Petition transcription
PETITION.
To the Commissioners under the act of Congress approved the 16th of April, 1862, entitled "An act for the
release of certain persons held to service or labor in the District of
Columbia."
Your Petitioner s ,
Robert Jones & E. C. Jones his
wife of
Washington D.C.
by this their petition in writing,
represents and states, that they are
is a person s loyal to the United
States, who, at the time of the passage of the said act of Congress, held a
claim to service or labor against
Amos alias Amos Dean &
Rachael
person s of African descent of the name of
Amos alias Amos Dean &
Rachael
for and during the life of said
Amos & Rachael
and that by said act of Congress said persons
were discharged and freed of and from all claim of your petitioner to
such service or labor; that at the time of said discharge said
Amos & Rachael were was
of the age s
of and of the personal description following: (1)
viz Amos aged about 28 years quite
black, quite stout, about five feet six inches high healthy & strong in body.
Rachael is about fifty five years old very black, about
five feet five inches high smart and healthy
That your petitioner acquired their claim to the
the aforesaid service or labor of said
Amos & Rachael
in manner following: (2)
the said Ellen C Jones acquired
title to Amos as heir of her Father George
Noble deceased formerly Loudoun County
Virginia & was held & claimed at the time of the
passage & approval of the above named act [illegible]
[presents?]
under & by virtue of [illegible] Record of Washington County
D.C. The said [ Robert Jones ?] purchased the
Woman— Rachael about five years since of one
John T. Ross of [Fauquier?] County
Virginia —for $150.
That your petitioner's claim to the service or labor of said
Amos & Rachael
was, at the time of said discharge therefrom, of the value of Fourteen Hundred dollars in money. (3)
The said Amos was at the time of
the approval of the act aforesaid worth Twelve Hundred Dollars & the
woman Rachael was worth at least Two Hundred
Dollars
Your petitioner hereby declares that they
bear s true and faithful allegiance to the Government of the
United States, and that they ha s ve not borne arms against the United States in the
present rebellion, nor in any way given aid or comfort thereto.
And your petitioner further states and alleges, that they ha s ve not brought said
Amos & Rachael
into the District of Columbia since the passage of said act of Congress;
and that, at the time of the passage thereof, said
Amos & Rachael
w as ere held to service or labor
therein under and by virtue of your petitioner ' s ' claim to such service or labor.
Your petitioner s further state s and
allege s , that their said claim to
the service or labor of said Two persons does not
originate in or by virtue of any transfer heretofore made by any person who has
in any manner aided or sustained the present rebellion against the Government of
the United States.
And your petitioner prays the said Commissioners to investigate and determine the
value of their said claim to the service or labor
of said
Amos & Rachael
herein above set forth; and if the same be found to be valid, that they
appraise and apportion the value of said claim in money, and report the same to
the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, in conformity to the
provisions of said act of Congress.
(Signed by)
Robt Jones
Ellen C Jones
The name from whom " Rachael " was purchased was " Jno T. Ross "
Thomas C. Donn JP
[ Form of the Oath for the Verification of the
Petition. ]
District of Columbia ,
Washington County , ss.
I,
Robert Jones
being duly sworn, do depose and say, that all the several matters and
things which are set forth and stated in the foregoing petition, as of my
own knowledge, are true in substance and in fact; and that all the several
other matters and things therein set forth and stated, as from the
information of others, I believe to be true in substance and in fact.
(Signed by)
Robt Jones
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 24th day of May A. D. 1862.
(Signed by)
Thomas C. Donn
Justice of the Peace for
Washington County
District of Columbia
District of Columbia
Washington County
I Ellen C Jones having duly sworn, do depose & and
say that all the several matters & things which are set forth &
continues in the foregoing petition as of my own knowledge are true in
substance & in fact and that all the several others matters & things
therein set forth & stated is from the information of others, I believe
to be true in substance & in fact
Ellen Jones
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 24th day of
May A. D. 1862
Thomas C. Donn
Justice of the Peace for
Washington County
District f Columbia
441
Robert Jones
Ellen C. Jones
Filed May 26, 1862
Jones & Ashford
F. N. Jones
J. A. Fenwick
Note (1.)-- Here describe the person, so as to identify him or
her; and if there be more than one slave, describe each one
separately.
Note (2.)-- Here
state how the claim was acquired, when, from whom, and for what price or
consideration; and, if held under any written evidence of title, make
exhibit thereof, or refer to the public record where the same may be
found.
Note (3.)-- Here state such facts, if any
there be, touching the value of the petitioner's claim to the service or
labor of the person, as may enhance the same, and also such facts, if any,
touching the moral, mental, and bodily infirmities or defects of said
person, as impair the value of the petitioner's claim to such service or
labor, and conclude such statement with an averment that the petitioner
knows of no other infirmities or defects of said person which impair the
value of petitioner's claim to such service or labor, and that he believes
none other to exist. If the petitioner specify no such infirmity or defect,
then his statement touching the value of his claim should conclude with an
averment that he has no knowledge of any such infirmity or defect.
Transcription and encoding:
Kenneth J. Winkle, Janel Cayer, Elizabeth Lorang, Brittany Jones, and Robert Voss.
