That the said Patty was born and raised on the Estate of Gen. Augustine Washington and given to Mrs. Spotswood. I gave her this girl, then a child-who from under my hand I pronounce to be a free woman. Signed Alexander Spotswood, August 11, 1801. Patty Bowden died about 1830, leaving property to her son Samuel Jackson. Copyright 1998-1999 by Anita Wills.
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