Title: Petition of Thomas C. Cox, 1 July 1862
Date: July 1, 1862
Source Text: A microfilm reproduction of the original document held at the National Archives and Records Administration, Microcopy 520, Reel 6. The original document is held in the Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury, 1775–1978, National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 217.6.5. Within the National Archives' Archival Description Catalog, see ARC Identifier 4644616 / MLR Number A1 347 (http://arcweb.archives.gov).
Civil War Washington ID: cww.00822
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To the Commissioners under the Act of Congress entitled "An Act for the release of certain persons held to service or labor in the District of Columbia"
Your Petitioner, Thomas C. Cox, in right of his wife, Margaret Cox, formerly Robinson, and as guardian and next friend of Francis Robinson and Walter W. H. Robinson, who are minors under twenty one years of age, respectfully shews that they are persons loyal to the United States, who, at the time of the passage of said Act of Congress, held a certain claim to service or labor, against certain persons of African descent, for their lives, who were discharged from service by said act, which said persons are of the names, ages, description and values following, viz:
| name, | age, | height, | color, | value |
| Nancy West, | 60 yrs, | 5 ft 2 in, | mulatto, | $200. |
| Margaret West, | 42 " , | 4 " 11 ", | copper color, | 500. |
| Loulie Briscoe | 17 " , | 5 " ½ " | " " | 1,000. |
| Ellen G. West | 3 " , | 2 " 9 " | bright mulatto | 300. |
| Delilah Henson | 15 " | 5 " 3 ½" | " " | 1,000. |
| Chas. Carter | 60 " | 5 " 9 " | black | 200. |
| $3,200. |
He further shows, that said persons 
were slaves for life of
Mrs Frances H. P. Robinson, late of Georgetown,
D.C.
decd, and the said Margaret,
Francis and Walter, are three, out
of six, children, heirs and distributees of the said Frances
Robinson, and are therefore entitled to one undivided moiety of
the value of said slaves and their claims aforesaid is therefore of the value of
sixteen hundred dollars, in money, and with the exceptions that said
Charles Carter is addicted to drink and said
Margaret West is lame, he knows of no defects or
infirmities, mental, moral or physical, affecting the value of said claim.
He further declares, hereby, that he, the said Margaret,
Francis & Walker, bear true
allegiance to the government of the United States and
have not borne arms against the United States in the
present rebellion, nor in anyway given aid or comfort thereto, that said slaves
were not brought into the District of Columbia since the
passage of said act of Congress, aforesaid, but, at that date, were held to
service by virtue of the claim aforesaid and that said claim does not originate
in or by vir 
tue 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,
He prays you to examine and decide the validity of the claim aforesaid & to report the same in pursuance of the act of Congress &c&c
Thos. C. Cox
I, Thomas C. Cox, being duly sworn, say, that the matters & things stated in the aforegoing petition as of my own knowledge, are true, and those stated on information I believe to be true
Thos. C. Cox
Sworn to and subscribed before me this twenty fourth day of May, AD 1862
Henry Reaver J Peace
Francis W. Robinson and Walter W H Robinson, being duly sworn, say, that they are loyal to the United States and that the matters stated in the aforegoing Petition are true, to the best of the Knowledge & belief
Francis F. Robinson
Walter W H. Robinson.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 30th day of June AD 1862—
Henry Reaver J Peace
