21485344https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/21485344TennesseeShelbyCounty441853County441853Countygranted012Memphis and Shelby County Archives, Memphis, TennesseeBob Price, a free man of color, requests to remain in Shelby County, Tennessee. Explaining that he "has this day been emancipated by your Worships," Price submits that he "now desires to be allowed to remain in this County and State where he has lived so long." Price "promises, that if allowed to remain, he will demean himself properly, as he has ever endeavored to do," noting that he "had rather remain a slave than be compelled to leave" his home.Purchased own family (FPOC)owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slaveState residency issues (FPOC)Purchased for emancipation