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Williams, Elmore Williamson, John

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Elmore Williams and John Williamson, overseers of the poor for Cincinnati Township in Hamilton County, Ohio, indenture to apprentice six-month old John, a male child of color, to William Henry Harrison from September 1814 to February 1835.Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841John was the son of Jesse, a free Negro, and Betty, a Negro woman formerly the property of John Pittman. Thomas Anderson signs as witness. Justice of the Peace Griffin Yeatman signs his approval of the indenture.
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  1. Harrison, William Henry, 1773 1841
  2. Indentured Servants
  3. Yeatman, Griffin, 1770 1849

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