John Iland Stampley's Inventory & Appraisement of Slaves ~ 1847

Remembering the Slaves of John Iland Stampley
Jefferson County, Mississippi
January 22, 1847
Extracted by Linda Durr Rudd

  1. Negro Man BILL value 700
  2. ditto BOY JACK value 700
  3. ditto HENRY value 800
  4. Negro Boy WESLEY value 700
  5. Negro Man JIM LIMBO value 50
  6. ditto TOM TIP value 150
  7. ditto JOSHUA value 750
  8. ditto STEPHEN value 150
  9. ditto PRIMUS value 200
  10. ditto WILLIAM FULLER value 700
  11. ditto JEFFREY value 700
  12. ditto ISAH value 800
  13. ditto ANDY value 700
  14. ditto TOM TOP value 550
  15. ditto BOB DICK value 600
  16. ditto WILLIAM (blacksmith) value 1000
  17. ditto JACKSON value 650
  18. ditto JIM HENRY value 750
  19. ditto COLIN DICK value 750
  20. ditto JACOB value 750
  21. ditto DICK value 400
  22. ditto JOE value 100
  23. ditto CANLON value 750
  24. ditto JOHN value 700
  25. ditto HENRY value 300
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    Family - 7 in Number
  26. Negro Woman NANCY value 550
  27. Negro Boy OBY value 575
  28. Negro Girl PRISCILLA value 400
  29. Negro Boy ALFRED value 350
  30. Negro Girl PHILADELPHIA value 200
  31. Negro Child HANDY value 150
  32. Negro Baby EVALINE value 100
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    Family - 4 in Number
  33. Negro Woman BETSEY value 500
  34. Negro Boy MONROE value 500
  35. Negro Boy FRANKLIN value 300
  36. Negro Girl MARTHA value 200
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    Family - 4 in Number
  37. Negro Woman LOUISA value 575
  38. Negro Boy LACHIND value 200
  39. Negro Girl THERISA value 150
  40. Negro Baby PENELOPE value 100
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    Family - 4 in Number
  41. Negro Woman TENNESSEE value 600
  42. Negro Boy ROME value 200
  43. Negro Boy ALEXANDER value 150
  44. Negro Girl JEMEIMA value at 100
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    Family - 4 in Number
  45. Negro Woman REBECCA value 650
  46. Negro Boy DIONICHOS value 225
  47. Negro Boy DUFFIELD value 225
  48. Negro Baby OLIVA value 100
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    Family - 3 in Number - Grandchildren
  49. Negro Woman CHARLOTTE value 25
  50. Negro Girl JULINA value 400
  51. Negro Baby PHILIP value 200
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    Family - 3 in Number
  52. Negro Woman DIANN value 550
  53. Negro Boy HENDON value 200
  54. Negro Girl ROSINA value 125
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    Family - 4 in Number
  55. Negro Woman MALINDA value 575
  56. Negro Baby ENOS value 200
  57. Negro Girl ANNETTE value 125
  58. Negro Boy SASON VALUE 100
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    Family - 3 in Number
  59. Negro Woman HARIETTA value 574
  60. Negro Girl AMANDA value 150
  61. Negro Baby ALBERT value 100
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    Family - 3 in Number
  62. Negro Woman ELISA value 550
  63. Negro Boy JEPHTHA value 150
  64. Negro Girl ISABELLA value 100
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    Family - 2 in Number
  65. Negro Woman ANGELINE value 575
  66. Negro Baby CHRISTOPHER value 100
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    Family - 2 in Number - Grandchild
  67. Negro Woman - OLD WOMAN PEGGY value 25
  68. Negro Boy SAMPSON value 400
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    Family - 2 in Number
  69. Negro Woman RACHAEL value 600
  70. Negro Girl LUCINDA value 100
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    Family - 2 in Number
  71. Negro Woman MARY ANN
  72. Negro Boy SAML value 150
    ----------
    Family - 2 in Number
  73. Negro Woman SARAH value 625
  74. Negro Baby JAMES value 100
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    Family - 4 in Number
  75. Negro Woman EASTER value 500
  76. Negro Boy SAML value 400
  77. Negro Girl TABITHA value 300
  78. Negro Girl EMILY value 575
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    Family - 2 in Number
  79. Negro Woman FANNY value 75
  80. Negro Girl (Line drawn through name) value 550
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    Family - 2 in Number
  81. Negro Woman MARY value 50
  82. Negro Girl FERABY value 550
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    Family - 2 in Number
  83. Negro Woman F??? value 500
  84. Negro Girl PHYLLIS value 400
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  85. Negro Woman MENTA value 500
  86. Negro Woman BETSEY value 550
  87. Negro Girl CINTHIA value 350
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    Family - 2 in Number
  88. Negro Woman MILLY value 50
  89. Negro Girl RACHAEL value 550
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  90. Negro Woman ROSE value 300
  91. Negro Woman SALLY value 575
  92. Negro Girl CLARRISA value 600
  93. Negro Woman CHARLOTTE value 600
  94. Negro Man RUSSELL value 750
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    Family - 2 in Number
  95. Negro Woman JANE value 650
  96. Negro Woman SILVIA value 650
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    Family - 3 in Number
  97. Negro Woman BECCA value 50
  98. Negro Woman DORRIS value 400
  99. Negro Girl MATILDA value 400
We the undersigned appraisers do seal, certify that the foregoing separate appraisement is just & correct as far as we know & believe have under our hands & seals this 2 day of January AD 1847.

Jno ? Darden (Seal)
J. H. Darden (Seal)
John H. Coll?s (Seal)

I, Stephen C. Stampley of the last will and testament of John I. Stampley dec'd do have & certify that the foregoing report of appraisement is just proper & correct as far as I know & believe and that the same is a true exhibit of all the personal estate belonging to said decedent which has come into my possession of which I am co??? since under my hand & seal this 22 day of January AD 1947.

Stephen C. Stampley (Seal)

Jefferson County Probate Records
Microfilm Number: 12177
Microfilm found at Mississippi Department of Archives and History

Pvt. Stephen Buie of the 58th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry

Remembering Their Names