bound during his minority to a citizen of Granville County North Carolina" and that "his parents with the balance of the family removed to this State" from North Carolina and have resided in Sumner County "for upwards of Thirty years." The petitioners further reveal that Tuppence, "being actuated by a pious desire of being near to his aged Father, and Kindred," removed to Tennessee in 1837 "having no knowledge that there were any legal restrictions" to his spending "here the remnant of his days." Averring that he and his family have "irreproachable character," they pray that "by special act of the Legislature [James Tuppence] be permitted to reside within the State of Tennessee."
Result: Referred to committee.
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Repository: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee
