All Cases
Below is an index of the Petition for Freedom cases tried before the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia between 1808 and 1859.
683 cases
- Mary Foster v. William Richards (August 7, 1849)
- John R. Smith v. Thomas Haynes (August 7, 1849)
- Nathan Jackson v. Joseph Parker (August 7, 1849)
- Benjamin Qualls v. Jane W. Stevenson (November 19, 1849)
- Lucinda Anderson v. Jonathan McGarrity (April 12, 1850)
- John Edward Butler v. Nathaniel Suit (August 24, 1850)
- Caroline Butler v. Fielder Magruder (August 29, 1850)
- Margaret Norah Atkins & Alfred Atkins v. Francis Bowling & Clarissa B. Gardiner (December 24, 1850)
- Christiana Dunbar v. Richard B. Alexander (June 12, 1851)
- Eleanora Bell v. Susan Armistead (December 3, 1851)
- Susan Diggs v. Jane Cockrell (May 21, 1852)
- Mary E. Semmes v. John Marlow (July 17, 1852)
- Rachel Johnson v. Morris Adler (November 1, 1852)
- Sarah Stewart v. James C. McGuire (November 12, 1852)
- Joseph Johnson v. Henry Johnson (November 16, 1852)
- Ralph Taylor, Catherine Taylor, Henry Taylor, Sarah Elizabeth Taylor, John Taylor, & Ellen Taylor v. James C. McGuire (December 1, 1852)
- Melvina Carter & Mary Ellen Carter v. Elizabeth Gordon (December 23, 1852)
- James Williams v. Peter Havener (April 1, 1853)
- Rachel Ann Williams v. Samuel Stettinius (April 1, 1853)
- Theresa Blackwell v. Robert Hall (October 19, 1853)
- Ellen Johnson, John Thomas Johnson, Robert Johnson, & Louisa Johnson v. Morris Adler (November 26, 1853)
- Parmelia Adams, Isabella Adams, Sylvester Adams, & Truelove Adams v. James H. Holmes (December 21, 1853)
- Allen Seymour v. Nathan Seymour (December 23, 1853)
- Louisa Woodward v. Jane Monroe (February 20, 1854)
- Rose Herbet, William Herbet, Theodosia Herbet, John Herbet, Sandy Herbet, Elizabeth Herbet, Edward Herbet & Robert Herbert v. Mary Ringgold (April 6, 1854)
- Mary Ann Bond, John Henry Dorsey, Elizabeth Dorsey, Julia Ann Eglin, Maria Louisa Eglin, Mary Ellana Eglin, & Alice Campbell v. Thomas C. Magruder (May 23, 1854)
- Lucy Williams v. George Hope (May 31, 1854)
- William H. McKenney v. Isaac Buckingham (August 7, 1854)
- Priscilla King v. William Wilkinson (August 7, 1854)
- Emily Duncan v. Richard Gatewood (August 7, 1854)
- Druzilla King v. William Wilkinson (August 7, 1854)
- William Taylor v. Isaac Buckingham (August 7, 1854)
- Primos Garner v. William Mills (August 7, 1854)
- Andrew Jones v. Joshua Pearce (November 1, 1854)
- Jesse Nelson v. John Cornwell (December 16, 1854)
- Mary Taylor, Henry Taylor, Emily Taylor, & Ida Taylor v. James M. A. Mushett (June 13, 1855)
- Mary Lucinda Someby v. Samuel E. Douglass (January 17, 1856)
- Julia A. Bowman, Marly Bowman, & Sylvester Bowman v. William Boss (May 22, 1856)
- Louisa Bell v. Lee (May 23, 1856)
- Mary Jackson, Samuel Jackson, & William Jackson v. Benjamin Davis (May 23, 1856)
- Harriet Bell v. Reed (May 23, 1856)
- Jerry, Anthony, et al., v. Jeremiah Townshend. Court Report (June 1, 1856)
- Charles Lyles, Sylvester Lyles, William Lyles, Albert Lyles, Washington Lyles, Laura Lyles, Henry Lyles, & Richard Lyles v. Christopher C. Hyatt & Dionysius Sheriff (October 6, 1856)
- Mary Ann Williams v. Mary Massey (November 21, 1856)
- Mary Jane Jones v. Peter Hewitt (December 20, 1856)
- Harriet Humphrey v. Robert W. Hunter (January 27, 1857)
- Primos Garner v. Horatio R. Marryman (April 2, 1857)
- John Butler v. William D. Bell (September 9, 1857)
- Betsy Burke v. Ann Turner (November 17, 1857)
- Susan Steward v. Henry L. Holley (January 7, 1858)