One hundred sixty-one residents of Hamilton County seek permission for Parlour Washington and his wife, Celicia, to remain in Tennessee. They point out that the Virginia couple was “in the year 1840 ... emancipated, and freed from bondage as slaves." They further attest that the "said Parlour is a good industrious Mechanic, in the arts & trades of Tanner and Currier of leather, and also a good Shoe Boot and harness maker, and his Said mechanical Services [are] much needed and required by the Citizens in the section of Country." Averring that Parlour and Celicia boast a "good name, fame and reputation, as moral religious and upright persons," the petitioners pray "the enactment of a law specially permitting said Parlour Washington & his wife Celicia to remain as legal Citizens of this County."
Result: Judiciary committee: "inexpedient".
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Repository: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee
