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|First Column<br />
 
|First Column<br />
 
David Meade<br />
 
David Meade<br />
−
[[George Wythe]]
+
[[George Wythe]]<br />
 +
Edmund Jones<br />
 +
John Cringan<br />
 +
Robert Turnbull<br />
 +
William Richardson<br />
 +
Samuel Couch<br />
 +
Augustine Davis<br />
 +
Joseph Harding<br />
 +
Benjamin (Rufred?)<br />
 +
Thomas T. Bates<br />
 +
Joseph A. Myers<br />
 +
Reuben Harrison<br />
 +
James Wright<br />
 +
George Wills<br />
 +
John Bryan<br />
 +
Andrew Thaklin<br />
 +
(Thelin?) Sheltman<br />
 +
Peter Kelly<br />
 +
John Ferguson<br />
 +
(Row obscured)<br />
 +
James Moore<br />
 +
Nicholas Walder<br />
 +
George Wymer<br />
 +
Joseph Pinnell<br />
 +
Joseph Porter<br />
 +
Benjamin Wall<br />
 +
Reuben Finnell<br />
 +
James Moore<br />
 +
Carr Waller<br />
 +
John Parrish<br />
 +
William Ratcliff<br />
 +
William Shelburn<br />
 +
Lewellin Spencer<br />
 +
William Weathers<br />
 +
Charles Talley<br />
 +
Samuel Gover<br />
 +
(Barenil?) Hough<br />
 +
Thomas Moore<br />
 +
Joseph Fisher<br />
 +
(Obscured)<br />
 +
Ratikin<br />
 +
(Obscured) Canby<br />
 +
(Obscured) Cavian<br />
 +
 
  
 
|Second Column<br />
 
|Second Column<br />
 
John Harvie<br />
 
John Harvie<br />
−
Charles W. Byrd
+
Charles W. Byrd<br />
 +
John Pleasant<br />
 +
John (Crow Jr.?)<br />
 +
John McClurg<br />
 +
Frederick Argyle<br />
 +
J. Darmdale<br />
 +
J. Heron<br />
 +
Thomas Barnett<br />
 +
John Lyre<br />
 +
Archibald Pleasant<br />
 +
Hugh French<br />
 +
John Welch<br />
 +
Ferdinand Lair<br />
 +
Jacob Chauster<br />
 +
Jarold Wiseman<br />
 +
Robert Rutherford<br />
 +
James Brown<br />
 +
John Deaning<br />
 +
Samuel Myer<br />
 +
George (Hir?)<br />
 +
Shepherd Collins<br />
 +
Charles Bodkin<br />
 +
James Pinnell<br />
 +
William Gains<br />
 +
William Wright<br />
 +
William Keyes<br />
 +
S.D. Haricman<br />
 +
Lawrence Manfield<br />
 +
John Dickerson<br />
 +
Manfield B. Wood<br />
 +
Richard Rix<br />
 +
Benjamin Brown<br />
 +
Jade Williams<br />
 +
Thomas Crenshaw<br />
 +
William Mitchener<br />
 +
Samuel Murray<br />
 +
Isaac Thompson<br />
 +
George Gregg<br />
 +
Joseph Talbot<br />
 +
Jonas Potts<br />
 +
James Hamilton<br />
 +
<br />
 +
<br />
 +
 
  
 
|Third Column<br />
 
|Third Column<br />
 
James Warrington<br />
 
James Warrington<br />
−
[[William DuVal]]
+
[[William DuVal]]<br />
 +
John Stagg<br />
 +
George Clopton<br />
 +
John Stewart<br />
 +
Robert McCartney<br />
 +
J. Pryor<br />
 +
William Fontaine<br />
 +
Hale Sharp<br />
 +
John Andrews<br />
 +
Joseph Woodson<br />
 +
Thomas Wafford<br />
 +
Joseph Mitter<br />
 +
Frederick Honaker<br />
 +
William Bryan<br />
 +
Joseph Lair<br />
 +
Elliot Rutherford<br />
 +
Gordon Rogers<br />
 +
Enos (Dorinis?)<br />
 +
George Murray<br />
 +
John Robertson<br />
 +
Samuel Weeks<br />
 +
Enos Tail<br />
 +
Benjamin Pinnell<br />
 +
Richard Parks<br />
 +
John Hutt<br />
 +
David Robinson<br />
 +
Eskridge Hall<br />
 +
John Stevens<br />
 +
George Arnold<br />
 +
John Saunders<br />
 +
Edmond Cole<br />
 +
William Ellis<br />
 +
Emward Wilkinson<br />
 +
William Clayton<br />
 +
Joseph Smith<br />
 +
Joseph Jenny<br />
 +
William Barnes<br />
 +
Isaac Siddal<br />
 +
Thomas Smith<br />
 +
Samuel Thompson<br />
 +
Samuel Donahue<br />
 +
<br />
 +
<br />
 +
 
  
 
|Fourth Column<br />
 
|Fourth Column<br />
 
Samuel Tyler<br />
 
Samuel Tyler<br />
−
Anthony Singleton
+
Anthony Singleton<br />
 +
Robert Pleasant (Jr.?)<br />
 +
John Marshall<br />
 +
William Dabney<br />
 +
Jackson Frayser<br />
 +
Samuel Parsons<br />
 +
Alexander Buchanan<br />
 +
Ebenezar Maul<br />
 +
Daniel Butter<br />
 +
David Bullock<br />
 +
William McKee<br />
 +
Andrew Muirhead<br />
 +
Michael Bachar<br />
 +
Cornelius Bryan<br />
 +
William Gray<br />
 +
Archer Rutherford<br />
 +
Josiah Shipman Jr.<br />
 +
John Stephen<br />
 +
John J. Woodick<br />
 +
Reuben Moore<br />
 +
John Weeks<br />
 +
John Hickman<br />
 +
William Pinnell<br />
 +
Byron Mcgreath<br />
 +
Thomas Benton<br />
 +
Peter Harrison<br />
 +
Reuben Hrother<br />
 +
David Richardson Jr.<br />
 +
Edward T. Rowgee<br />
 +
John Roper<br />
 +
Thomas Cowler<br />
 +
John Pierce<br />
 +
James Hill<br />
 +
William Stabler<br />
 +
Francis Hague<br />
 +
Mahlon Jenny<br />
 +
Thomas Mason <br />
 +
John Hough<br />
 +
John Hollingsworth<br />
 +
William Aniby<br />
 +
Livan Powell<br />
 +
<br />
 +
<br />
 +
 
  
 
|Fifth Column<br />
 
|Fifth Column<br />
 
Alexander Campbell<br />
 
Alexander Campbell<br />
−
Henry (Hath?)
+
Henry (Hath?)<br />
 +
James Binford<br />
 +
Benjamin Lewis<br />
 +
William Lawrence<br />
 +
Joseph Butter<br />
 +
Thomas Nicholson<br />
 +
Adam Craig<br />
 +
B. Rawlings<br />
 +
Thomas Carneal<br />
 +
Matthew Woodson<br />
 +
William Hughes<br />
 +
Stephen Ruddill<br />
 +
Richard Hughes<br />
 +
Morgan Bryan<br />
 +
Michael Waring<br />
 +
William Dunnavan<br />
 +
J. Shipman Sr.<br />
 +
Jacob Myer<br />
 +
B. Tilden<br />
 +
John Hickman<br />
 +
Samuel Jenkins<br />
 +
James Samuel Wright<br />
 +
Daniel Field<br />
 +
John Thornhill<br />
 +
James Robertson<br />
 +
Thomas Maddox<br />
 +
William Thomas<br />
 +
John West<br />
 +
Richard Pope<br />
 +
John Gadbury<br />
 +
Henry Cowler<br />
 +
Walter Hopkins<br />
 +
Francis Lennard<br />
 +
Joseph Beale<br />
 +
Isaac Harris<br />
 +
Samuel Haugh<br />
 +
John Hirsh<br />
 +
William Hough<br />
 +
Joseph Wood<br />
 +
Nathaniel Stephens<br />
 +
William Hartshorn,<br />
 +
Abraham Gilpin<br />
 +
<br />
 +
 
  
 
|Sixth Column<br />
 
|Sixth Column<br />
 
John Barrit<br />
 
John Barrit<br />
−
(Jane Younghusband?)
+
(Jane Younghusband?)<br />
 +
Charles Copland<br />
 +
(Lain?) J Johnson<br />
 +
Robert Gambler<br />
 +
John Butter<br />
 +
William Carter (Sr.?)<br />
 +
Robert Langley<br />
 +
John Harris<br />
 +
James Ferguson<br />
 +
Josiah Woodson<br />
 +
Thomas Harrison<br />
 +
John Claypott<br />
 +
Paul Kauster<br />
 +
Abner Wiseman<br />
 +
Robert Harrison<br />
 +
Joseph Domey<br />
 +
James Spinks<br />
 +
Josiah Moore<br />
 +
Hugh Kennedy<br />
 +
Hezekiah (Bonkon?)<br />
 +
Jessie Veach<br />
 +
Michael Humble<br />
 +
Reason Benton<br />
 +
Hercules Hawkins<br />
 +
John Hartford<br />
 +
James Haughter<br />
 +
Daniel Carrole<br />
 +
Edward Teffin<br />
 +
Richard Johnson<br />
 +
William Armistead<br />
 +
John Hackaday<br />
 +
William Williamson<br />
 +
John Christian<br />
 +
Robert Drake<br />
 +
Stephen Wilson<br />
 +
Benjamin Willett<br />
 +
Isaac Moore<br />
 +
John Schooley<br />
 +
Benjami Hereford<br />
 +
Francis Hereford<br />
 +
John Littlejohn<br />
 +
Benjamin (Shreve?)<br />
 +
<br />
 +
<br />
 +
<br />
 +
 
 
|}
 
|}
−
 
−
 
−
 
−
Edmund Jones John Pleasant John Stagg Robert Pleasant (Jr.?) James Binford Charles Copland
 
−
John Cringan John (Crow Jr.?) George Clopton John Marshall Benjamin Lewis (Lain?) J Johnson
 
−
Robert Turnbull John McClurg John Stewart William Dabney William Lawrence Robert Gambler
 
−
William Richardson Frederick Argyle Robert McCartney Jackson Frayser Joseph Butter John Butter
 
−
Samuel Couch J. Darmdale J. Pryor Samuel Parsons Thomas Nicholson William Carter (Sr.?)
 
−
Augustine Davis J. Heron William Fontaine Alexander Buchanan Adam Craig Robert Langley
 
−
Joseph Harding Thomas Barnett Hale Sharp Ebenezar Maul B. Rawlings John Harris
 
−
Benjamin (Rufred?) John Lyre John Andrews Daniel Butter Thomas Carneal James Ferguson
 
−
Thomas T. Bates Archibald Pleasant Joseph Woodson David Bullock Matthew Woodson Josiah Woodson
 
−
Joseph A. Myers Hugh French Thomas Wafford William McKee William Hughes Thomas Harrison
 
−
Reuben Harrison John Welch Joseph Mitter Andrew Muirhead Stephen Ruddill John Claypott
 
−
James Wright Ferdinand Lair Frederick Honaker Michael Bachar Richard Hughes Paul Kauster
 
−
George Wills Jacob Chauster William Bryan Cornelius Bryan Morgan Bryan Abner Wiseman
 
−
John Bryan Jarold Wiseman Joseph Lair William Gray Michael Waring Robert Harrison
 
−
Andrew Thaklin Robert Rutherford Elliot Rutherford Archer Rutherford William Dunnavan Joseph Domey
 
−
(Thelin?) Sheltman James Brown Gordon Rogers Josiah Shipman Jr. J. Shipman Sr. James Spinks
 
−
Peter Kelly John Deaning Enos (Dorinis?) John Stephen Jacob Myer Josiah Moore
 
−
John Ferguson Samuel Myer George Murray John J. Woodick B. Tilden Hugh Kennedy
 
−
(Row obscured) Hezekiah (Bonkon?)
 
