Jinney [Jenny] Ash claims she is the free born daughter of an Indian woman named Nancy Ash. She asserts that she and her two children are being illegally held as slaves by John Gardner [Gardiner] who plans to "to prevent them from making their Personal appearance before your Worships at the next Court" by taking them to Virginia, perhaps South Carolina. She asks the court to issue a subpoena to prevent Gardner from taking her and her children out of the state; she also seeks freedom for herself and her family.
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Repository: North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina
