Petition #21586103

• Travis County, Texas. September 10, 1861. - circa 0 .
• Court: District
• Salutation: To the Honl. A. W. Terrell Judge of the second Judicial District in and for the State of Texas

Abstract

Rachel Hamilton, a "free person of african descent," petitions the court to "render a judgement and Decree" allowing her and her two-year-old son, Jim, to "be enslaved to" John D. Bowen of Travis County in accordance with the law passed by the state legislature in 1858.

• Number of petition pages: 3
• Related documents: Summons, John D. Bowen, 11 September 1861; Citation, Rachel Hamilton, 11 September 1861; Summons, Aaron Burleson, 9 October 1861
• Pages of related documents: 4

2 people are documented within petition 21586103

• 2 Free persons of color
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: Travis County Courthouse, Austin, Texas

• Records of the District Court
• Microfilm: Reel #2

Subjects

• Voluntary enslavement
• Family kept together (Black)