Jabez Smith sues Kendall Parsons, P.D. Bailey, and Aaron Botts $2,592 for the hire of “certain negroes” for nine months. A full list of names of enslaved people and the cost of their hire is included, generally between $45-90. Their names were: Parish, Tom, [illegible], Peter, Charles, Salem, Turnbull, Osbourne, John, Milton, Tom, George, Pleasant, Jacob, Horace, John, Henry, Chapman, Mosely, Sam, Giles, Harry, Pleasant Moore, Carr, Simon, Jack, Edward, [3 illegible]. Parish and Tom were hired out for significantly more money, indicating they may have had a specific skill. They were hired at “making and laying brick and other business as are connected therewith.” The three men also agreed to pay any potential doctor’s bills.