David Currin seeks permission to emancipate a thirty-six-year-old slave named Bob Price. He reveals that Price, "desirous of his freedom, was purchased by his wife, one Milly Swan, a free woman of colour ... from his former owner, for that purpose; and the said Milly Swan subsequently conveyed Bob to your Petitioner, under a promise & in consideration that he would liberate him." Currin contends that "Bob's many good qualities, moral and industrious habits, and obedient and submissive deportment" make him "a fit subject for emancipation." Confident that Bob "will give no trouble or offence to white citizens of the County and state," Currin prays "that an order be made emancipating said slave."
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Memphis and Shelby County Archives, Memphis, Tennessee
