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Inventory of the estate of Robert Dunbar, including the following enslaved persons: Old Manuel, Hannah his wife, Claiborne, Young Manuel, William, Albert, Thomas, Henry, Andrew, Harriet, Noah, Edmund, Yellow Claiborne, Lewis, Humphrey, Young Harry, Agnes, Joseph, Young Romeo, Young Longford, Old Harry, Old Longford, Mary, David, Elizabeth, Trim, Flora, Peggy, Grace, Patsey, Mitty, Elizabeth, Louisa, Matilda, Eliza and Lucy.

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Inventory & Appraisement of the personal Estate of Robert Dunbar Sen. late of Adams County dec.d 1 eight day Clock, $60 1 Side Board $80 $140 - 1 Pair of Glass Shades 5 - 1 doz. Silver table spoons, 1 doz tea spoons, 1 Soup Ladle and 1 pair sugar tongs 65 - 1 Sett Castor, 3 decanter, Wine glasses, Salts & pitcher 7 1 large looking glass 6 - 2 pair plated candlesticks sniffer trays 20 - 1 Secretary? 25 - 2 doz. Window? Chains & 1 arm do 18 - 5 Common Chains $2 & 2 tea trays $3 5 - 1 large Cherry table $5 & 1 small walnut do $1 6 - 1 Shot Gun H. $5 & 1 Cupboard $12 17 - 1 Wash Stand $1 & lot of crockeryware $2 3 - 1 high cherry Bedstead, bed furniture 50 - 1 pr old curtains & 1 old carpet 5 50 1 old Desk, book case & contents 30 - 1 Armoir or Clothes press (cherry) 35 - 2 Pr Andirons (brass) Shovels & tongs 8 - 1 small loocking Glass $2 & 3 callico Window Curtains $4 H 6 - 1 Candle on workstand 75 4 Damask Table Cloths 16 - 2 Large Ditto 12 - 9 pair linen sheets 22 50 1 ,, small new cotton Do 3 - 2 large do Ditto 8 - 4½ worn [illegible] Ditto 9 - 4½ old Ditto 4 50 1 old Marseilles Counterpane 5 00 1 Dimity Ditto 7 - 4 Domestic Ditto 12 - 9 Pr Fine linen pillow cases $6.75 & 3 Pr Common do $1 7 75 3 Dimity Window Curtains 3 - 1 small Bedstead, Bed & Matrass 35 - Amount Carried forward $597 -   Page 2 Amount brought forward $597.- a/c E? 1 new feather bed, pillows, & old bedstead 35 - 1 small cherry table $2_ 2 window & 1 bed curtains $1 3 - 5 pair of 3½ & 4 point Blankets 25 - 3 ,, Rope Blankets $9 & 3 old Blankets $ 3 12 - 1 ,, small andirons $1 & 1 old chest $1 2 - 1 side saddle 15 - IV. 1 plain bedstead, feather bed, matrass & pillows 35 - 1 ,, cherry do. (high) Bed, matrass, pillows & vallance 45 - 1 Looking Glass $2.50 & 1 pr? Window Curtains .50 3 - 1 Small Carpet 1 - 15 doz bottles Claret? 60 - 1 Demijon of Madeira Wine? 3 gall 12 - 1 do Teneriffe 1 gal 4 - 3 Empty Demijons 4 50 1 Barrel & 1 Demijon of Whiskey 13 50 1 do Vinigar $5_ 300th? Soap? $24 29 150 ct nails $15 & 100 bro Sugar $10 25 - 1 Keg paint $3 & pewter basin 3 & 4 stone do 1.50 7 50 1200 Bacon $96 & 2 barrels Lard $24 120 - 1 four wheeled Carriage & harness (old) 200 - 6 yoke of Oxen with yokes & chains 240 - 37 Head of Cattle @ $ 8 & 1 odd ox $20 316 - 11 plough & harness @ 5e 55 - 4 Iron tooth harrows 12 - 1 chest tools $10 & 1 grindstone $2 12 - 1 three year old filly 20 20 - 1 old mare & colt 40 - 1 old cart $10 & 1 ox cart $70 80 - 1 Waggon (for oxen) 100 - 200 bushels Corn $100_ 1 corn sheller $10 110 - 1 Whip saw $12 & 1 Crop cut saw $5 17 - 18 weeding hoes $9 & 12 axes $12 21 - 1 two horse wagon $100 100 - 4000 fodder 40 - Amount carried forward 2411 50   Page 3 Amount brought forward 2411.50 1 Bay horse, sampson [? years] 70 - 1 chestnut sorrel do streak 14 “ 55 - 1 Bay do fully 6 “ 90 - 1 ,, mare Peg? 15 “ 40 - 1 Horse Salomon 9” 65 - 1 sorel mare Starling 15” 30 - 1 Roan Mare Suckey 12” 35 - 1 bay mare Fly 22 “ 20 - 1 Chestnut sorel mare Katy fisbur (?) 