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of
St. Chambers
Petition of - - -
Polly
Sue on a poor person
to
I the
Judge of the circuit court for
in the matter of petition by
to sue as a poor person to
to establish her right to freedom;
as the
reasonable liberty to attend her
may require, that the he not
of this Court
of her application for freedom - Witness my hand & seal this
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The petition of
of
the prosecution of a suit to
your petitioner
year of
County.
slave of one
in the same
recollected, when she was fourteen years of age
at a place about four miles from the town
of
during which
aforesaid to different persons to
perform the usual
upon a house servant at the State of two
dollars a week- That her said master regularly
for her services
afterwords your petitioner was taken up
the
five years- That after different
she was at last treated in the family of
the
or thirteen years. during which time after
the
of this County
petitioner- and about four years ago was
of the
made several
for as
dollars a month & or one time within
the jurisdiction of the
detained for
of
and judge
the rate of fifteen dollars a month for the
Your petitioner
pay
to freedom- She therefore prays, in as
much as the above facts can he fully establiched. That she may be permitted
to sue as a poor person in order to obtain
her freedom- her in duty found
she will
But remembered that on this
before the
of the plea certain and for the county aforesaid, came
in the foregoing petition, so far as stated from her
knowledge, are true, and so far as stated from the information
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Suit of
freedom - - -
sue on poor person
Clerk will
on
circumstances
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Color by
false impresent. In that
the
hundred and thirty nine
the said
on the said plaintiff and three and these
aforesaid to this day contrary to the form of the statute
in such case made and
that
the
is greatly
amount of five hundre dollars
And the said
that the
her aforesaid a
he says that
said
work was still is
the said after
prays
And the said plff by her
the said
was not
aforesaid
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We command you to
if he be found in your County, that he be
and appear
before the judge of our Circuit court, on the first day of the next
term thereof, to be held
at the
of
wash of a
to the damage of said plaintiff
And have you then there this writ.
I acknowledge myself bound for all costs that may accure in the above cause.
Witness my hand and seal, at
suit for
Executed this writ in the
by offering to read it and the declarations petition
and the order of the
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You are hereby commanded, that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay, you appear
before the Judge of our
1841
testify, and the truth to say, in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said Court,
wherein
plantiff and
defendant on the part of
and herein you are in no wise to fail.
for deft.
Executed
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You Are Hereby Notified, That Depositions of Witness to be read in
evidence in the above cause, on the part of the
in the County of
day of
froenoon, and 6 o'clock in the afternoon: and that the taking of said depositions, if not completed on that day, will be continued from day to day at the same place and between
the same hours, till completed.
noticed to
Served the within notice in the county of
a true copy of the same
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We, reposing special trust and confidence in your integrity and circumspection, do authorize
and require you, that you cause to come before you, such person or
persons as
shall be named to you by
Attorney or Agent, and him or them examine upon his, her or their
corporal oath, (to be
by you admministered, ) touching their knowledge
of any thing that may relate to a certain
matter of controversy, now
pending in our
wherein
plaintiff and
defendant on the part of the
so reduced the said depositions so taken by you as aforesaid
in writing, you are required
to send the same, together with this
commission, enclosed under your seal, to our said
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Deposition of witness sworn
of samuel
and state of
justice of the peace within and for the county aforesaid
in a certain cause now
of the place
sworn and examined on the part of the plaintiff
for a longtime the Deponent know plff in
in the
in their county the know her to her the same Deponent
was born she
was about
she was
armed man
of the
in the state of
miles from the peace of the birth of plff
ahalf
and was
saw the
as
Deponent
of years
may have
for
man came on to this country the
of
years of age. Deponent
as well as she
that is
men to be
-
a thousand times, they new so in
Deponent know that it has been twenty three
years, last fall,
&
the fall after, about the last of
the first of
Deponent says that said
here in the County of
from the last of October or first of
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the last of
following - - - -
Nothing able to complete the taking
of said Depositionis by
(
& the time is not
into the
the
of the same till to
at the same place &
hours, mentioned in the annexed notice
in the
sand
it was
untitled to
& take away the plaintiff, and has
brother came away the plaintiff as
they said to,
out to
& to
his
him & his cause
arrived in
for
they thought the
to pursue then
getting and - his family here
his
month thin he got a house at
there -
you
for your
was
to whom her
Answer -
they gate for
at
plaintiff
she
the plaintiff - question.
self, our
answer
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failing
constitution as any
plenty & property - question -
in
answer. Deponent does not know,
a five - said
him, He had about a
him to go along any where question by
answer - plff was a little
had wished plff was a
During the time aforesaid,
of
has the present
settled
and
near at the time.
