Mildred Relfe of Lawful age being properly sworn and
examined on the part of the plantiff
deposith and saith in answer to the following
interrogation that is to say
by plaintiff Witness do you know GeorgeGeorge the plantiff in the above action?
I do
by How long have you known
him ? Since his birth twenty
nine years
plantiff WasGeorgeGeorge born a slave if so
whose property was he ?
He was born
a slave and was the property of Mr Duff
the father of this deponent
Have you ever owned or possessed
Him ? If so how did you obtain possession, from whom,
for what purpose and on what
terms ?
my father Mr Duff observed to this
deponant
that he would make her a present of GeorgeGeorge
if she would take him home this was in September in the year 1815Therefore GeorgeGeorge came to the
possession of this deponent and her husband JamesJames H Relfe
time until the year 1827
Did you reside in the state of IllinoisIllinois,if so in what county and how long ?
Given Yes lived in Randolph County
IllinoisIllinois
come there 3rd May 1817 and left there in the
month
of November 1818
Did GeorgeGeorge the plantiff live
with you in IllinoisIllinois and how long?
He did the whole of the time this
deponent resided there.
Was it knownto your father
Mr Duff that you resided in IllinoisIllinois, at the time
GeorgeGeorge was with you there, if at what
time
did it became known to Mr. Duff
your father
that you resided in IllinoisIllinois?
Mr Duff knew of our residing in
IllinoisIllinois
shortly after this deponnent
and family came there
but the precise time when Mr. Duff
became thus
informed this deponent cannot state.
Where was GeorgeGeorge born ? In the state of VirginiaVirginia county of
