Early Governors' Papers

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