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 Petitioners,
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 persons 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
persons 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 ages
of and of the personal description following:Here describe the person, so as to identify him or
her; and if there be more than one slave, describe each one
separately.
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: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.
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
presents
under & by virtue of 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.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.
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
bears true and faithful allegiance to the Government of the
United States, and that they hasve 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 hasve 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
wasere held to service or labor
therein under and by virtue of your petitioner's' claim to such service or labor.
Your petitioners further states and
alleges, 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