−
James Moore George (Hir?) John Robertson Reuben Moore John Hickman Jessie Veach
 
−
Nicholas Walder Shepherd Collins Samuel Weeks John Weeks Samuel Jenkins Michael Humble
 
−
George Wymer Charles Bodkin Enos Tail John Hickman James Samuel Wright Reason Benton
 
−
Joseph Pinnell James Pinnell Benjamin Pinnell William Pinnell Daniel Field Hercules Hawkins
 
−
Joseph Porter William Gains Richard Parks Byron Mcgreath John Thornhill John Hartford
 
−
Benjamin Wall William Wright John Hutt Thomas Benton James Robertson James Haughter
 
−
Reuben Finnell William Keyes David Robinson Peter Harrison Thomas Maddox Daniel Carrole
 
−
James Moore S.D. Haricman Eskridge Hall Reuben Hrother William Thomas Edward Teffin
 
−
Carr Waller Lawrence Manfield John Stevens David Richardson Jr. John West Richard Johnson
 
−
John Parrish John Dickerson George Arnold Edward T. Rowgee Richard Pope William Armistead
 
−
William Ratcliff Manfield B. Wood John Saunders John Roper John Gadbury John Hackaday
 
−
William Shelburn Richard Rix Edmond Cole Thomas Cowler Henry Cowler William Williamson
 
−
Lewellin Spencer Benjamin Brown William Ellis John Pierce Walter Hopkins John Christian
 
−
William Weathers Jade Williams Emward Wilkinson James Hill Francis Lennard Robert Drake
 
−
Charles Talley Thomas Crenshaw William Clayton William Stabler Joseph Beale Stephen Wilson
 
−
Samuel Gover William Mitchener Joseph Smith Francis Hague Isaac Harris Benjamin Willett
 
−
(Barenil?) Hough Samuel Murray Joseph Jenny Mahlon Jenny Samuel Haugh Isaac Moore
 
−
Thomas Moore Isaac Thompson William Barnes Thomas Mason John Hirsh John Schooley
 
−
Joseph Fisher George Gregg Isaac Siddal John Hough William Hough Benjami Hereford
 
−
(Obscured)
 
−
Ratikin Joseph Talbot Thomas Smith John Hollingsworth Joseph Wood Francis Hereford
 
−
(Obscured) Canby Jonas Potts Samuel Thompson William Aniby Nathaniel Stephens John Littlejohn
 
−
(Obscured) Cavian James Hamilton Samuel Donahue Livan Powell William Hartshorn, Abraham Gilpin Benjamin (Shreve?)
 
  
 
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===Page four===

Revision as of 09:53, 3 February 2016

Petition, page one.

Text of the petition

Page one

To The Speaker and House of Delegates in Virginia. The Petition of sundry Inhabitants of various parts of this State.

Respectfully Sheweth.

That your petitioners, from a full conviction that slavery is not only a moral but a political evil, which in all its forms, in all its degrees, is an outrageous violation and an odious degradation of human nature, tending to weaken the bonds of society, discourage trades and manufactures, indanger the peace and obstruct the prosperity of the country. And commiserating the unhappy situation of a large proportion of people within this state who by the Laws now in force, are held as personal property and they and their innocent offspring liable to be kept in perpetual bondage and ignorance, subject to the arbitrary will of those who hold them, as well in respect to inhuman treatment, as in unnatural separation from the most near and dear connections in life without appeal and without redress. They therefore conceive themselves in duty bound to remind this House as the proper guardians of every description of men within the State of a subject so interesting, and which appears to them in a particular manner, to call the attention and require the interposition of the Legislature.

Your Petitioners regret that several States within the American Union where these unalienable rights of human nature to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness have been so clearly defined and successfully assured, should in contradiction thereto and contrary to the divine command of, “doing to others as they would they should do unto them,” suffer under sanction of Law so large a number of fellow men to remain in a state of abject slavery; at a time too, when the burning spirit of liberty seems to be diffusing itself through the world.

Your Petitioners are aware of the objections that probably would arise to a general and immediate Emancipation, as well from interested motives, as the unfitness of individuals for freedom: They are not insensible that a people long destitute of the means of mental improvement may in some instances be sunk below the common standard of human nature; accustomed to move at the will of a master or overseer, reflection may in some degree be suspended and reason and conviction have but little influence on their conduct; They are also sensible to the effect of custom, and the prejudices arising from a habit of looking upon the African race as an inferior species of mankind, and regarding them only as property. Believing nevertheless that, “God is no respecter of persons,” that he “hath made of one blood all Nations of men, for to dwell on all the face of the Earth,” and that, “his mercies are over all his works;” Encouraged also by that gracious declaration of our Saviour as an excitement to acts of humanity and benevolence, viz. “Verily I say unto you inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.” Your Petitioner therefore in discharge of the duty they owe to the merciful Father of all the families of the Earth; compassion for the sufferers; and a desire to promote the true interest and prosperity of the Country; and also to remove as much as may be the objections which may arise from motives of present interest or the unfitness of individuals for freedom, and at the same time gradually abolish an evil of great magnitude: They humbly propose, and pray, that a law may be (made?) declaring the children slaves now born, or to be born after the passing of such act, to be made free, as they (text obscured).

