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New Years day in front ot‘ the Courthouse ow~iers would bring their slaves to be hired. It was told by one of the old citizens a few years ago, (died two years ago) that he walked nine miles one bitter cold day to hire s~te slaves. These could be hired for a definite time or until they brought certain amounts of money.

	In 1812-1814 Winchester, the County Soai of Clark County boasted of a weekly newspaper, issued every Saturday. From the advertisement column of this paper we learned that Dillard Collins was willing to pay ~lOo~O to get his run away slave, Reuben, and a similar reward was offered for one “Scipiot‘ who had taken French lea~ from his master, (donned) in his master‘s new clothes. Another ad in this paper ways one Walter Kary‘jck offered to trade a ne gr o woman for nwhi skey“ ‚ cydor and f 1 our.

	“A story is told of a slave “Monk Estill“ who helped or rather


to Col. James Estill of Madison County. In 1782 in a battle kno~vn defeat, ~whioh occured on the grounds where Mt. Sterling now stands Montgomery County, Col. Estill and twonty~five men attacked a party Wyandotte Indians by whom the slave was taken prisoner.

	“In the thickest of the ftght, Monk called out in a loud voice; “Don‘t give way, Marse Jim, there‘s only twenty..five Indians and you can whip all of them.“

	“Col. Estill was killed and the men retreated. Monk escaped from his captors and after many hardships joined the white comrades.

“Wii his shoulder he carried a wounded soldier twenty..five miles to


Esti].]. Station. .His young master gave him his freedom in reoo~nition for his bravery and supported him in comfort the rest of his life.“

	In Clark County are many small negroe settlements formed by the old freed slaves after the war. Some had acoumalated a little andibrought a

:‚ email piece of land and others had. homes given to them by their owners.
belonged as Estill‘s in

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