Chief Micanopy

Know all men by these presents that I Micanopy Chief of the Seminole tribe of Indians in the Territory of Florida for and in consideration of One Hundred & forty dollars to me in hand paid before the sealing of these presents the receipt whereof I hereby acknowledge have bargained sold and conveyed and by these presents do bargain sell and convey to John Paine and Susan Paine wife of the said John Paine a certain Negro girl named Catherine daughter of the said John and Susan Paine born in the month of March 1829. The condition of this conveyance is that the said John Paine is to exercise the right of Parent and guardian over the said Catherine until the age of Twenty One Years when the said Catherine is by these presents to free. And I the said Micanopa aforesaid do hereby warrant this my said conveyance to be good, and engage to defend the said John from all claims to said Catherine whatsoever during and after her minority.

May 6, 1834

From Alachua County Ancient Records

Deed Book B page 076

Ted Saylor Photography. Micanopy, a Seminole chief. 1836. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/24007>