Finding Aid for the Slave Hire Document from Jefferson County, Tenn., 1864 February 5
MS-2314University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Encoded by: Erin Lawrimore, May 14, 2006
Summary Information
Slave Hire Document from Jefferson County, Tenn.
Date/Date Range : 1864 February 5
0.1 linear feet
Abstract: This collection contains a single note, hiring a slave belonging to Calloway Hodge to William Wilson for a year, dated February 5, 1864.
MS-2314
University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Access and Use
Collection was purchased by Special Collections in June 2002.
Collection is open for research.
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
[Identification of Item], Slave Hire Document from Jefferson County, Tenn., MS-2314. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.
Arrangement
Collection consists of a single folder.
Biography / History
No biographical information is available.
Collection Scope and Content Note
This collection contains a single note, hiring a slave belonging to Calloway Hodge to William Wilson for a year, dated February 5, 1864.
Subject Terms
- Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Slavery -- Tennessee.
Contents List
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Document renting a slave belonging to Calloway Hodge of Jefferson Co., Tennessee, to William Wilson of Jackson Co., North Carolina for the course of a year. The document is signed by Wilson and witnessed, 1864 February 5 Scope Note: Transcription:
This agreement made and entered into between Calloway Hodge of the state of Tenn Jefferson Co the condition is such where as I the said Hodge has this day hired to William Wilson of the county of Jackson state of NC one negro boy named Gamon (?) for the sum of one hundred and eighty seven dollars cash paid in hand I the said Wilson do promise to cloath [sic] and feed said boy and return him at the end of twelve months if the yankes dont git [sic] him or he dies other wise I return him signed sealed & delivered this 5 day of Feb 1864
Atest S. P. C. [Shetur? Sketar?] Wm Wilson
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