William C. Watson to Zachariah Lamar

July 7, 1812

Baldwin County, Georgia

Received of Zachariah Lamar One hundred & Ninety dollars payment in full for one Negroe boy named Simon about Six years old Sold under Execution against William Trippe July 7th 1812

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Source: Cobb, Erwin, and Lamar Families Collection (MS 86), Hargrett Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.

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