McMinn_Letter_067_48458

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

About 5 ft 11 inches - 30 years of age - fair Hair blue- fair complexion~

M A Neill - about common size - 30- yrs age - black Hair, black eyes

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

1818 Negro Stealing