Petition #21281505

• Craven County, North Carolina. cicra March 1815. - circa March 1815.
• Court: County

Abstract

Reuben Callaway, a free person of color, seeks to emancipate his wife Ruth. Local citizens subscribing to Reuben's petition inform the court that he is possessed of "considerable other property."

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: PAR #21281705; Affidavit, David Whitford, et al., March 1815
• Pages of related documents: 0

2 people are documented within petition 21281505

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Free person of color
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina

• Records of the County Court, Slaves and Free Negroes 1775-1861

Subjects

• owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave
• Property owners (Black)
• Enslaver (FPOC)
• Frees own family (FPOC)
• Family kept together (Black)