Spragins, Mel, fl. 1802-1819 [Warrant to the Halifax County jailer to receive the slaves Sancho, Frank, Jim, and Phebey into custody]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06338.10 Author/Creator: Spragins, Mel, fl. 1802-1819 Place Written: Halifax County, Virginia Type: Document signed Date: 17 April 1802 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 31.7 cm, Width: 19.4 cm Order a Copy
Spragins orders the Halifax County jail keeper to receive into custody "the body of Sancho a man slave now in the possession of Richard Booker of the s[ai]d County and said to be the property of John Booker of Amelia County Frank a negro man slave the property of Archer Robertson, Jim a man slave the property of James Booker and Phebey a negroe woman slave the property of David Price....and them safely keep till they shall be thence discharged by due course of Law." Docket indicates this is a mittimus (a type of warrant). Spragins was a justice of the peace. Also signed by [James?] Dejurnatt.
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