Knox County court record for Yorick McGilpin vs. Ceasar Embry, 1842

Description:	Folder 5592 in Box 104 of Knox County Circuit Court Records at the Knox County Public Library’s McGrady-Brockman House holds eight documents in the case of Yorick (Yorich) McGilpin vs. Ceasar (Cesar) Embry. To satisfy and unpaid promissory note of $120, a court order calls for the sale of the land on which Embry lived, what was then an area known as Cherry Grove. Among the documents are the promissory note, court orders, and newspaper notices of the sale.
Origin:	1842
Contributor(s):	McGilpin, Yorick; McGilpin, Yorich; Embry, Ceasar; Embry, Cesar;
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/kcpl/id/47462
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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