"Your Petitioner Nancy a mulatto woman, lately the Slave of T. Lee Smith late of said County decd., who has been invested with the privileges & immunities of a free person of color by the last will & Testament of said T. Lee Smith duly proven in open court and admitted to record by order of your worshipful Court this day rendered, begs leaves to say to your worships, that for the reason that She respects and is attached to the citizens of this County and is well assured of kind treatment at their hands so long as she continues worthy of the same, which it is her wish and purpose to merit by good conduct, She is desirous of living in this county of Shelby, and therefore prays of the court the privilege of remaining and residing in the same upon the terms & conditions set forth in the laws of the State of Tennessee." [transcription of petition]
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Memphis and Shelby County Archives, Memphis, Tennessee
