21485839https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/21485839TennesseeWilliamsonCounty10111858Circuit000011Williamson County Preservation of Records and Archives, Franklin, TennesseeSarah Cheatham, a free woman of color, "represents unto your Honor that she desires to go into slavery." Eighteen-year-old Cheatham declares that she has chosen a resident of Williamson County "to be her Owner." She prays "your Honor to grant this petition."Voluntary enslavement