those 1st "20 odd" were likely indentured servents too
Posted on: April 10, 2021 at 14:38:01 CT
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there is no record of them being handed down from their buyers in their wills.
One man bought 6 of them and he was killed in an indian raid. The servants were defending the home and family while the father was ambushed and killed on the road.
His will had no mention of the servants