Petition #21485060

• Shelby County, Tennessee. June 3, 1850. - June 3, 1850.
• Court: County
• Salutation: To the worshipful the County Court of Shelby County

Abstract

Maria Batt, a free woman of color, requests permission to remain in Tennessee. She asserts that "she was emancipated by the will of her master James austin of Giles County in the year 1840." Noting that "she has sisters & brother in said state & has procured herself a Comfortable home," Batt asks the court to grant her permission to continue "her citizenship of" Tennessee.

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Bond, Maria Batt, et al., to the State of Tennessee, 3 June 1850
• Pages of related documents: 1

2 people are documented within petition 21485060

• 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
• Property owners (Black)
• State residency issues (FPOC)