Halifax County Slavery Petitions - State: North Carolina Year: 1785-Location: Halifax County
Researched and compiled by: Deloris Williams for the NCGenWeb Project, Inc.
Following are abstracts of petitions filed by Halifax County citizens from the Digital Library on American Slavery Collection. These records include the names of many slaves and can be very valuable for those researching their slave ancestors. I've included the outcome of the petition if it was indicated in the record.
-Deloris Williams
State: North Carolina Year: 1785
Location: Halifax County
Elizabeth Miller, the widow of Andrew Miller, laments that she "had the misfortune to lose her husband ... and to be left with a very numerous Family of children in a condition embarrassing and distressing to the greatest degree." Noting that her late husband was "one of the Persons whose Estate has been confiscated by an act of the General Assembly," the petitioner prays that said General Assembly "will have the goodness to restore to her such part of the property of her late Husband in this State as hath not been already disposed of."
Several tracts of land and five slaves once belonging to Andrew Miller and Company have already been sold.
Result: No recorded result
Others named as owners:
Jonathan B. Ashe, Robert Fenner, John Geddy, Turnifold Green
Slaves:
Bobb - black male
Ceasar - black male
Hannah - black female
Mungale - black
Will - black male