China v. Benjamin D. Patterson. Affidavit of John Smith & Leonard Cook
Negroe Chiny
vs
Benja: Patterson
Charge agt. defendant holding Complainant in Slavery Contrary to Law
Alexandria County sst
Thos: Dockins, John Smith and Leond: Cook sumd. as Witnessess for defendant
John Smith and Leonard Cook being Sworn According to Law. That they have known Negroe Chiny in the service of the said Patterson as a Slave in the Town of Alexandria for two or three years, and that they understood she was brought from Maryland as a Slave
The said Patterson admitted that she was a Slave to his Father in Maryland and that she was not entered and recorded According to Law
Given under my Hand this 22d Day of December 1809
A Faw
[illegible] front
34½ on St Joseph[?] by 23 at 1200 with
Negroe China
a
B. D Patterson
