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An Act placing James, (alias James La Fayette, ) on the pension list, and for his present relief. 1818 188 (1818)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0294 and id is 1 raw text is: IN- TBIROUTY-TiIIII) TVAlt 0F TUB COMMO$WBALTII. the row-galley Accomac, in the service of this state, at the expi. ration of which time he waspermitted to retire in consequence of ill health, and that he is now old, decrepid, and in distress : Sum allowed forp re. 1. Be it therefore enacted, That he is hereby authorized to re- ainkrelicr. ceive eighty dollars for his present relief; and that lie shall also rension be placed on the pension list, and receive sixty dollars annually, to be lpaid as other pensioners are paid. Commencement. 2. rhis act shall be in force from the passing thereof. Preamble. Amount of pension. Commencenicur. cu-iIAr' t CLXVIII.-An :let phtcR619 .Joseph Alt Qttownl on the pension li.t.-(Passcd Ml'arch 8th, 1819.J Whereas it is represented to the General Assembly, from the petition and documents of Joseph Me Quown, that lie was a sol- dier in the campaign of one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven, against the 1ndians, on the Ohio river; that afterwards he volunteered and marched to the relief of Donnally's fort, and contributed to relieve the garrison, and engaged occa.sionally as a militia-man during the revolutionary war ; that he is now poor and unable to labour: 1. lie it therefore enacted, Tha±t he shall be placed on the pen- sion list, and receive fifty dollars annually, and paid as other pen-. sioners are paid. 2. This act shall he in force from the passing thereof. CIIA 1I'EIt CLXIX.-A,'n act placi ng Jainics, (alias James L a Fatyette,) oi the pension list, and for his present relief.-P(l'asscd March 9, 1819.) treatble. Whereas it is represented to the General Assembly, from the petition of James, (alias James La Fayette,) that during the revo- lutionary war lie was a slave, the property of the late William Armistead. of New Kent county ; tiat he solicited and obtained the consent of his master to .joims in the service of the French forces under the connand of general De La Fayette ; that tile services he rendered were considered of such importance to the country, that in the year 1786 lie was emancipated by an act of the Virginia legislature ; and that lie is now poor and unable to help hiulself: Allowance fur Prs-- 1. Be it therefore enacted, That lie is hereby authorized to cat rdief. receive sixty dollars for his present relief; and the auditor of public accounts is required to issue a warrant on the treasury, to him or his representative, frir the same. ren,ion. 2..Ind be it further enacted, 'hat lie shall be placed on the pension list, an{d receive forty dollars annually, to be paid as other pensioners are paid. Comincocuirnt. i. rhis act shall be in force from tile passing thereof. CII'It CIX X.-A n act concerning ,Iercmiah Franklin. (Passed December 30th, 1818.) rtconmbl. Whereas it is represented to the General Assembly, by Jere- miah lFranklin, that he went lately on a visit to his father, of the county of Surry, in North Carolina, who gave to the said Jeremni- ah, a negro boy named Wesley, about ten years old, whom the said Jeremiah brought to his place of residence, in the county of Amherst, where he now remains : and the said Jeremiah having petitioned the Legislature to be permitted to retain the said slave as his iroperty in this Commonwealth : Jienis, Franhiin 1. le it enacted, That the said Jeremiah Franklin shall be, and ,utharized to hold in he is hereby authorized and empowered to hold the said negro boy

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