Thomas Walker Jr. asks that his mulatto slave William Beck be emancipated. Walker states that he purchased Beck from the heirs of the late Major Thomas Meriwether for seventy pounds. He further cites that Beck "has during his servitude behaved in a most exemplary manner" and has served "under Colo Charles Lewis in several campaigns to the northward." Noting that Beck has paid him back the said seventy pounds, the petitioner prays that "your honl house would declare the said William Beck to be free."
Result: Reasonable; bill drawn.
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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
