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Leonard Claiborne

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Inventory & appraisement of the goods and chattels of Leonard Claiborne including an enslaved man named John and a person described as "Jacob the one half."

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Inventory & appraisement of the goods and chattels of Leonard Claiborne ` deceased made the 30th of Oct. 1810 by the undersigned appraisers viz. A Negroe man named John 450..00 Jacob the one half 230..a Black Horse Diamede 275..a Black Stud 125..a Bay Mane 150..a Dray horse 60..a One Dray & Harness 70..a Two Saddles 37..a One Portmanteau & Mail Pillion 8..a One Pair Saddlebags 3..a One Pair Boots & One Pair Shoes 1..a 4 Brass Candlesticks 2 Plated do. 3 Pink Decanters 2 Large Gambling Tables 1 Small do 1 P Snuffers? 2 Memorandum Books} One fourth of this Property belongs to L Claiborne Amt– 7..37 ½ 5 Coats Worth? 40..a 7 Shirts 15..a 8 Waistcoats 16..a 1 pr Sherryvallies 8..a 7 pr Pantaloons 25..a 1 Flannel Shirt & Drawers 0..75 4 Pair Suspenders 3..a 2 Handkerchiefs & 1 Cravatt 0..30 Amt [illegible due to stain] $1543..62 ½   Page 2 Do Amt Brought forward? $1543..62 ½ 1 Red Worsted Netting 1..50 1 Pair Gold sleave Buttons 5..a 2 Morrocco Pocket Books 1 Leather ,, do 3 memoradum do} 3..a 1/2 Doz Knives & forks 1..a $1554.12 ½ Mis.~ Adams Wm Shipp J Bigelow [Name obscured in scan by overlapping page] Mississippi Territory} By the Orphans Court of Adams County. – These are to authorize and appoint you William Shipp, John Biggelow & James Kercheval~ ~ ~ each of you being first duly sworn according to law to make a just and true appraisement of all and singular the goods & Chattels of Leonard Claiborne ~ deceased, which shall be shewn unto you by the Administrator of the said deceases Estate and the same certified under your hands, return to the said Administrator without delay, to be by him exhibited in the Registers Office of this Court within three months from this date.~ Witness Samuel Brooks Esquire Chief Justice of the said Court this second Monday in October 1810. P. Sirault (?) R.O.C   Page 3 113 Entd Inventory and appraisment of Leonard Claiborne Estate Filed [illegible] 1811 Recorded 167 page

Approximate Creation Date

1810-10-30

Time Period

1810-1819

Subjects

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

Keywords

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

Leonard Claiborne Estate File, Box 8, Probate and Estate Files Collection, Historic Natchez Foundation, Mississippi

Digital ID

HNF_Box8_ClaiborneLeonard_10301810_b_1_u and HNF_Box8_ClaiborneLeonard_10301810_b_2_u and HNF_Box8_ClaiborneLeonard_10301810_b_3_u

Source

Leonard Claiborne Estate File, Box 8, Probate and Estate Files Collection, Historic Natchez Foundation, Mississippi

Repository

Historic Natchez Foundation

Publisher

Historic Natchez Foundation

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries

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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.

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hnf@natchez.org

Claiborne, Leonard - Inventory & appraisement of the goods and chattels of Leonard Claiborne

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