Petition #20982404

• Anne Arundel County, Maryland. October 18, 1824. - June 13, 1824.
• Court: County
• Salutation: To the Honourable the Judges of Anne Arundel County Court

Abstract

Wat declares that he is entitled to his freedom but is being "held in slavery by John C. Weems." The petitioner requests that he be discharged from servitude.

Result: Granted; appealed; dismissed.

• Number of petition pages: 1
• Related documents: PAR #20981605; Transcript of Court Record, 18 October--22 October 1824; Will, John Lee Webster, 4 March 1795; Nuncupative Will, John Lee Webster, 12 June 1795; Deed of Manumission, John Lee Webster, 4 February 1793; Clerk's Certification, 22 October 1824; Correspondence, John C. Weems to Alexander C. Magruder, 11 June 1828
• Pages of related documents: 14

141 people are documented within petition 20982404

• 137 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner
• 3 Others

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Citation information

Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland

• Schweninger Collection
• Page: 31
• Microfilm: M 11014

Subjects

• owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave
• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• Freedom seekers
• Theft by enslaved
• Term slavery
• Inventory (enslaved)