Petition #21485047

• Shelby County, Tennessee. July 1, 1850. - July 1, 1850.
• Court: County
• Salutation: To the Honr County Court of Shelby County July Term 1850

Abstract

Martha Hines, a free woman of color, requests permission to remain in Shelby County, Tennessee. She declares that she "has been a resident of the state of Tennessee since 1830." Noting that "her said husband is now engaged in a profitable business in this state & cannot well leave," Hines "prays that your worshipful body will grant her and her three children permission to remain in the state."

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: PAR #21485046; Bond, Martha Hines, et al., to the State of Tennessee, 1 July 1850
• Pages of related documents: 2

5 people are documented within petition 21485047

• 5 Free persons of color
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: Memphis and Shelby County Archives, Memphis, Tennessee

• Memphis and Shelby County Archives

Subjects

• State residency issues (FPOC)