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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