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Hugh Kirkpatrick this day came with two Negro women, Edah and Elsaiy, and it is agreed between the parties that the said Negroes shall serve their said Master ninety and nine years each upon which they Indentured themselves and the said Kirkpatrick entered into and executed Bond with Roland Shepherd his security in the sum of one thousand Dollars conditioned as the Law directs. December 18th, 1817.
Isaac Hill of Okaw Township came with his Negro man, Peter, and it is agreed between the parties, that the said Negro Man, Peter, should serve the said Hill as a faithful servant for the space of ten years upon which the said Peter Indentured himself and the said Hill Entered into and Executed Bond with John Laughton his security in the sum of five hundred Dollars conditioned as the Law Directs & dated this 21st day of February, 1818.
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OFFICERS QUALIFIED
| Date | Name | To What Office Appointed |
| 28 Feb 1817 | Isaac Price | Justice of the Peace |
| 12 May 1817 | Paul Beck | Captain |
| Samuel Davidson | Ensign | |
| 02 Jun 1817 | Thomas Kirkpatrick | Judge of the County Court |
| John Powers | ||
| Martin Jones | ||
| 14 Jun 1817 | John Laughton | Captain |
| John Hopton | Lieutenant | |
| John Whitley, Jun. | Ensign | |
| 17 Sep | Levi Casey | Justice of the Peace |
| 03 Feb | Martin Jones | Justice of the Peace |
| 16 Mar | Thomas Kirkpatrick | Justice of the Peace |
| 09 Sep | William Gracey | Justice of the Peace |
| 12 Sep | John A. Wakefield | Justice of the Peace |
| 17th | Frances Brown | Justice of the Peace |
Officers Qualified by Authority of the Legislature of the State of Illinois
1819
| 13 Apr | Asahel Enloe | Justice of the Peace |
| Robert G. White | ||
| 19 Apr | John A. Wakefield | |
| Jeremiah Evans | ||
| William M. Crisp | ||
| John Powers | ||
| Francis Brown | ||
| William Pursley | ||
| Samuel Houston | Sheriff |
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State Officers Qualified
| July 5th, 1819 | John Powers | |
| Charles Johnston | County Commissioners | |
| John Leeper | ||
| Francis Travis | Treasurer | |
| Thomas Helms | Clerk | |
| Samuel Hill | Constable | |
| James Wilson | ||
| Sept. 7th | Rufus Inman | |
| July 5th | Thomas Allison |
