Document 1:
Title: Petition of Sophia Caroline Jones, 22 September 1862
Date: September 22, 1862
Source Text: A microfilm reproduction of the original document held at the National Archives and Records Administration, Microcopy 433, Reel 3. The original document is held in the Records of the District Courts of the United States, 1685–2004, National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 21. Within the National Archives' Archival Description Catalog, see ARC Identifier 4314547 / MLR Number NC-2 33 (http://arcweb.archives.gov).
Document 2:
Title: Evidence Relating to the Petition of Sophia Caroline Jones, 22 September 1862
Date: September 22, 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.00996
TEI/XML: cww.00996.xml
Hannah Ward, of Prince George's County, State of Maryland, having claim to the service of the Undersigned, and having refused, or failed, to file in your Office the statement in writing, or schedule, provided for in the 9th Section of the Act of Congress, entitled "An Act for the release of certain persons held to service or labor in the District of Columbia," Approved 16th April, 1862;
You will please file the annexed Schedule, in pursuance of an Act supplementary to the above–recited Act, Approved 12th July, 1862.
The Undersigned resided
in Washington before, and at the time of, the passage of the said Act of 16th April, 1862, with her late owners' consent.
| Name. | Sex. | Age. | Description. |
| Sophia Caroline Jones. | Female. | 23 | Brown Black. |
her X mark Sophia Caroline Jones
Witness:
Wm C. Zantzinger.
The commissioners satisfied on the testimony of Wm C. Zantzinger of the truth of the within statement, order the same to be so reported to the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the Dist. of Columbia.
