Hanover County, VA Slavery-related Petitions to the Legislature

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Hanover County
Slavery-related Petitions to the Legislature

The originals of these documents are housed at the Library of Virginia

Petitioner

Locality

Date

Description

Austin, Mary

Hanover County

1817/12/02

Ask that her slave Amanda may be emancipated when she reaches the age of eighteen.

Bell, John

Hanover County

1821/12/20

Trustee & executor of Reuben Howard, deceased, asks for a law authorizing the sale of his land and to remove his slaves from the Commonwealth.

Birch, Henry

Hanover County

1810/12/20

Free negro asks for a law authorizing his sons John & Bond Birch, slaves whom he purchased from William Dandridge Claiborne of King William County, to reside within the Commonwealth.

Chapman, Richard

Hanover County

1784/06/12

Administrator of the estate of John Carter asks that the Auditors be directed to issue him a sum of money for the value of a slave belonging to the estate and sentenced to be hung.

Citizens

Hanover County

1831/12/11

Ask for the total prohibition of emancipation, except upon removal from the state, and the immediate classification of the free blacks, and requiring at stated periods their removal.

Citizens

Hanover County

1831/12/14

Ask for the total prohibition of emancipation, except upon removal from the state, and the immediate classification of the free blacks, and requiring at stated periods their removal.

Citizens

Hanover County

1844/01/16

Ask for an amendment to the law concerning the unlawful assembly of slaves on the Sabbath.

Citizens

Hanover County

1860/01/02

Ask for a law prohibiting more than two dogs to be kept by slaves on any plantation.

Freeholders & Inhabitants

Hanover County

1784/11/16

Ask for a repeal of the act authorizing the manumission of slaves and that no free negro or mulatto may be permitted to pass as a freeman.

Inhabitants & Freeholders

Hanover County

1832/01/30

Ask that their names be withdrawn from a petition to adopt a rule that whenever any attempt is made to provide for the emancipation of slaves, partial or general, that it shall be in secret session. (See Oversized)

Lawrence, Henry

Hanover County

1796/11/12

Asks for compensation for the loss of his slave named Taylor, a runaway who was burnt to death while in jail in Hanover County Includes certificate.

Mahaly

Hanover County

1829/12/24

Free negro emancipated by the will of John Bowe asks for permission to temporarily remain in the Commonwealth while a suit is pending.

Morris, James M.

Hanover County

1814/10/21

Executor of Samuel Overton, deceased, asks for a law permitting the slaves, Armstead, Smith, London, Isaac, John, & Morning, emancipated by his will to remain in the Commonwealth. Includes will & certificates.

Pearkes, Martin & Mary (formerly Anderson); & Fowke, William & Elizabeth

Hanover County

1815/12/14

Ask for an act for the emancipation of the slaves according to the will of Samuel Gist, a British subject, who's estate was vested in his daughter Mary Anderson, widow of William Anderson, in 1782. (See Oversized)

Petitioner	Locality	Date	Description
Austin, Mary	Hanover County	1817/12/02	Ask that her slave Amanda may be emancipated when she reaches the age of eighteen.
Bell, John	Hanover County	1821/12/20	Trustee & executor of Reuben Howard, deceased, asks for a law authorizing the sale of his land and to remove his slaves from the Commonwealth.
Birch, Henry	Hanover County	1810/12/20	Free negro asks for a law authorizing his sons John & Bond Birch, slaves whom he purchased from William Dandridge Claiborne of King William County, to reside within the Commonwealth.
Chapman, Richard	Hanover County	1784/06/12	Administrator of the estate of John Carter asks that the Auditors be directed to issue him a sum of money for the value of a slave belonging to the estate and sentenced to be hung.
Citizens	Hanover County	1831/12/11	Ask for the total prohibition of emancipation, except upon removal from the state, and the immediate classification of the free blacks, and requiring at stated periods their removal.
Citizens	Hanover County	1831/12/14	Ask for the total prohibition of emancipation, except upon removal from the state, and the immediate classification of the free blacks, and requiring at stated periods their removal.
Citizens	Hanover County	1844/01/16	Ask for an amendment to the law concerning the unlawful assembly of slaves on the Sabbath.
Citizens	Hanover County	1860/01/02	Ask for a law prohibiting more than two dogs to be kept by slaves on any plantation.
Freeholders & Inhabitants	Hanover County	1784/11/16	Ask for a repeal of the act authorizing the manumission of slaves and that no free negro or mulatto may be permitted to pass as a freeman.
Inhabitants & Freeholders	Hanover County	1832/01/30	Ask that their names be withdrawn from a petition to adopt a rule that whenever any attempt is made to provide for the emancipation of slaves, partial or general, that it shall be in secret session. (See Oversized)
Lawrence, Henry	Hanover County	1796/11/12	Asks for compensation for the loss of his slave named Taylor, a runaway who was burnt to death while in jail in Hanover County Includes certificate.
Mahaly	Hanover County	1829/12/24	Free negro emancipated by the will of John Bowe asks for permission to temporarily remain in the Commonwealth while a suit is pending.
Morris, James M.	Hanover County	1814/10/21	Executor of Samuel Overton, deceased, asks for a law permitting the slaves, Armstead, Smith, London, Isaac, John, & Morning, emancipated by his will to remain in the Commonwealth. Includes will & certificates.
Pearkes, Martin & Mary (formerly Anderson); & Fowke, William & Elizabeth	Hanover County	1815/12/14	Ask for an act for the emancipation of the slaves according to the will of Samuel Gist, a British subject, who's estate was vested in his daughter Mary Anderson, widow of William Anderson, in 1782. (See Oversized)