11584002https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11584002TexasNacogdochesCounty25111840Petitionreferred to committees; provided for by law0111Texas State Library-Archives Division, Austin, TexasFifty-five citizens of Nacogdoches County ask the legislature to exempt William Goyens, a free man of color, from the law requiring free people of color to emigrate. Goyens "has conducted himself as an honest industrious citizen has accumulated considerable property in lands &c and has been of great Service to the Country in our Indian difficulties." They therefore pray that a law be passed "authorizing the said William Goyens to reside permanently in the Republic and enjoy such privileges as are usual in like cases."Property owners (Black)State residency issues (FPOC)Native Americans