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Slave Document for Gen. Nathanael Greene Soldier 1784,
Slave Document for Gen. Nathanael Greene Soldier 1784,
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Slave Document for Gen. Nathanael Greene Soldier 1784, Rare!

Edmund Gamble and two sureties signed this bail bond in the amount of £900 to ensure his appearance at the next term of court to answer Edward Evans, who claimed that Gamble withheld a "Certain Negro Boy a Slave of the Value of Two Hundred pounds" from Evans. Gamble's securities were James Craig and tavern keeper and farmer Daniel Clary (1750-1795).

[SLAVERY.] Manuscript Document Signed, Bail Bond for Edmund Gamble, November 25, 1784, Rowan County, North Carolina. 1 p., 8" x 10". Expected folds; very good.

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"we Edmond Gamble James Craigg & Daniel Clary all of the County of Rowan and State of North Carolina are held and firmly bound unto John Brovard high Shiriff of said County in the Just and full sum of Nine Hundred pounds Specie...."

"The Condition of the Above Obligation is Such that if the Above bounden Edmond Gamble do make his personal appearance before the Justices of the County Court of pleas & Quarter Sessions the next term to be held for said County on the first Monday in February next then an there to answer Edward Evans of a plea why he detains a Certain Negro Boy a Slave of the Value of Two Hundred pounds & to his Damage Two Hundred and fifty pounds Specie &c &c and there stand to & abide the Judgement of the said Court & not Depart the same without leave of Said Court that then the above Obligation to be Void & of none Effect Else to be & Remain in full force & Virtue."

Edmund/Edmond Gamble (ca. 1759-1824) was born in North Carolina. He served as lieutenant of cavalry in the North Carolina State Cavalry and acted as a quartermaster for General Nathanael Greene from 1778 until the end of the war. In this position, Gamble drew the ire of local suppliers, who accused him of mismanagement. In 1784, he received 1,158 acres of land in Davidson County, North Carolina (Tennessee), and he moved to middle Tennessee by 1788. He married Mary Hurt (1764-1828), and they had at least one child.

Edward Evans (1755-1800) was born in Rowan County, North Carolina. He married Martha Hampton (1762-1809) in 1777 in Surry County, North Carolina.

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