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
- Bess v. Ruth Howard (April 10, 1722)
- Juan Domingo Lopez v. Francis Phillips (April 10, 1770)
- William Butler and Mary Butler v. Richard Boarman (September 1, 1770)
- Peter, et al. v. Susanna Elliott and Rachell Elliott (April 1, 1787)
- Rachel v. Thomas and Zachariah Roberts (April 10, 1787)
- William v. Thomas and Zachariah Roberts (April 10, 1787)
- Nan v. Thomas and Zachariah Roberts (April 10, 1787)
- Adam Craig v. Mary Butler (November 19, 1787)
- Molly Butler v. Francis Plowden (May 17, 1788)
- Maria Hughes, Daniel Hughes, Frank Hughes, and Lydia Hughes v. Henry Dickinson (May 6, 1789)
- Levin Hughes v. John Singleton (May 6, 1789)
- Adam v. Andrew F. Leverton (September 8, 1789)
- Henrietta Butler v. Edward Hamilton (December 7, 1790)
- Lydia Butler v. James Carrico (December 7, 1790)
- Electius Butler v. Bennett Posey (December 7, 1790)
- Thomas Butler v. Bennett Posey (December 7, 1790)
- Milley Butler v. Robert Sinnett (December 7, 1790)
- Henrietta Butler v. Edward Smith (December 7, 1790)
- James Butler v. James Arnold (April 14, 1791)
- Rebecca Butler v. Mary Shervin (May 1, 1791)
- Anthony Butler v. Mary Shervin (May 1, 1791)
- Anne Butler v. Mary Shervin (May 1, 1791)
- Patrick Mahoney v. John Ashton (October 1, 1791)
- Daniel Mahoney v. John Ashton (October 1, 1791)
- Stephen Butler v. Charles Carroll (October 1, 1791)
- Elizabeth Butler v. Henry Hill (October 1, 1791)
- Clement Butler v. Henry Pyke (October 1, 1791)
- Agnes Butler v. Robert Lawson (October 1, 1791)
- Jerrard Butler v. Robert Lawson (October 1, 1791)
- Eleanor Butler v. Robert Lawson (October 1, 1791)
- Rebecca Butler v. Robert Lawson (October 1, 1791)
- Jane Butler v. Robert Lawson (October 1, 1791)
- Mary Butler v. Robert Lawson (October 1, 1791)
- Giles Butler v. John Somerville (October 1, 1791)
- Augustus Butler v. William Thomas (October 1, 1791)
- Charity Butler v. Joseph Thompson (October 1, 1791)
- Chloe Butler v. Nicholas L. Sewall (October 1, 1791)
- Jacob Butler v. Eleanor Taney (October 1, 1791)
- Ignatius Butler v. Joseph Sims (December 24, 1791)
- Henny Butler v. Charles Carroll (December 29, 1791)
- Jane Shorter v. Henry Neale (May 1, 1792)
- Abraham Shorter v. Mary Anne Boarman (May 1, 1792)
- William Butler v. Samuel Bond (May 1, 1792)
- Anna Butler, Moses Butler, Frank Butler v. John DeButts (May 1, 1792)
- Henny Butler v. Thomas Clagett (May 1, 1792)
- Joanna Butler v. Mary Boarman (May 1, 1792)
- Samuel Butler, Flora Butler, and Tracey Butler v. Adam Craig (May 1, 1792)
- Samuel Butler v. William Bond (May 1, 1792)
- Letty Butler v. Ann Digges (May 1, 1792)
- Agnes Butler v. Rachel Boarman (May 1, 1792)
