Knox County slave register, James Johnson registers Will, 1807
| Description: |
On Nov.18, 1806 John Grant comes before Isaac White, Deputy Clerk of the Knox County Court of Common Pleas with a Negro man named Will aged 36. Will has been brought to this territory from Kentucky. Will is to serve Isaac Grant and his assignees a term of twenty years. Grant is to provide Will with proper clothing, food and lodging. At the end of his service he is not to become a county charge |
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| Origin: | 1807 |
| Contributor(s): |
Grant, John; White, Isaac; Will; |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/kcpl/id/43492 |
| 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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