Knox County court record for Ma-son-pe-con-gah (The Owl) vs. Thomas Jones, 1818

Description:	Folder 1765 in Box 29 of Knox County Circuit Court 1818 records at the Knox County Public Library’s McGrady-Brockman House holds twenty-four documents in the case of Ma-son-pe-con-gah vs. Thomas Jones. Ma-son-pe-con-gah (The Owl) a chief of the Miami Tribe sued Thomas Jones to return his property which included a mulatto child named Polly, a saw and chattel all of which had been entrusted to Jones for a period of time. Jones refused to return the child. Documents in the file include a bail bond of Thomas Jones, sixteen summonses, a court bill, a receipt of trial court transcripts, a request for a new trial, complaint filed by “the Owl” against Jones, two statements by counsel for Jones, and a statement by Jones declaring he was not guilty regarding the child Polly who was placed in his care.
Origin:	1818
Contributor(s):	Owl, The; Ma-son-pe-con-gah ; Jones, Thomas; Polly
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/kcpl/id/45743
Collection:	Knox County Public Library
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/;
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.) Miami Indians--Indiana--History

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