Page two

ages; to (inform?) their instruction to Read (??) and to invest them with suitable privileges as an (excitement?) to become useful citizens; and also to restrain the holders from inhuman treatment of those who may remain in Bondage. Or that the House may grant such other relief as in its wisdom may seem meet.

First Column

David Meade
George Wythe
Edmund Jones
John Cringan
Robert Turnbull
William Richardson
Samuel Couch
Augustine Davis
Joseph Harding
Benjamin (Rufred?)
Thomas T. Bates
Joseph A. Myers
Reuben Harrison
James Wright
George Wills
John Bryan
Andrew Thaklin
(Thelin?) Sheltman
Peter Kelly
John Ferguson
(Row obscured)
James Moore
Nicholas Walder
George Wymer
Joseph Pinnell
Joseph Porter
Benjamin Wall
Reuben Finnell
James Moore
Carr Waller
John Parrish
William Ratcliff
William Shelburn
Lewellin Spencer
William Weathers
Charles Talley
Samuel Gover
(Barenil?) Hough
Thomas Moore
Joseph Fisher
(Obscured)
Ratikin
(Obscured) Canby
(Obscured) Cavian


 Second Column

John Harvie
Charles W. Byrd
John Pleasant
John (Crow Jr.?)
John McClurg
Frederick Argyle
J. Darmdale
J. Heron
Thomas Barnett
John Lyre
Archibald Pleasant
Hugh French
John Welch
Ferdinand Lair
Jacob Chauster
Jarold Wiseman
Robert Rutherford
James Brown
John Deaning
Samuel Myer
George (Hir?)
Shepherd Collins
Charles Bodkin
James Pinnell
William Gains
William Wright
William Keyes
S.D. Haricman
Lawrence Manfield
John Dickerson
Manfield B. Wood
Richard Rix
Benjamin Brown
Jade Williams
Thomas Crenshaw
William Mitchener
Samuel Murray
Isaac Thompson
George Gregg
Joseph Talbot
Jonas Potts
James Hamilton



 Third Column

James Warrington
William DuVal
John Stagg
George Clopton
John Stewart
Robert McCartney
J. Pryor
William Fontaine
Hale Sharp
John Andrews
Joseph Woodson
Thomas Wafford
Joseph Mitter
Frederick Honaker
William Bryan
Joseph Lair
Elliot Rutherford
Gordon Rogers
Enos (Dorinis?)
George Murray
John Robertson
Samuel Weeks
Enos Tail
Benjamin Pinnell
Richard Parks
John Hutt
David Robinson
Eskridge Hall
John Stevens
George Arnold
John Saunders
Edmond Cole
William Ellis
Emward Wilkinson
William Clayton
Joseph Smith
Joseph Jenny
William Barnes
Isaac Siddal
Thomas Smith
Samuel Thompson
Samuel Donahue



 Fourth Column

Samuel Tyler
Anthony Singleton
Robert Pleasant (Jr.?)
John Marshall
William Dabney
Jackson Frayser
Samuel Parsons
Alexander Buchanan
Ebenezar Maul
Daniel Butter
David Bullock
William McKee
Andrew Muirhead
Michael Bachar
Cornelius Bryan
William Gray
Archer Rutherford
Josiah Shipman Jr.
John Stephen
John J. Woodick
Reuben Moore
John Weeks
John Hickman
William Pinnell
Byron Mcgreath
Thomas Benton
Peter Harrison
Reuben Hrother
David Richardson Jr.
Edward T. Rowgee
John Roper
Thomas Cowler
John Pierce
James Hill
William Stabler
Francis Hague
Mahlon Jenny
Thomas Mason
John Hough
John Hollingsworth
William Aniby
Livan Powell



