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>EdwardEdward Baty being duly that
he her conversed with John K WalkerJohn K Walker in , who has the
above named petitioner & her child in his change in the common
jane, who informed the affiantthat the above named
Greer Crowder, placed the petitioner&her childCharlotteCharlotte
in jail for safe keeping until he can get ready
to take them () down the river for sale in
the southern market , and that, from thathe has
heard she said Crowder will be ready to stand in a
The within named petitioner who calls
herself TheniaThenia or SarahSarah being only sworn says
that according to the best of her knowledge & belief
the facts stated in the foregoing petition are true
and that she is informed & believes that W-
Crowder, within named, intends in a way that
time to take her & her child to the Lower Country
for tale, and will do so unless immedately res-
tranied by an order of the judge
in a day or two. -
to
before This 24. Nov. 1831.
WillWill C. CarrCarr
Judge 3. Circuit