5 “ 75 - 1 Roan mare Maria 4 50 - Slaves Old Manuel $400 Hannah his wife 450 Claiborne 550 Young Manuel 500 William 400 Albert 325 Thomas 200 Henry 150 Andrew 100 Harriet 50 3125 - Noah 525 - Edmund 575 - Yellow Claiborne 550 - Lewis 600 - Humphrey 575 Young Harry 600 Agnes 500 1100 Joseph 600 - Young Romeo 550 - Young Longford 500 - Old Harry 200 - Old Romeo 150 - Old Longford 150 Mary 150 300 - David 575 - Elizabeth 550 - Amount Carried forward $13,416 50   Page 4 Amount brought forward Trim 500- Flora 550- Peggy 250- Grace 200- Patsey 150 1650 - Mitty 500- Elizabeth 125- Louisa 75- 700- - Matilda 450 - Eliza 500- Lucy 75- 575 - 65 head of Hogs 100 - 1 Lot of Kitchen furniture 15 - 2 viz. and iron shovel & tongs 5 - 6 smoothing Irons $3– 2 wash tubs $3 6 - 1 Lot of sundry articles in cellar 10 - $16,927 50 In compliance with an order from the honble the judge of Probate of Adams County we the undersigned have appraised the personal Estate of Robt Dunbar Senr late of said County decd so far as has been exhibited to us by the Executors, as set fourth in the foregoing Inventory. Given under our hands this 28th day of April 1826 James Bisland B.LC. Waills Samuel King The State of Mississippi To Jay? Smith BLC. Waily? and Saml King – Greeting. This is to authorize you jointly, to appraise the goods, chattles and personal estate of Robert Dunbar late of Adams County, deceased; so far as they shall come to your sight and knowledge, each of you having first taken the oath or affirmation hereto annexed; a certificate whereof you are to return, annexed to an inventory of the said goods, chattels and personal estate by you appraised, in dollars and cents–and in the said inventory you are to set down in a column or co-lumns, opposite to each article, the value thereof. Witness H Tomlead? Esquire, Judge of Probate, of the County of Adams, this 27th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty IX?. Woodson Wren Refs We do solemnly swear that we will have well and truly, without partiality or prejudice, valued and appraised, the goods, chattels, and personal estate of Robert Dunbar Senior deceased, so far as the same shall have come to our sight and knowledge, and will have, in all [rest illegible due to page tear]

Approximate Creation Date

1826-04-28

Time Period

1820-1829

Subjects

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

Keywords

slavery; enslaved persons; Mississippi; estate files; probate files; Adams County; Robert Dunbar Senior; 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

Robert Dunbar Estate File, Box 10, Probate and Estate Files Collection, Historic Natchez Foundation, Mississippi

Digital ID

HNF_Box10_DunbarRobert_03271826_c_1_u HNF_Box10_DunbarRobert_03271826_c_2_u HNF_Box10_DunbarRobert_03271826_c_3_u HNF_Box10_DunbarRobert_03271826_c_4_u

Source

Robert Dunbar 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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Dunbar, Robert Senior - Inventory & Appraisement of the personal Estate of Robert Dunbar

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