Petition #21485157

• Shelby County, Tennessee. cicra September 1851. - circa September 1851.
• Court: County
• Salutation: To the worshipful the County Court of Shelby County Tennessee

Abstract

William H. Carroll seeks to emancipate a slave named John Brown. Carroll asserts that John is a faithful servant, who "has labored and worked industriously-- and has fully paid and discharged the whole amount of his value to your petitioner." "For these reasons, your petitioner would respectfully pray that Said slave John Brown may be emancipated."

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 1
• Related documents: PAR #21485158; Decree, ca. September 1851; Order, ca. September 1851; Chairman's Report, ca. September 1851
• Pages of related documents: 2

2 people are documented within petition 21485157

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: Memphis and Shelby County Archives, Memphis, Tennessee

• Records of the County Court, Emancipations

Subjects

• owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave
• State residency issues (FPOC)