Martin M. Price, the jailer of Louisa County, represents that he committed to his jail a woman of color named Milly as a runaway slave on 31 January 1823. Milly said she was the property of one Mr. Finlay of Richmond, but after sustained inquiries conducted by Price, no Mr. Finlay acknowledging himself as Milly's owner could be found, nor did any one else claimed her as his or her property. Price believes that Milly, an old person afflicted with several disabilities, also suffered from "severe mental derangement." There was also some speculation that Milly had been set free in Richmond and was trying to go back to Alexandria where she had been a slave. Eventually she "disappeard" and most thought she had "strayed off [and] died." No owner "has ever inquired for her." The jailer wants to be reimbursed for expenses incurred during Milly's confinement in his jail.
Result: Rejected; reported.
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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
