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- GLC#
- GLC03434.77-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 5 August 1809
- Author/Creator
- Ware, Samuel, fl. 1809
- Title
- [Promissory note from Samuel Ware to the estate of George Garrett]
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket ; Height: 40 cm, Width: 32 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Age of Jefferson & Madison
Ware promises to sell off his property to repay a debt to George Garrett's estate, of which Benjamin Faulkner is a trustee. Ware will sell off ten slaves, who are named, a horse, cattle, and other goods, to be sold to "the highest bidder" to pay debts owed Garrett's estate. Also signed by John Thurston, David A. Wilson and Elizabeth Thurston as witnesses. Attested to by court clerk, Thomas Muse, on docket, dated 20 February 1810. Docket also signed by Ware, Muse, Wilson and John and Elizabeth Thurston.
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