 Fifth Column

Alexander Campbell
Henry (Hath?)
James Binford
Benjamin Lewis
William Lawrence
Joseph Butter
Thomas Nicholson
Adam Craig
B. Rawlings
Thomas Carneal
Matthew Woodson
William Hughes
Stephen Ruddill
Richard Hughes
Morgan Bryan
Michael Waring
William Dunnavan
J. Shipman Sr.
Jacob Myer
B. Tilden
John Hickman
Samuel Jenkins
James Samuel Wright
Daniel Field
John Thornhill
James Robertson
Thomas Maddox
William Thomas
John West
Richard Pope
John Gadbury
Henry Cowler
Walter Hopkins
Francis Lennard
Joseph Beale
Isaac Harris
Samuel Haugh
John Hirsh
William Hough
Joseph Wood
Nathaniel Stephens
William Hartshorn,
Abraham Gilpin


 Sixth Column

John Barrit
(Jane Younghusband?)
Charles Copland
(Lain?) J Johnson
Robert Gambler
John Butter
William Carter (Sr.?)
Robert Langley
John Harris
James Ferguson
Josiah Woodson
Thomas Harrison
John Claypott
Paul Kauster
Abner Wiseman
Robert Harrison
Joseph Domey
James Spinks
Josiah Moore
Hugh Kennedy
Hezekiah (Bonkon?)
Jessie Veach
Michael Humble
Reason Benton
Hercules Hawkins
John Hartford
James Haughter
Daniel Carrole
Edward Teffin
Richard Johnson
William Armistead
John Hackaday
William Williamson
John Christian
Robert Drake
Stephen Wilson
Benjamin Willett
Isaac Moore
John Schooley
Benjami Hereford
Francis Hereford
John Littlejohn
Benjamin (Shreve?)



Page four

First Column

John Davenport
Samuel B. Harris

Second Column

John Turner
Elijah Phelps

Third Column

Edward Tiffin
James Lee

Fourth Column

Thornton Fleming
Robert Carter

Fifth Column

John Steed
William Hite

Sixth Column

Anthony Hall
Joseph Hite


Thomas Ocean Jh. Granthan Henry Smith Robert Lowe George Bruce James Wall Charles Hewlit John Bond George Reed Thomas Taylor (Meneios?) Ellis Samuel Smith Joseph Dobby James Daveion (Obscured) Frum Abner Golet Josiah P. Clutter James Crumbley Goerge Hite James Laurence Peter McMahon Aaron Dolby Joseph Fletcher John Knott Lewis Duckwell James Law William Ambrose Nicholas Stovin John Fennis Joseph Duckwell Philip Clover Thomas Halladay Michel Gray Frederick Duckwell Charles Robinson John Barlaw Ambrose Clark Stephen Harlin (Gn.?) Bailey John Butter William Mereir John Dougherty James Hedges Jessie Harlan Joshua Hodges John Hite Joseph Hedges John Vinsanheller Thomas Hale Benjamin (Boydston?) John Welsh Jr. Samuel J. Welsh Joseph Fohman Thomas Boydston Presley Boydston Ralph Potter Lindsey Marshall Michael Porter Richard Swift Joseph Stone Alexander Lenierr Baid Cross William Lemon Thomas Curry John Franklin Joseph Franklin Joseph Franklin Jr. Hezekiah Stephens John Murphy Solomon Chaffis Jacob Fletcher Thomas Perkin Enoch Martin Nathaniel Mulliner George Manual Joseph Gee Solomon Chalsen Christian Bloom Benjamin Welsh Edward Frojatt? James Hood Jonas Hodges Jr. Abel Walker John Antrein (?Joseph) Hare Evan Rogers Jonathon Wright James Mendenhall Nathaniel White Sr. William McPherson William Heil Richard Ridgeway Edward Beeson Abraham Branson David Ross Daniel Brown Moses? Harlan Joseph Smith Nathaniel White Jr. Joseph Bond Nathan Haines Samuel Finish James Baley John Cowgill William Supton Isaac Brown Stephen McBride Lewis Walker Robert Haines John Ellis John Witt Robert Pleasants James Lownes Robert Evans Samuel Pleasants James Wood

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