A handwritten petition to the county court of Madison County written by Jeremiah Fuller concerning the three children of a woman named Harriet. The petition is written in brown ink on off-white, blue lined paper. Handwritten in graphite in a different hand at the top, right corner on the front is [PETITION FOR / SLAVES]. The document reads [To the Worshipful the county / court of Marion County / Your petitioner / would respectfully / represent to your worshipful body, that Harriet a freedwoman has three children, one named / Thomas, aged 7 years, another named George / aged about 5 years and the third Philip / about 2 years old which she the [illegible] Harriet / the mother wishes bound to me your petitioner Jeremiah Fuller / Nov. 4th, 1867.] On the verso, in the bottom right corner, in a different hand is the inscription [Dreary] repeated three times.
| Date | November 4, 1867 |
| Written by | Jeremiah Fuller, American, 1810 - 1877 |
| Subject of | Harriet, American |
| Subject of | Unidentified Woman or Women |
| Subject of | Unidentified Child or Children |
| Place made | Madison County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America |
| Medium | ink on paper |
| Dimensions | H x W: 6 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. (16.5 x 19.7 cm) |
| Credit Line | Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture |
| Object number | 2010.1.7 |
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