... January 30, 1819, he [James Saunders] was married to Miss Cynthia, daughter of John and Mary Hall, of Kentucky. (The Hall family were also of Scotch-Irish stock, and came to Kentucky from the Carolinas.) This lady was born and raised in the same neighborhood, and the two had grown to maturity as schoolmates and friends. Over three years succeeding their marriage, they resided near the old home. ...
... His father-in-law had given him a slave, which he was not at liberty to set free without giving security for his maintenance, so he brought him to Indiana, and, by so doing, made him free. ...
