Knox County slave registry, Robert Elliot registers Betty, 1807

Description:	On February 14, 1807 Robert Elliot comes before Robert Buntin, Clerk of the Knox County Court of Common Pleas with a Negro woman named Betty age 20. She was brought to this territory from South Carolina. Betty is to serve Robert Elliott and his assignees for a term of twenty years. Robert Elliott is to provide Betty with sufficient provisions, clothing, lodging and washing according to his station and degree and Betty is not to become a cost to the county.
Origin:	1807
Contributor(s):	Elliot, Robert; Buntin, Robert; Betty;
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/kcpl/id/43475
Collection:	Knox County Public Library
Copyright:	No Copyright - United States;
Geography:	Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana, United States
Subjects:	Black people -- America -- History African Americans -- History Black people -- History Slave records Slave labor Slavery Slaveholders Enslaved women Enslaved men Slavery -- Law and legislation Indentured servants Indiana -- Northwest Indiana -- History Vincennes (Ind.) Knox County (Ind.)

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