AA--Events--Escapes--Kentucky--Muhlenberg County

unknown, Jim [32]
Jim was a 30-year-old freedom seeker who escaped Muhlenburg Co., Ky enslaver James Milligan in 1823, only to be captured in Boone County. likely on his way to crossing the Ohio River.
1823--Boone Co., Jim Captured
On July 24, 1823, Jim, a freedom seeker from Muhlenberg County, KY, is captured and held by the Boone County Jailer Benjamin Willis. The slaveholder named in the advertisement is James Milligan. Milligan's 1820 census record shows seven enslaved people, one of whom is an adult male.