Allen Williams

Name

Allen Williams

Enslaved or Free

Enslaved

Record(s) Seen In

Common Law Orders - D - July 1848 - May 1856 - pgs. 401-810

Page and Line Number

CLD: PP. 473

Additional Information

Allen Williams was said to have been a runaway slave who was left unclaimed in the county jail for four months. He claimed that his enslaver was "Armistead of Amherst Count," but this owner never claimed him. He was thus ordered to be "sold according to law."