Brown, John - An Inventory of the property of the late John Brown Dec’d

Creator

Chancery Court of Adams County

Contributor(s)

John Brown

Files

Description

Inventory of the personal property of Mr. John Brown, deceased

Transcription

August 12th 1805 An Inventory of the property of the late John Brown Dec’d One Negroe Man, Blin (?) - $500 one Negroe Woman, Rachel & Two Children - $550 one Negroe Woman, Rose - $400 $120? Two Horses - $190 one Bed? & furniture - $30 one trunk - $3 Sundry Articles [2 illegible words] - $.21? 1624? Amount for furniture etc sold in the state of Georgia 168.31 ¼? Amount in Cash – 1732. 31 ¼ 30 1762.31 ¼ We the undersigned appraisers appointed by the Judges of the County Court at this July term 1805. do Value the above property at the prices annexed to the different articles   Page 2 In testimony whereof we have hereunto subscribed our Names Joseph Sessions Joshua Howard John Calliham Adams County Personally approved before me the undersigned [marked out word] one of justices assigned to keep the place for Said County [marked out word] Wm. Bruce? one of the Adminstrators of the estate of John Brown Dec.d and maketh oath that the written is a Just & True Inventory of all the estate that has come to his knowledge. Sworn and subscribed before me this 17th day of August 1805 Wm. Bruce Admn Joseph Sessions, JP Sworn to (?) in open Court Biny Liawan (?) CLK A lot (?)

Approximate Creation Date

1805-08-12

Subjects

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

Keywords

slavery; enslaved persons; Mississippi; estate files; probate files; Adams County; John Brown; Estate Inventory

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

John Brown Estate File, Box 6, Probate and Estate Files Collection, Historic Natchez Foundation, Mississippi

Digital ID

HNF_Box6_BrownJohn_08121805_b_1_u and HNF_Box6_BrownJohn_08121805_b_2_u

Source

John Brown 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.

Recommended Citation

Estate inventory, John Brenton Probate File, Box 6, Adams County Probate Records, Historic Natchez Foundation

Contact Information

hnf@natchez.org