Richmond County

Personally appeared before me, Abner Pope,
who being duly sworn saith that he is about to bring to this State Six Negro Slaves
who are field hands except the children towit  Bob 21, Lucy 21, Patience 21,
Joel 13, David 6 and John 1 year old
 

that he is the true and lawful owner of said Slaves; and that they are about to be brought,
imported or introduced into this State, for the sole purpose of being held to service and
labor by him, his heirs, executors, administrators or legatees, and without any intent to sell,
transfer, barter, lend, heir, mortgage, procure to be taken or sold under execution or other
legal process, or in any other way or manner to alien or dispose of said Slaves, so as to
vest the use or enjoyment of their  labor or service in any other person or persons for the
lives of the said Slaves, or for any other period of time, or in any other way or manner to
defeat, avoid or elude the true intent and meaning of the act of the General Assembly of
this State relative to the importation of Slaves therein.
 

Sworn to be before me this 17th day of April 1821
JW Snead  Clerk R. S. Court       Abner Pope
 

State of Georgia,
     Clerk's Office, Superior Court.
Richmond County.   17th April 1821

Be it known, That Abner Pope
has this day taken an oath required by the act of the General Assembly of this State relative
to the importation of Slaves, therein in regard to Six Negro slaves who are field hands children
 to whit  Bob 21, Lucy 21, Patience 21, Joel 13, David 6 and John 1 year old

      JW Snead Clerk

Source: Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Series F.
Slave Import Register, Richmond County, Georgia, 1820-1821 [microform pt. 2, reel 1].