Petition #20484702

• Washington County, District of Columbia. January 22, 1847. - January 22, 1847.
• Court: Circuit
• Salutation: To the Honorable the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia for Washington County. Sitting in Chancery

Abstract

Winny Cryer asserts that she and her child, Turner, have been living in Washington as free people for more than twelve years. Elizabeth Cocke has now claimed Cryer and her child as slaves. Cryer believes that Cocke, or her agent, Peter E. Hoffman, is planning to sell them out of the county of Washington. She states that she has filed a petition for her freedom and that of her child and seeks an injunction to prevent Cocke from selling them beyond the jurisdiction of the court.

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 3
• Related documents: PAR #20484703; Oath, Mary McDonald, 22 January 1847; Injunction, Elizabeth Cocke and Peter Hoffman, 22 January 1847
• Pages of related documents: 2

5 people are documented within petition 20484702

• 2 Enslaved
• 2 Defendants
• 2 Petitioners
• 1 Other

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Citation information

Repository: National Archives, Washington, D. C.

• Records of the United States Circuit Court, Chancery Dockets and Rule Case Files
• Record group: 21
• Folder: 20

Subjects

• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• Virtually free (enslaved)