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Gabriel Benoist

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Estate administration document for the estate of Robert Benoist infant son of Gabriel Benoist deceased, includes reference to payments received for the division of unnamed enslaved persons.

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R Cheek June 14th 2022 Page 1 Dr The Estate of Rob.t Benoist infant son of G. Benoist dec.d in A/c with Jo. Dunbar Guardian C. 1810 April To Cash paid Judge Brooks for administering oath on inventory of your estate} .50 1811 April 11 To Cash remitted? to R. Benoist by the hands of W. Jackson for his support at College} 458.17 Novemb. To Cash paid W. Jackson for funds provided for R. Benoist in Philada. [Philadelphia] for his support at College} $275 December To Ditto ditto 150 425? 1812 March To one half amnt. Of a Bill of ex. submitted to Tho. M. Hall in Philad.a for the use of R. Benoist and R. Dunbar junior. viz Amt. of the det (debt) $818.03 Paid premium 2 ½% 20.47 $838.50 419.25 To this amt. relinquish’d to E. Benoist being the balance in her hands of nett pcds [proceeds] of R.B. estate in the year 1810 she having advanced more than the proceeds of his estate of the year 1811} 158.44 April 9 To 10 bales Cotton Wt. 3803 delivered to L. Baker to be sold in N. Orleans or N. York, the nt. pcds thereof to be paid to R. Benoist at Princeton} 86.50 Balance in my hands 1547.86 ¾ 1811 April By net process of crop of 1810 after deducing all charges + plantation expenses } 616. 61 ¾ December By cash rc’d of E. Benoist 425 1812 March By ditto ----- of ----- ditto 419.25 April By 1o bales of cotton Wt 3803 rc’d of E. Benoist which is in full consideration for the pcds of R. Benoist estate in the year 1811 and also for a balance due to him by E. Benoist on division of slaves [space] the joint crop of cotton of that year being 15 bales By the amount rec’d of Wm. B. Shields in part for the balance due by him on division of estate } 87 $1547. 86 ¾ By balance due as pContra 86.50   Page 2 Acct. 90 Robert Benoist with Jo. Dunbar, Guardian Allowed and Ordered [5 illegible words struck through] The receipt of Robert Benoit to be [illegible] 9th July 1821 Elijah Furth (?) P.J. Recorded Page 218.

Approximate Creation Date

circa 1810-1812

Time Period

1810-1819

Subjects

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

Keywords

slavery; enslaved persons; Mississippi; estate files; probate files; Adams County; Gabriel Benoist; Robert Benoist; Estate Administration Record

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

Gabriel Benoist and Robert Benoist, a minor, Estate File, Box 6, Probate and Estate Files Collection, Historic Natchez Foundation, Mississippi

Digital ID

HNF_Box6_BenoistGabrielandRobert(minor)_04031810_c_1_u and HNF_Box6_BenoistGabrielandRobert(minor)_04031810_c_2_u

Source

Gabriel Benoist and Robert Benoist, a minor, Estate File, Box 6, 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.

Contact Information

hnf@natchez.org

Benoist, Gabriel and Robert - Estate administration document for the estate of Robert Benoist infant son of Gabriel Benoist, deceased

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