11682307https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11682307VirginiaFauquierCounty4121823Legislative6121823Legislativebill drawn213Library of Virginia, Richmond, VirginiaFree 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.Purchased own family (FPOC)owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slaveEnslaver (FPOC)State residency issues (FPOC)Frees own family (FPOC)Family kept together (Black)