Thompson Breckenridge Shaw's Inventory ~ 1854


June 18, 1854
Jefferson County, Mississippi
Transcribed by Linda Durr Rudd

A true inventory of all the personal property of the late Thompson B. Shaw, deceased.

JARROTT aged 30 years valued $1100
SILVA 25 years valued $900
EMMA 6 years valued at $300
HENIETTA 3 years valued at $250
MARTHA 1 year valued at $150
PEGGY 40 years valued at $500
LEWIS 20 years valued at $800
JUDA 19 years valued at $800
WILLIAM 30 years valued $500
RACHEAL 18 years valued at $1000
ELLEN 25 years valued at $1000
EDWARDS 6 months valued at $100
FANNY 16 years valued at $1000
one buggy horse and harness valued at $400

Given under our hands and seals this the twenty nineth day of June eighteen hundred and fifty four.

Joseph Dunbar (Seal)
A. W. Sutphin (Seal)
T. L, Liddel (Seal)
L. A. Osteen (Seal)



DISTRIBUTION OF SLAVES
January 28th 1856

Mary Shaw, wife of Thompson B. Shaw, received SILVA and EDMUND.

Catherine Flowers, daughter of T. B. Shaw, received JARROTT.

Eliza Sims, daughter of T. B. Shaw, received MARTHA, LEWIS and PEGGY.

Margaret O'Quin, daughter of T. B. Shaw, received RACHAEL.

Albert Shaw, son of T. B. Shaw, received HENRIETTA and WILLIAM.

Mary C. Shaw, daughter of T. B. Shaw, received ELLEN.



Sources

Thompson Breckenridge Shaw's Jefferson County Probate Records - Case Number: 24
Microfilm Number: 12189
Microfilm found at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History

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