Knox County court record for Coon vs. Decker, 1818

Description: Folder 1016 in Box 33 of Knox County Circuit Court 1818 records at the Knox County Public Library’s McGrady-Brockman House holds six documents in the case of Coons vs. Decker et al. This is debt litigation for the sale of a negro man “Jack” by Isaac Coon to Hiram Decker for $400.00. The six documents in this file include the complaint by David Coons, an affidavit of Hiram Decker, a Bill of Sale for “Jack”, a promissory note from Hiram Decker, Watlter Wilson and Francis Hopkins, a summons listing defendants, and a note from the court clerk.
Origin: 1818
Contributor(s): Jack; Coon, Isaac; Decker, Hiram; Coon, David; Wilson, Walter; Hopkins, Francis;
Source: http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/kcpl/id/46127
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.)

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