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Spragins, Mel, fl. 1802-1819 [Warrant to the jailer of Halifax County to receive Abram, a slave, into custody until 23 April]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06338.09 Author/Creator: Spragins, Mel, fl. 1802-1819 Place Written: Halifax County, Virginia Type: Document signed Date: 17 April 1802 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 32.4 cm, Width: 19.8 cm Order a Copy

Spragins and Dejurnatt order the Halifax County jail keeper to receive into custody "Abram a Negro Man Slave the property of William Smith...he being a Witness in behalf of the Commonwealth" against Sanc[h]o, Frank, Jim and Phebey. A note at bottom specifies that "It is necessary that the above Witness be kept Separate from the persons he is a witness against." A note on verso states: "Sank [Sancho?] said he wd kill Danl Dijarnatt & take his wife. / Frank said he would take Danl. Perkins wife / Jim - [unclear if the latter is a signature or an unfinished sentence]." Docket indicates this is a mittimus (a type of warrant).

Spragins, Mel, fl. 1802-1819
Dejurnatt, fl. 1802
Sancho, ?-1802

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