Title

Estate of Stephen Alexander appraisement

Creator

Chancery Court of Adams County, Mississippi

Files

Description

Partial inventory of the estate of Stephen Alexander, deceased, including the appraisal values. (Top part of the original document is missing.) The quotation marks (" ") in the transcript field means that the information in the line above is repeated.

Transcription

[top line is cut off] 200 our hand and seal this 15th day of March 1828 Edey 150 Joseph Sessions (?) Linsey 125 A. Lerrell (?) Emmely 100 Hardy Joyannes (?) Polley 100 Brit 400 Jack (a very old man) 10 100 head cattle @ 5 500 1 Bay mare (Nance) 55 1 colt 30 20 head of hoggs @ 2 40 1 rifle gun 6 1 musket 3 1 lot Plan (?) 20 1 lot axes ?? 9 3 ox yokes and 2 chains 8 1 small table 1.50 1 whip saw 5 12 chairs @ 4 6 1 saddle 1 bridle 13 1 large shot glass 10 1 new hat 8 2 trunk of wearing apparal 12 $2861.50

Approximate Creation Date

1828-03-15

Time Period

1820-1829

Subjects

Slaveholders ; Slavery -- Mississippi ; Slavery -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources ; Slaveholders

Keywords

slavery; enslaved persons; Mississippi; estate files; probate files; Adams County;

Geographic Location

Adams County (Miss.)

Object Type

text

Physical Format

Document

Digital Format

TIFF

Physical ID

Stephen Alexander Estate File, Box 1. Probate and Estate Files Collection, Historic Natchez Foundation, Mississippi

Digital ID

HNF_Box1_AlexanderStephenEstate_Feb81828_2a_u HNF_Box1_AlexanderStephenEstate_Feb81828_2b_u

Source

Stephen Alexander Estate File, Box 1. 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

Estate of Stephen Alexander appraisement. Stephen Alexander Estate File, Probate and Estate Files Collection, Historic Natchez Foundation, Mississippi

Contact Information

hnf@natchez.org