In the Matter of Frank Harmon, on a Petition to enslave himself.
Frank Harmon, a free negro, residing in the county of Pulaski,
having at
the last term of this court, filed a petition to be permitted
to enslave
himself and elected Anthony Owens of said County for his master,
and it
appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the notice of
this
application has been posted at the front door of the Court House
of said
County for one month, and the said Frank Harmon and Anthony Owens
have been
summoned to appear here a this time, and they having both appeared,
and
being examined separately by the Court (in the person of) (the
attorney for
the Commonwealth being present at such examination) and the Court
being
satisfied there is no fraud or collusion between the parties,
and the Court
having accertained the value (by the report of James R. Kent,
Jabin B.
Alexander, and A.M. Mathews, gentlemen, who were called to value
said negro
as if he were a slave, Eleven hundred dollars, and the said Anthony
Owens
having thereupon paid into Court five hundred and
fifty dollar, or half of the amount at which said negro was valued,
and also
executed and acknowledged a bond with John S. Draper as his security
in
this………….
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