"Frederick was purchased in Lexington, Kentucky by Colonel Daniel Garrard of Clay County, Kentucky. Colonel Garrard was the son of Kentucky's second and third Governor 1796 to 1803 and was a wealthy salt-maker. Frederick was with the Garrards a week before he learned enought English to realize that he had been sold as a slave.
"The Garrards were evidently very good to him as he always spoke highly of them, especially of Mrs. Garrard whom he thought of as a mother. It is said that each spring while Frederick lived with the Garrards, that she would bleed him. This was done with a shunt or a needle like instrument inserted in a vein on the hand or wrist to allow what they called impure blood to flow from the person. This procedure was repeated about every two weeks until all the impure blood had been renewed.
"As afore mentioned, he lived with the Garrards and his duties as far as we know was that of store keeper, since the Garrards owned a store along with salt making, which was a booming business tat the turn of the century. There is today a small town outside Manchester, Kentucky about three miles named Garrard. You can see from the road the bottom land that once was the salt-flats. There are a few stores, couple of Churches and a post-office there now." (1)
(1) George Lincks, Lincks' Trunk and Branches 1795-1985 (Auburndale, Florida: G.O. Lincks, 1986).