John Harrod from the state of Tennessee and Franklin County appeared before me a Justice of the Peace for said County and makes oath that negroes Patience, Silla and Mary, who he left at the Agency at the Choctaw nation are his slaves and that he wishes to bring them to the Mississippi Territory.
Witness my hand the 27th May 1811.
Signed: D Rawlings [J.P]
On the reverse:
John Harrod, Affidavit for passport, 27th May 1811.
Source: Passports of Southeastern Pioneers 1770-1823: Indian, Spanish and other Land Passports for Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Mississippi, Virginia North and South Carolina by Dorothy Williams Potter
Helynn Carrier's manuscript* includes the following Harrod individuals in Franklin Co., Tennessee:
James Harrod appears 1820 census Franklin Co., TN
Levi Harrod appears 1820 census Franklin Co., TN
Peter Harrod appears 1840 census Franklin Co., TN
Rachel Harrod appears 1840 census Franklin Co., TN
*This is Helynn's final manuscript before her death. A copy was obtained from Helynn's nephew by Michael Schwing who provided a copy to me.
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