Order to commence trial

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Description

Title
Order to commence trial
Contributor
Montgomery, Thomas 1779-1828
Pettus, Thomas
Published / Created
1808
Abstract

The document consists of: one order issued and signed by Thomas Pettus, justice of the peace of Lincoln County, to the sheriff of Lincoln County.

The material consists of nine manuscript documents concerning the trial and conviction of Surry, an African American slave owned by Thomas Montgomery, for the murder of Moses, a slave owned by John Hyatt, in Lincoln County, Kentucky, in 1808.

Description
In English.
Purchased from Chapel Hill Rare Books on the Henry R. Wagner Fund, 2007.
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
WA MSS S-2783
Collection Title
Documents concerning the trial and conviction of Surry
Collection Date
1808
Container / Volume
Box 1 | Folder 2

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
text
Genre
Legal documents--Kentucky--19th century.
Manuscripts
Subject (Geographic)
Lincoln County (Ky.)
Subject (Name)
Montgomery, Thomas 1779-1828
Pettus, Thomas
Subject (Topic)
African Americans--Kentucky--Lincoln County
Slaves--Kentucky--Lincoln County.
Trials (Murder)--Kentucky--Lincoln County.
Witnesses--Kentucky--Lincoln County.

Access And Usage Rights

Access
Public
Rights
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Citation
Documents Concerning the Trial and Conviction of Surry. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Identifiers

Orbis Record
11180319
Object ID (OID)
17232789

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