Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Estate of L Ainsworth Naming Enslaved Mortgaged 1854, Hempstead County, Arkansas

From the Estate of Leon or Liam Ainsworth, last of Hempstead County, Arkansas, deceased.  Matthew Cheatham, Estate Adminstrator

List of the goods and chattel rights and credits of said Ainsworth decd:

Negro woman named Amy aged about 52

Negro girl named Mary aged about 11

Above named Negroes are under mortgage to Walker Cheatham and Co for the sum of $504.62 and interest thereon at the rate of 10 percent per annum from 1 Jan 1854.  Mortgage dated on the 20th day May 1854 and acknowledged on 22 May 1854.

Recorded 4 Dec 1858 in Hempstead County, AR

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