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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.

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Hargrett Library

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Digital Library of Georgia