11683704https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11683704VirginiaNottowayCounty2721837Legislativereferred to Committee for Courts of Justice103Library of Virginia, Richmond, VirginiaThe administrator of the estate of the late Matthew Anderson asks that Anderson's widow and children be permitted to transport their slaves to the west. She has nine children--six daughters and three sons, the oldest being about twenty. A friend is moving to the West, and the widow is anxious to go. Her slaves include two women and five men. In Virginia, four of the men hire for about $300 a year, while in Alabama or Mississippi, five men would hire for $1,500.Seniors (enslaved)Westward migrationSkills (enslaved)