Scope and Contents Note This memorandum witnesseth that whereas I Joseph Bates of Overton County, Tennessee have loaned to Robert of White County Tennessee two negro slave of the following description to wit, Tiller a woman about forty years of age and her son Thomas about ten years of age and that he keep them in his possession and control, as loaned properly subject to my order at any time hereafter to be made—In witness whereof the said Robert L. Mitchell and the said Joseph Bates have hereto set...