Petition #21485551

• Shelby County, Tennessee. August 6, 1855. - August 6, 1855.
• Court: County
• Salutation: To the County court of Shelby County Tennessee August Term 1855

Abstract

William Wheatley requests that freedom papers be issued to Thomas Rachford, the former slave of Joseph Rachford. Wheatley informs the court that, on 29 December 1852, "Thomas Rachford, now a freeman of color, contracted for his freedom, with his master Joseph Rachford who is now deceased." The petitioner "prays that the said Thomas Rachford may be Emancipated and that he may have issued to him ... a certificate of such Emancipation."

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Deed of Emancipation, Joseph Ratchford to Thomas, 29 December 1852; Order, 6 August 1855; Bond, William Wheatley, et al., to the State of Tennessee, 6 August 1855
• Pages of related documents: 3

3 people are documented within petition 21485551

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner
• 1 Other

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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
• Freedom papers
• Purchase of freedom
• Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)