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Creek Agency 7th August 1820

Most excellent Sir,

During the late Creek and British war with the United States, when the British Agent spied a post on the Appalachicola, a number of of Mr. Timothy Barnard's Negroes Ranaway and were received and protected, as it was said by the British Officer then in Command. Mr Barnard was a man of large estate? residing on Flint River Eighteen miles below the Agency and was well known to all the Indians having lived among them upwards of Fifty years, and raised a large family by Indian Women.

Mr. Barnard lately died and has left his property to his Indian Children, one of whom named Burkey?, his younges son now waits upon your Excellency.

I was intimately acquainted with Mr. Barnard for thirty years of his life.