Benjamin P. Cissell, Affidavit

Accession Number

KYR-0001-005-0040

Document Genre

Legal/Financial

Repository

Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

Collection

Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Apprehension of Fugitives from Justice Papers, 1863-1867

Item Location

BR7-72

Place of Creation

Union County, Kentucky

Date of Creation

8 June 1864

Dates Mentioned

1856

1864

1864-06-08

The affiant B P Cissell states that in the year 1856 he qualified as the Guardian for Samuel, William, Sarah, Carrie & Angeline Ten, that Samuel, William & Sarah has arrived at Majority he has divided the property & settled with said parties Carrie & Angiline are girl of quite tender years, & own under said devision two Slaves each, one owns a small girl & Phil, a Man about 26 or 27 yrs old, the other a girl a boy named Dick about 14 years old. That theise slaves are all the property said Children own that yield any income to raise & educate them. That for the year 1864 he had hired Phil to D R Burbank for 240$ Dick to same for $225. That neither ofsaid slaves as he verily believes was fit for Military duty, one of them, Dick was not even enrolled. That During the late raid of one Col Cunningham ^of the U S Army^ with an armed force of slaves in Union County said two Slaves were captured on the farm of said D R Burbank in Union County & carried to Paducah or some part to affiant unknown and have never been returned and affiant has been informed that Said Cunningham insists that all said slaves are now forever free & refuses to allow any of them to return —

B P Cissell

Sworn to before me by B P Cissell, June 8^th 1864

D. C. James Clk. u Ct Ct

B P Cissells' afft —

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