21279708https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/21279708North CarolinaPerquimansCounty21797County1114North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North CarolinaTwelve residents of Perquimans County request that Doctor Tom be permitted to free his wife Philliss for "Merritorious Services." She is "very Servicable in the neighbourhood both as a Midwife and Doctress," they explain, and has performed "Some Surpriseing Cures." The petitioners inform the court that Doctor Tom had purchased his wife.Purchased own family (FPOC)owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slaveEnslaver (FPOC)Skills (enslaved)Medical treatmentFrees own family (FPOC)