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1794
[Indenture between Henry Knox and Samuel Ogden]
Same as GLC02437.10316 and .10317. Indenture in which Samuel Ogden will hold a certain amount of land in trust from Knox and his wife, Lucy Knox.
GLC02437.10318
circa January 1856
Woodson, Obadiah, fl. 1856
[Slave Patrol Contract]
Appoints a captain to oversee a company of men for "Patrol duty at least two nights in each week; and on the Sabbath day to disperse all collections of negroes or boys violating the Ordinances of the Town. On all slaves found off their owner's...
GLC09122
circa 27 October 1863
Frazier, Charlotte, fl. 1863
[Petition of a free black to become a slave of Jefferson S. Nash]
Petition to the District Court of Texas. "Charlotte Frazier...respectfully states and shows that she is a free person of African descent - that she is... mother of Six children under the age of Fourteen ... to wit ... Mack ... Betsey ...Luke...
GLC09123
1 June 1780-1789
Lawrance, John, fl. 1780;
Warrant for money owed to Sharp Liberty
One warrant for eight pounds and five shillings owed to soldier, Sharp Liberty. Signed "X"' by Liberty and J. Lawrence, treasurer.
GLC09132.01
28 January 1862
Holly, William H., ?-1864
to Mary Ann Davis
Written at Camp Lyon to a friend. Confesses that the people enjoying the winter, sleighing etc., makes him miss home and that he hopes he never sees fighting like that which has been going on in Kentucky. Also says the stormy winter inhibits drilling...
GLC02165.02
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