11681408https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11681408VirginiaRichmondCity21101814Legislativebill drawn046Library of Virginia, Richmond, VirginiaPhilip Hembro Gallego, a free person of color, asks to remain in Virginia to provide "the fostering care and attention ... and the comfort and affection" to his parents, who are "now growing old." He states that Joseph Gallego freed his parents, Hembro and Dilsey Gallego, many years ago and that they purchased and emancipated him in hopes that he might "inherit, possess and enjoy at their death all the property which they now hold or may hereafter acquire." Noting that he is a mechanic, Gallego prays that a law be passed "authorising your Petitioner to remain in the state of Virginia."Purchased own family (FPOC)owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slaveProperty owners (Black)Seniors (FPOC)Occupation (FPOC)Enslaver (FPOC)State residency issues (FPOC)Purchased for emancipation Frees own family (FPOC)Family separated (Black)