Historic Natchez Foundation

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William Calvit

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Includes enslaved men Prince, Sam, and Matt, and an enslaved women Rachel

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Bill of Appraisement of the Goods and Chattles of William Calvit decd Viz. Doll Cents 1 Plantation Containing 800 acres 1400 1 Negro Man named Matt 550 1 Do Do named Sam 550 1 Do Do named Prince 450 1 Negro Woman named Rachel 450 1 Yoke of black Oxen 40 1 Sorel Mare 40 doll$ One ox 20$ 60 2 Sows Six pigs & Six Shoats 16 1 Bed & Bedstead 1 Barr 1 pr Blankets 1 pr of Sheets 1 Boulster & two pillows} 50 1 Bedstead & Cord 2$ 2 p-? Blankets 15$ 17 3 Sheets 7$ 1 Barr & Boulster 2$ 9 1 Trunk 3$ 1 Sugar box 3$ 6 7 Chains 4/50 cents 1 Table 9$ 13 50 1 Wheel 4$ 2 p? of cards 1/75 5 75 2 Basons 1 dish 3 plates 7 table spoons Do teaspoons 6 forks & four knives} 3 50 4 Cups & saucers &? peper box looking glass 1 75 1 plough 10$ 1 do 5$ 15 2 Grubbing hoes 4$ 2 axes 4$ 8 1 ½ inch screw auger ¾ do damaged 1 1 ¼ inch screw auger 1/25 2 barrell do 75 ct 2 2 pr of pot Racks 4$ 1 Chisel & gauge 37 ½ 4 37 ½ 1 Spade 75cts 1/2 of Wedges 1/50 2 25 1 hilling hoe 1$ 1 handsaw 2/50 Long knife /50 4 1 ox yoke 3 Rings & Staples 6$ 6 Chain & Clevis 1/50smoothing irons 1/ 2 50   Page 2 1 pr of shears /25cts 1 tub & 2 pails 1/50 1 75 1 Handmill 8$ 1 Oven & pott 7$ 15 1 large pott 6$ 2 p pott-hooks & shovel 7 25 1 damaged kettle /50 11 geese a 62 ½ cents 7 37 ½ 1 pr of Cart Wheels 8$ 8 Mississippi Territory County of Adams} Agreeable to an order to us Directed by William Dunbar Esqr. Judge of probate to make an Inventory & Appraisement of the goods and chattles of William Calvit Decd. late of said County wheresoever the the same shall be found within the Territory and which shall be [marked out] shewn us by Joseph & Anthony Calvit administrators to the said Estate (we being sworn) do Certify the above is a true Inventory and appraisement of all such property as was shewn us as Directed in the order Given from under our hands this 13th of March 1800 James Stuart James Hoggatt Anthony Hoggatt N.B. A negro man named Davy since appraised (not in any inventory or appraisement) by two of the appraisers at $500

Approximate Creation Date

1800-03-23

Time Period

1800-1810

Subjects

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

Keywords

slavery; enslaved persons; Mississippi; estate files; probate files; Adams County; William Calvit; 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

William Calvit Estate File, Box 10, Probate and Estate Files Collection, Historic Natchez Foundation, Mississippi

Digital ID

HNF_Box10_CalvitWilliam_06181800_e_1_u and HNF_Box10_CalvitWilliam_06181800_e_2_u

Source

William Calvit Estate File, Box 10, 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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hnf@natchez.org

Calvit, William - Bill of Appraisement of the Goods and Chattles of William Calvit decd Viz.

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