- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Affidavit [of] George Spann, 1800 Oct. 3, Jefferson County, Georgia / sworn to before Horatio Marbury
- Date of Original:
- 1800-10-03
- Subject:
- Creek Indians
Fugitive slaves - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Lee County, 31.77951, -84.14113
United States, Georgia, Montgomery County, 32.17336, -82.53482 - Medium:
- affidavits
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- Affidavit of George Spann, from Montgomery County, Georgia, dated October 3, 1800, sworn to before Justice of the Peace Horatio Marbury. Spann testifies that he apprehended a slave named Bob who told him that he had come from the Chehaw Town in the Creek Nation. Bob was then stolen from Spann by John Ford and James Adamson. It is unclear why or how Bob left the Creek Nation.
Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. - Local Identifier:
- tcc858
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc858
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc858#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc858/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Telamon Cuyler, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 3 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 71, folder 11, document 01.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
State of Georgia
Jefferson County
Before me Horatio Marbury one of the Justices assigned to keep the peace for the county aforesaid, personally appeared George Spann of the County of Montgomery in the said State- And made oath that on the
first day of August last this deponent was at the House of Samuel Berrehill on the Alatamaha river and at the request of Mrs. Berrehill, apprehended a negroe [negro] by the name of Bob - which said negroe [negro] told this deponant [deponent], that he came from the little Chehaw Town in the Creek nation of Indians This Deponant [Deponent] saith that he was bringing the said negroe [negro] bob. to the Seat of Government, and on the
18th. day of Septemr. [September] after, in washington County at the House of Thomas Basemore, was feloniously robbed by force of arms by John Ford and
Page: [2]
James Adamson of the aforesaid Negroe [Negro] Bob.
[Signed] George Spann his
[Signed] H mark
Sworn to before me this
3d October 1800
[Signed] Hor. [Horatio] Marbury J.P. [Justice of the Peace]
Page: [3]
George Spanns affidavit
1800
Negroes