Historic Natchez Foundation

Contributor(s)

Leonard Claiborne

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Description

Receipt for coffins, including one described as a "Negro coffin".

Transcription

Cl-? Adams administrator to late Len Claiborne Estate To [illegible] Tax? sum Dr? 1810 4 [illegible] To a Negro Coffin $7.00 “ a Cherry – “ for Claiborne 20.00 Mississippi Territory Adams County} Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace for the county aforesaid William Hox Sen? [illegible] being duly sworn deposes that the above account against the estate of the late Leonard Claiborne is just and true Sworn to and subscribed Dec 20th 1810 before me William Hox W.H. Beaumont – JP?

Approximate Creation Date

1810-12-20

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; Jeremiah Corey; Legal instrument

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_c_1_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.

Contact Information

hnf@natchez.org

Claiborne, Leonard - Claim on the estate of Leonard Claiborne for good provided (coffins)

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