Robert Thomas v. Henry Pile. Deposition of Margaret Carnes Jennifer Guiliano Trevor Muñoz William G. Thomas III transcription and encoding Elizabeth Askren Kaci L. Nash Laura K. Weakly University of Nebraska-Lincoln University of Maryland National Endowment for the Humanities 2014 O Say Can You See University of Nebraska-Lincoln Center for Digital Research in the Humanities
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 Deposition of Margaret Carnes October 15, 1792 Our transcription is based on a digital image of the original. Maryland State Archives General Court of Western Shore (Judgments) MSA S498-343 Supplementary Documents Deposition Civil Petition for Freedom October 1794 Carnes, Margaret Freeman, James McClaron, Jannett Mingo, Betty Semple, John Stone, David Thomas, Peg Guss Charles County (Md.) Thomas, Robert Pile, Henry Duvall, Gabriel, 1752-1844 Maryland. General Court of the Western Shore Annapolis (Md.) reviewed; edited added xml:ids encoded and transcribed

Charles County to wit

The deposition of Margaret Carnes aged forty six years or there abouts taken in Consequence of the Annex'd Letter of notice and being Sworn upon the Holy evangels of Almighty God deposeth and saith.

"That she heard Mr. Stones Boy called Guss offer her mother Jennet McClaron fifteen shilling to swear that his grand mother was a white woman. That she understood that he meant Betty Mingo The mother of Peg who formerly belong'd to John Sample. Taken the 15th day of October 1792 before the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace for the County aforesaid.

James Freeman

Admitted to be read in Evidence. G. Duvall atty. for petrs.

½

Margaret Carnes's Deposition

No. 10.

Entered

1 ¼

Margaret Carnes

10.

filed 31. Octo 1794