Petition #21685621

• Lancaster County, Virginia. cicra November 1856. - April 15, 1857.
• Court: Circuit
• Salutation: To the Honourable Judge of the Circuit Court of Lancaster County

Abstract

Armistead Currie, a free man of color, represents "that he desires to choose a master or owner pursuant to the provisions of an act for the voluntary enslavement of the free negroes of the Commonwealth, passed February 18th 1856." Citing that he is over twenty-one years old and a resident of the county, Currie prays "that the court will cause to be taken the necessary steps pursuant to the provisions of the act aforesaid to enable him to choose the said Addison Hall as his master or owner."

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Summonses, Addison Hall and Armistead Currie, 5 March 1857; Acknowledgment, Addison Hall, 6 March 1857; Sheriff's Return, 6 March 1857; Summonses, William Henderson and James Hurst, 5 March 1857; Sheriff's Return, 10 March 1857; Clerk's Affidavit, 15 April 1857; Order, 15 April 1857; Bond, Addison Hall and Thomas Dunaway, 15 April 1857
• Pages of related documents: 10

2 people are documented within petition 21685621

• 1 Free person of color
• 1 Petitioner
• 1 Other

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Citation information

Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia

• Circuit Court Papers, Judgments

Subjects

• Voluntary enslavement