Petition #11682307

• Fauquier County, Virginia. December 4, 1823. - December 6, 1823.
• Court: Legislative
• Salutation: To the Honorable the Members of the Virginia Legislature

Abstract

Free black Samuel Johnston seeks to emancipate his wife Patty and daughter Lucy, and asks that they be granted permanent residency in Fauquier County. Through a "life of activity & honesty," he had obtained to means to purchase his family. Related petitions reveal that Samuel Johnston (also called Sam Johnson) was a man of mixed race who had been free as early as 1812.

Result: Bill drawn.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: List of Subscribers; see PARs #11681204, #11681514, #11682004, #11682204, #11683508, #11683709
• Pages of related documents: 2

3 people are documented within petition 11682307

• 1 Free person of color
• 2 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia

• Legislative Petitions

Subjects

• Purchased own family (FPOC)
• owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave
• Enslaver (FPOC)
• State residency issues (FPOC)
• Frees own family (FPOC)
• Family kept together (Black)