11682508https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11682508VirginiaEssexCounty15121825Legislative311826Legislativerejected024Library of Virginia, Richmond, VirginiaIn 1822, Dillard Gordon, a free man of color, married Floreal Floretta, a woman of color, then about seventeen years of age. The daughter of a white man, Floreal had been emancipated in 1814, as provided for in the will of her father, Philip Henshaw, who bequeathed her half of his estate. Citing that said property will prevent her from becoming a burden to the county, the petitioner prays that she be permitted to remain in the state.owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slaveBequest (enslaved)Occupation (FPOC)Caribbean Islands, migration from/toState residency issues (FPOC)Theft by enslavedInterracial relationships