Description
"Note, $175.00 for hire of a male slave named George." Slave George was originally owned by James H. Johnston and his wife Martha was the executor of James H.’s estate. Pitt and Frost executed a promissory note on April 12, 1859, promising to pay Martha C. Morrison, nee’ Johnston, $175.00 twelve months after April 12, 1859, for the “services and labor of a certain slave named George at that time in the possession of Plaintiff Martha C. Morrison.” After the 1859 promissory note was executed, Martha C. Johnston married Alfred W. Morrison. Defendants are indebted to Plaintiffs in the sum of $175.00 with 10% interest, which has not been paid (no mention of clothing not being provided, doctor’s fees, or non-payment of taxes).
Missouri Archives Judicial Records Historical Database has an on-line record and scanned case file images."Date(s) of Creation
11/5/1860
