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Essex County Massachusetts Freedom Case Participants 1760 - 1783
Amos Smith (-)
Danvers
Biography: Could be either Amos Smith (1724 - 1798), blacksmith, living in Danvers in 1771 or his son born 1748 and also living in Danvers in 1771.
Comments: SCJ Nov 1771 Reimbursed for Travel: 10 miles; Attendance 10 days. 0-7-6; Summonsed for SCJ June 1772 but no record of attendance.
Casar vs. Samuel Taylor (1772) Summonsed and ReimbursedSources
- Dated October 30, 1771. Summons to SCJ November 1771 held in Salem. Sixteen names, five towns.
Signatures on reverse
Timothy Fuller Gentleman
Primus a negro man living with John Flint all of Middleton in the County of Essex.
T. Russell & M. Russell, E. Hirchcom all of Reading;
Tamar,
J. Beverly
S. Poor &
C.Furbush all of Andover;
R. Thomas,
A. Smith ,
B.Guilford &
A.Putnam all of Danvers;
M. Hart of Lynn;
P. Chandler & J. Bryant.
Citation: Samuel Taylor vs Casar, Superior Court of Judicature June 1772, 15. Suffolk # 132190.
- Dated June 8, 1772. Summons to SCJ June 1772 for Asa Putnam,
Ezekiel Cooper, and
Hannah his wife,
David Preston,
Bartholomew Smith, and
Amos Smith all of Danvers
Citation: Samuel Taylor vs Casar, Superior Court of Judicature June 1772, 15. Suffolk # 132190.
- Clerk's tally of oourt costs for SCJ November 1771 and June 1772
Citation: Samuel Taylor vs Casar, Superior Court of Judicature June 1772, 15. Suffolk # 132190.