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Know all men by these presents that I Samuel Dale of Monroe County & State of Alabama, in virtue of a Written Power of Atty given me by Jeremiah Austill heir & administrator of Evan Austill, Decd. dated 9th day of October 1822, Have this day bargained and sold and by these presents do grant, bargain & sell unto George or Oowanahtekiskee, a Cherokee Man of the Cherokee Nation, a certain Boy (said to be a mulatto) Slave named Moses, about ten or eleven years of age, for and in consideration of the sum of one Hundred & Fifty Dollars, to me in hand paid, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge. The right, title, claim & interest of said Boy. I do hereby warrant & will forever defend unto the said George or Oowanahtekiskee, his heirs & against the claim or demand of all and every person or persons whatsoever. In witness whereof, I do hereby set my hand & seal. This 6th day of Nov one thousand Eight Hundred & Twenty Two. Signed & Sealed in the presence of the National Committee at New Town, day & year above written.

                                                                                                   Samuel Dale
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                                                                                                               Attorney for Jeremiah Austill

Witness John Ross

Be it known that all whom it may concern, know ye that I, George, or Oowanahtekiskee, have this day appeared before the National Committee & Council and by my own free will & choice; and actuated from the impulse of paternal affection, do hereby declare my earnest desire to emancipate the boy, Moses, which I have this day bought of Sam Dale attorney for Jeremiah Austill, Heir & Administrator of Evan Austill decd. and further do hereby claim and acknowledge the aforesaid boy to be my true & begotten Son, and for the purpose of effectually securing to him the blessings & happiness of freedom. I hereby quit claim and forever relinquish all interest & demand for the sum of money

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