Henrico County Slavery-related Petitions to the Legislature

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Henrico County
Slavery-related Petitions to the Legislature

The original documents are housed at the Library of Virginia

Petitioner

Locality

Date

Description

Board of Managers of the Virginia Colonization Society

Henrico County

1837/01/19

Ask for a charter for the Virginia Colonization Society to obtain a tract of land on the coast of Africa for the establishment of a new plantation called New Virginia, to be settled by free people of color, including manumitted slaves.

Brown, Robin

Henrico County

1837/01/16

Former slave of Francis Frayser, deceased, asks for permission to remain in the Commonwealth.

Burton, Reuben

Henrico County

1825/12/21

Asks to be allowed to receive certain jail fees for keeping John Robertson, a runaway slave, in the jail of Henrico County. Includes court orders & account sales.

Carrington, Paul; Selden, Miles; & Carrington, Joseph

Henrico County

1786/10/28

Administrators of Joseph Mayo, deceased, ask for an act carrying into execution the intention of the testator to free his slaves upon his death. Includes schedule of slaves belonging to the estate of Joseph Mayo. (See Oversized)

Citizens

Henrico County

1810/12/20

Ask for the emancipation of Walter Spurlock (also called Watt), the property of William Winston. Includes account, bond, & bill of sale.

Crenshaw, Charles

Henrico County

1816/12/14

Asks, on behalf of the slaves of Capt. Izzard Bacon, deceased, that they may be emancipated according to the wishes of their former master. Includes extract from will & certificates.

Freeholders & Inhabitants

Henrico County

1784/11/16

Ask that the act authorizing the manumission of slaves may be repealed and that no free negro or mulatto shall be permitted to pass as a free man unless he shall produce proof from the Clerk of the Court.

Inhabitants

Henrico County

1782/06/08

Ask for an act against the practice of allowing slaves to hire themselves and pay their masters for their hire.

Kennon, George T., Elizabeth B., & William H.

Henrico County

1813/12/22

Ask for a law permitting them to hold three negroes in the Commonwealth free from penalty in bringing them back to Virginia from the state of North Carolina.

Ladd, Thomas; Cren, Samuel; & Bates, Fleming

Henrico County

1818/12/17

Trustees appointed by the Superior Court of Chancery for the Richmond District for the slaves to be emancipated by the last will of Izard Bacon ask for an act giving the Court authority to make a decree for their final emancipation. Includes order & will.

Logon, Charles & Pleasants

Henrico County

1790/11/20

Legatees of John & Jonathan Pleasants protest against the petition of Robert Pleasants asking for an act emancipating the slaves devised in their wills.

Proprietors of Lands on the James River & James River Canal

Henrico County

1833/10/10

Ask for a law to provide for the security of their property against the depredations of slaves or other persons navigating the James River and Canal and for punishment of the offenders.

Seaton, Augustine

Henrico County

1784/06/01

Guardian to George Seaton, an infant, asks for an act empowering trustees to sell 383 acres of land owned by George Seaton for the purchase of slaves.

Smith, George William

Henrico County

1800/12/06

Prosecutor on the part of the Commonwealth in the County Court of Henrico asks for compensation for his services in fifty-nine called Courts upon the trials of negroes or slaves charged with conspiracy and insurrection against the Commonwealth.

Wilkinson, Nathaniel

Henrico County

1795/11/17

Ask for an amendment to the act to reduce into one the several acts for punishing persons guilty of thefts & forgeries to more effectually secure the slave property.

Winston, John

Henrico County

1820/12/11

Free negro emancipated in 1815 by the will of Izard Bacon asks for a law permitting him to reside with his family in the state of Virginia. (See Oversized)

Petitioner	Locality	Date	Description
Board of Managers of the Virginia Colonization Society	Henrico County	1837/01/19	Ask for a charter for the Virginia Colonization Society to obtain a tract of land on the coast of Africa for the establishment of a new plantation called New Virginia, to be settled by free people of color, including manumitted slaves.
Brown, Robin	Henrico County	1837/01/16	Former slave of Francis Frayser, deceased, asks for permission to remain in the Commonwealth.
Burton, Reuben	Henrico County	1825/12/21	Asks to be allowed to receive certain jail fees for keeping John Robertson, a runaway slave, in the jail of Henrico County. Includes court orders & account sales.
Carrington, Paul; Selden, Miles; & Carrington, Joseph	Henrico County	1786/10/28	Administrators of Joseph Mayo, deceased, ask for an act carrying into execution the intention of the testator to free his slaves upon his death. Includes schedule of slaves belonging to the estate of Joseph Mayo. (See Oversized)
Citizens	Henrico County	1810/12/20	Ask for the emancipation of Walter Spurlock (also called Watt), the property of William Winston. Includes account, bond, & bill of sale.
Crenshaw, Charles	Henrico County	1816/12/14	Asks, on behalf of the slaves of Capt. Izzard Bacon, deceased, that they may be emancipated according to the wishes of their former master. Includes extract from will & certificates.
Freeholders & Inhabitants	Henrico County	1784/11/16	Ask that the act authorizing the manumission of slaves may be repealed and that no free negro or mulatto shall be permitted to pass as a free man unless he shall produce proof from the Clerk of the Court.
Inhabitants	Henrico County	1782/06/08	Ask for an act against the practice of allowing slaves to hire themselves and pay their masters for their hire.
Kennon, George T., Elizabeth B., & William H.	Henrico County	1813/12/22	Ask for a law permitting them to hold three negroes in the Commonwealth free from penalty in bringing them back to Virginia from the state of North Carolina.
Ladd, Thomas; Cren, Samuel; & Bates, Fleming	Henrico County	1818/12/17	Trustees appointed by the Superior Court of Chancery for the Richmond District for the slaves to be emancipated by the last will of Izard Bacon ask for an act giving the Court authority to make a decree for their final emancipation. Includes order & will.
Logon, Charles & Pleasants	Henrico County	1790/11/20	Legatees of John & Jonathan Pleasants protest against the petition of Robert Pleasants asking for an act emancipating the slaves devised in their wills.
Proprietors of Lands on the James River & James River Canal	Henrico County	1833/10/10	Ask for a law to provide for the security of their property against the depredations of slaves or other persons navigating the James River and Canal and for punishment of the offenders.
Seaton, Augustine	Henrico County	1784/06/01	Guardian to George Seaton, an infant, asks for an act empowering trustees to sell 383 acres of land owned by George Seaton for the purchase of slaves.
Smith, George William	Henrico County	1800/12/06	Prosecutor on the part of the Commonwealth in the County Court of Henrico asks for compensation for his services in fifty-nine called Courts upon the trials of negroes or slaves charged with conspiracy and insurrection against the Commonwealth.
Wilkinson, Nathaniel	Henrico County	1795/11/17	Ask for an amendment to the act to reduce into one the several acts for punishing persons guilty of thefts & forgeries to more effectually secure the slave property.
Winston, John	Henrico County	1820/12/11	Free negro emancipated in 1815 by the will of Izard Bacon asks for a law permitting him to reside with his family in the state of Virginia. (See Oversized)