James Poage, Founder of Ripley, Ohio-- Part 4: Freed His Slaves

From Pogue/Poage Family in Black and White.

James Crawford Poage/Pogue founded the town of Ripley, Ohio, on the Ohio River.

In 1790, he became convinced that it was a sin to own slaves and he moved his family to the  Ohio side of the Ohio River where slavery was illegal.  he brought his family and 20 slaves with him.  He freed them once in Ohio.

--Brock-Perry