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1863/10/30

Kilgore, Legrand, fl. 1863

Manuscript document

Title: Document of sale for 3 slaves to be transferred from Louisiana to Texas

Sale from Kilgore to E. W. Rogers. The slaves were Bill (25), Patsey (33) and her son John (2). (Through a punctuation error the document seems to say that Kilgore fathered the boy John.)

GLC05838

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