Title

Dunbar, Robert Senior - Receipt for services provided to enslaved man named Shay

Creator

Chancery Court of Adams County

Contributor(s)

Robert Dunbar

Files

Description

Receipt for services provided to enslaved man named Shay

Transcription

Robt Dunbar Estate H 1825 To George Newman May 11 To 22 p Negro Shay 38.50 ,, 1 Side of upper hathan (?) 4.00 $42.50 Cantra? C? 1825 Feby 26 By Balance or Settlement $4.10 ,, 2 hide Recp given up 3.50 7.60 $34.90 State of Mississippi Adams County, Personally appeared before the under signed a Justice of the Peace in & for the county aforesaid + McNaughton + made oath that the above account of thirty? four dollars 90/100. Just the Entrus (?) having been made by himself save (?) the settlement 21 Feby 1825 Sworn & Subscribed 16th Apr T.U. Edrington? 1827 before George Newman May 19 1827 Received payment from the Exec. $42.50 George Newman?

Approximate Creation Date

circa 1825

Time Period

1820-1829

Subjects

Slaveholders ; Slavery -- Mississippi ; Slavery -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources ; Slaveholders; Legal Documents

Keywords

slavery; enslaved persons; Mississippi; estate files; probate files; Adams County; Robert Dunbar Senior; Receipt

Disciplines

African American Studies | Cultural History | United States History

Geographic Location

Adams County (Miss.)

Object Type

Text

Physical Format

Document

Digital Format

TIFF

Physical ID

Robert Dunbar Estate File, Box 10, Probate and Estate Files Collection, Historic Natchez Foundation, Mississippi

Digital ID

HNF_Box10_DunbarRobert_03271826_i_1_u

Source

Robert Dunbar Estate File, Box 10, Probate and Estate Files Collection, Historic Natchez Foundation, Mississippi

Repository

Historic Natchez Foundation

Publisher

Historic Natchez Foundation

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries

Rights

Copyright protected by Historic Natchez Foundation. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Recommended Citation

Receipt for medical services, Robert Dunbar Senior Probate File, Box 10, Adams County Probate Records, Historic Natchez Foundation

Contact Information

hnf@natchez.org