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GABRIEL SCOTT GUARDIAN OF DUNCAN MAGEE VS. CLAIBORNE READ AND THOMAS LASSITER STATE OF MISSISSIPPI FRANKLIN COUNTY FRANKLIN CIRCUIT COURT OCTOBER TERM 1832: DISPUTE OVER HIRING OF PLAINTIFF'S SLAVE BY DEFENDANTS: IN JANUARY 1831 DEFENDANTS READ AND LASSITER PROMISED TO PAY PLAINTIFF SCOTT GUARDIAN OF MAGEE SEVENTY DOLLARS "FOR THE HIRE OF A NEGRO ALSO TWO SUITS OF NEW CLOTHES ONE WOOLEN AND ONE COTTON ONE PAIR OF SHOES.
183231198Franklin County Mississippi 1832. Folio 7.5" x 13". 4 pp folded. Completely in ink manuscript docketed on final page. Minor edgewear old folds. The writing on either side of each leaf is visible from the other side making the document difficult to read. Wax seal in interior blank margin of third page. Several small wormholes along one fold several letters affected. Signed on behalf of the plaintiff by an attorney with the surname of Stuart. Overall Good. <br /> <br /> Claibourn Read 1807-1845 and Thomas Lassiter 1772-1844 were related by marriage Read having married Lassiter's daughter Nancy 1805-1865 in 1826. Duncan Magee c.1799-1890 was the son of Willis Magee 1763-1827 one of the first settlers of Franklin County and father of Judge Thomas A. Magee1822-1891 after whom a cemetery was named in 1878. Gabriel Scott may have been related to the Magee family as Duncan's mother was Asha Scott Magee. unknown
