1812--Boone Co., Kidnapping of Thomas Record
Item
- Title
- 1812--Boone Co., Kidnapping of Thomas Record
- Date
- 1812
- Formatted date
- 1812-01-01
- Event type
- Kidnapping
- Description
- An 1829 court case was filed by Thomas Record, who sued Zerah Tousey of Boone County, Kentucky, and William Record of Dearborn County, alleging that they had kidnapped him in 1812 and taken him to Kentucky, where he was held as a slave for many years. He sued for $15,000.
- Participant
- African American(s): Thomas Record
- Record, Thomas
- Enslaver(s): Tousey, Zerah
- Tousey, Zerah
- Other participant(s): Record, William
- Record, William
- Following Event
- 1829--Boone Co., Record vs. Tousey and Record
