J. W. Faris "wishes to emancipate his negro man named Aleck McCoull." Faris reports that "said negro man Aleck has paid for himself, and his submissive, orderly and industrious conduct entitle him to his freedom." Faris further believes that "said boy is honest and obedient and ... will never, if emancipated, be guilty of a breach of the peace, or become chargeable to the county." The petitioner "humbly pray your Worships to decree that the said Aleck McCoull be emancipated, and restored to all the rights and privileges of a free person of color in as full and ample a manner as if he had been born free."
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Memphis and Shelby County Archives, Memphis, Tennessee
