Early Governors' Papers

State of Tennessee Knox County

This day Jesse Terry of Roane County appeared before me Rob^t Lindsay a justice of said county of Knox and being duly sworn deposeth and saith That he has seen in the possession of a certain William Starne in Clark County Georgia a girl of colour which is the reputed daughter of a certain Daniel Scott of Roane County Tennessee who is a free man of colour, said girl Peggy has lived with said Daniel Scott and been always heretofore reputed free- that Deponent has seen in the possession of said Starne a Bill of sale for said Girl Peggy dated the 22 Nov^r 1817. Signed by a certain Edward Kindred and Mary Holt of Morgan County that he knows the Signature of Edward Kindred to be genuine and that of Edward Kindred of said Morgan County- That Deponent believes said Girl Peggy Scott was stolen from her parents in Roane County and carried to Georgia and sold as aforesaid by said Edward Kindred

and Mary Holt otherwise called Mary Ann Neal

and that said Edward and Mary have [served?] as Deponent is informed and believes, absconded from their former residence and fled from Justice

Jesse Terry

Sworn to and subscribed the 18^th day of Jany 1818

Rob^t Lindsay a Justice of peace Knox County

Capⁿ Jesse Terry relative to the case of E Kindred and Mary Holt alias Mary Ann Neal

1818 Negro Stealing

State of Tennessee Knox County

This day William Starne of the county of Clark State of Georgia appeared before me Rob^t Lindsay an acting justice of the peace for said County of Knox and being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that on the 22 Nov^r 1817 a certain Edward Kindred and a certain Mary Holt came to Deponents House in Geor gia having in their possession a girl of colour called Peggy which they claimd as their property as a Slave which Deponent purchased as such and paid to them as a consideration the sum of three hundred and seventy five Dollars- That Deponent has since been informed and believes that said Girl Peggy was free and was kindmapped by the said Kindred and Mary Holt from her parents in Roane County Tennessee. That a suit has been since said sute by Thomas C. Childress and Jesse Terry instituted against this Deponent for the freedom of said girl Peggy and is are now prosecuting the same in the court of Clark County in State of Georgia That this Depont is informed and believes that said Edward Kindred and Mary Holt has since