Richard Weaver Johns received £91 and a snuff box from Ephraim Gaither. To secure said debt, Johns mortgaged three slave children as security. It was agreed that if Johns repaid Gaither with interest by 1 August 1790 "then the Sale should be void & of none Effect." Gaither now states that the debt has not been repaid and that the slaves "have been an expense" to him because they are too young to work. Gaither says that he has "frequently applied to the said Johns in a friendly manner and requested payment of the said sum and legal Interest, or that he should release all his right to said negroes." Johns has refused to do either. Gaither asks that Johns be compelled to repay the loan, interest, and the cost of maintaining the slaves since the deed was signed.
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