Betsy Hagan v. Philip Rocheblave
Item
Betsy Hagan V. Philip Rocheblave. 1826, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 8, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/60679
- Case Title
- Betsy Hagan v. Philip Rocheblave
- Series
- Freedom Suits
- Plaintiff
- Hagan, Betsy
- Defendant
- Rocheblave, Philip
- Date Filed
- 1826-07-25
- Filing Date
- 1826-07-25
- Court Name
- St. Louis Circuit Court
- Court Term
- 1826-07
- Clerk
- Gamble, Archibald
- Cause of Action
- Petition for Freedom
- Case Notes
- Female slave was born in Pennsylvania, later she was sold in Illinois where she lived and worked; finally she was brought into Missouri and sued for her freedom.
- Case Number
- 77
- Identifier
- ccr1826.05530.002
- Source
- Missouri State Archives - St. Louis
- Rights
- Public Domain
- PDF Download
- Download PDF of all images
- Transcription
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**Betsy Hagan vs. Philip Rocheblave**
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**Page 1** (5530_001.jpg)
> *Legal Function: Petition for Freedom*
To the Honorable the circuit court
held in and for the County of St Louis
Your petitioner represents that she
was born in the state of [illegible] Pennsylvania
and when [illegible]thirty years [illegible]
was brought into the state of [illegible] Illinois and sold
as a slave, that she continued to and in
the said state of Illinois until with in
two or three years John in the [illegible] of a slave
when she was removed from the said State
of Illinois and [illegible] [illegible] this lived and pop
[illegible] of said Philip Rocheblave [illegible] as a
slave who now labels her as a slave
he the said Philip Rocheblave [illegible] being
a resident & [illegible] of the City of St Louis
[illegible] Your petitioner prays [illegible] to be [illegible]
to [illegible] said for [illegible] under [illegible] [illegible]
June according to the [illegible] of
the [illegible] in that in need and [illegible]
*Betsy my X mark Hagan*
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**Page 2** (5530_002.jpg)
> *Legal Function: Caption*
No 77 July Term 1826
Betsy Hagan
vs Rocheblave
[illegible]
*filed July 25th 1826 A Gamble
Clk*
Betsy Hagan V. Philip Rocheblave. 1826, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 8, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/60679