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Will of Abner Green, governing the disposition of real and person property, including land granted to him by the Spanish government, and the following enslaved persons: Aggy, Easter and her children, Dick, Gilbert, Betty + Celeste, Bess and her two sons July and Jonpa, Jude and Andrew her son, and six additional names that could not be read due to a tear in the paper. Also mentioned are Betito and his wife Bess, who Green frees, and bequeaths seven hundred dollars in cash, threww cows + calves, three breeding sows, two good work creatures, one yoke of oxen, and one hundred pounds of bacon, fifty pounds of sugar and coffee, and twenty acres of land.

Approximate Creation Date

1809-07-19

Time Period

1800-1809

Subjects

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

Keywords

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

Disciplines

African American Studies | Cultural History | United States History

Geographic Location

Adams County (Miss.)

Object Type

Text

Physical Format

Will

Digital Format

TIFF

Physical ID

Will of Abner Green, governing the disposition of real and person property, Abner Green Estate File, Box 16, Adams County Probate Records, Historic Natchez Foundation

Digital ID

HNF_Box16_GreenAbner_011817_c

Source

Abner Green Estate File, Box 16, Adams County Probate Records, Historic Natchez Foundation

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.

Contact Information

hnf@natchez.org

Green, Abner - Will of Abner Green, governing the disposition of real and person property

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