Answer It
me
my
the name
same name
more
loads
Answer
It was
bad from here to
to
the
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broken at that time an those roads
Answer I do not know that they were nor did I
hear that they were
of
secure one
Answer It was a very
the
Answer Before his
It there became very
through the
generally
far as your know that he was bound
far
by plaintiff
Answer I hered have say he was bound for
messouri and this is all that I know
I dont know what he said to
answer
to what place do you understand they
inteaded to
Answer I did not here them say and do not know
taking the
the
to by
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that polly the plff
nor paid for her services
thinks that he services
in a
for what
fall untill the last of April on the
May
to kept
talked as touch by
but it thinks him that
the plff
16 years of age The
was at the time of plaff
thickly settled of
exactly in
of
but know that
for the same Deponent know that his thought
had been
that
he did at my place
the brought me has
take what things he had me
say
in years he had but one hand one of his arms
or
The
the months of march and april
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You have spoken of the
to your
your
again to state all your know about this
Answer of the
she
the paid for his
plaintiff and I have heard the plaintiff
say
or other things I do not
paid me no rent for the house I do
not
for any thing or kept any
him or that he
the handled
his team after said
settlemant say
years he called an me at my
this county-
dead my understanding is that he did in
missouri thought I do not nut know
to
I hered a
her freedom The
here was a secure one and the spring was
a
you state that
furniture
was this statements put down by
the such
Answer Dept merely says that he brought
a waggon the
to
in his
he bought
in the neighbourdhood of the
fruther
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The examination
on of he had
with him that
us
polly away if he had chosen those was
nothing to
travilling
all the way from
they
they
frogen he gave same to my
he
he could take them
to go away the had no are
for him
stay there
there was
daily to
I know the plaintiff
age whom she come to my house I know
these I had sum her before her
familiar to me after talking about
& facts & persons I
she was the same person that was here
with
she said she had came to
some time she about the
& other neighbour & things
where she had been al this time & why
she had come here - She said she had
come here to sue of they could say
she had said here &
of under
stated. & I told her I was the thing to testify to
such facts as I
I do not know of any persons who have
made
a things
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& saith I first know
fall he then
was a
I
have
of
arrived at the place where I was
&
furniture
negro girl mow called Pally &
I am confident she is the same she
was there as man as I can
his plan in
search of a
been old
for a time, the particular reasons why he did
I
not be
find same
of his arrival
time there were pleasant
the
he had came about three hundred and eighty miles from
his
had sold his property
he
It was my understanding that
intended to settle me
I
The old mans residence here was temporary
he purchased no
remember
intruction the brought
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I frequently hered old man
it was his
at the death of himself and
me
here
man
far they had
he did not intended to remove his
untill they
could be
me
and has been dead for several years
he lived up the missouri about
the plaintiff stayed
as I
of may I recollect the
us to he sufficant to recounil battle and the
spring was quite
states further that after
here in
I
by my house I
had where
house & established a
remove my house
an said had not term to remove my house
& I lived in the
neighbour that is
where
as
accounts he
he had
his trying to buy an home here I
distance
he intended to settle
here she was claimed by me
slave & treated as such of that in a reasonable
&
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thing I
out the age
I
present she belonged to
was then living at
with my father & mother
I have heard the
& mother as above unthen read my recollections of the
stated by them
plaintiff
I dont know when plaintiff left here but
I know she was here at a meeting which
I beleive took plan the last of
April - my husband
hered the plaintiff of
a Dollar a
for his
she was hered
was while
times but how long she worked I can not
recollect -
heard - he gat my husband also to
same of his houses - Mr.
to be my any
to
he had no way of gang to misouri of
to
of the
off on park
old man
furniture &
such
I
house
on me
me
to
me
wa in
my husband
his note
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I understand - old me
lutterly that he life
then as he said
know where he intended to
a
but said if he had not sold his place
he
husband old
about the
in
according to the Laws of
father
my husband
the plaintiff found to him by
the
her in
he
they
to
to
& then
should not
to adapt this plan I
he
many praple were
me
here -
not
the
this eighth day of
hundred
the
the
of said
on this
with or
they
cost of April,
a
away by a
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The past is to the above
and he made to the
I.
County of
in
word
&
this said
This hereby certified that
sixth
and acting as such and that face faith
and credit are due to his acts as such
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I
in the above suit having recoverd
my freedom there by he
come untitle
to
suit
hereby acknowledge to have
received the same in full from
the
shiff hereby
and also
releasing
who hered me at the
made under the order of court
from all
person for me