Eliza Thompson, a free woman of color, requests permission to remain in Shelby County, Tennessee. She explains that her brother, Phillip, recently applied for her emancipation and the emancipation of her two sons and that "she is anxious to remain with her brother, who has been disabled by afflictions to pursue his trade." In this way, Thompson asserts that she will be able to aid "him to procure a living, and therby repay as far as she can the debt of gratitude which she owes him for purchasing the freedom of her self and children." The petitioner "prays your Worshipful court to grant her the privilege of remaining, with her two children, in this state."
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Memphis and Shelby County Archives, Memphis, Tennessee
