Petition #21484803

• Shelby County, Tennessee. February 7, 1848. - February 7, 1848.
• Court: County
• Salutation: To the Worshipful the Justices of the County Court of Shelby County

Abstract

David H. Jones, a recently emancipated free person of color, seeks permission to remain in Shelby County, Tennessee. He submits "that he is engaged in a ... profitable business and is making a support for himself -- that he has been and still is a preacher amongst the Colored people in this section of country." Noting "that he has a wife a slave living in said County with whom he wishes to live," Jones "prays your worships that he have permission ... to remain and reside in the said County of Shelby."

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 1
• Related documents: Bond, David H. Jones, et al., to the Chairman of the County Court of Shelby County, Tennessee, 7 February 1848
• Pages of related documents: 1

2 people are documented within petition 21484803

• 1 Free person of color
• 1 Petitioner
• 1 Other

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Citation information

Repository: Memphis and Shelby County Archives, Memphis, Tennessee

• Records of the County Court

Subjects

• owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave
• Occupation (FPOC)
• State residency issues (FPOC)
• Church, right to attend