Wednesday, September 6, 2023

1828 Leonard Anderson Estate Inventory Naming Enslaved, Prince Edward County, Virginia

Leonard Wade Anderson was born 12 May 1791 Prince Edward County, Virginia and died there on 7 June 1812. He married Mary Watkins Morton on 20 May 1817.

1820 Census  Prince Edward County, VA
15 Slaves

 

 
Leonard Anderson, decd - 20 June 1828 - Inventory and Appraisement of his Estate
Prince Edward Co VA Will Bk 7 pg 483

Negro Men:
Kit abt 41 $250
Daniel abt 30  $300
Billey abt 32  $400
Juba  abt 25  $350

Negro Women:
Sally  abt 35  $200
Fanny  abt 35  $150
Nancy  abt 23  $200
Peggy  abt 50  $30
Iris  abt 26  $200
Martha  at 14  $150

Negro Girl:
Jane  abt 7  $110

Negro Boys:
Patrick abt 16  diseased  $180
Bob  abt 13  swelled ankle  $130
Albert  abt 10  $135
Jim  abt 5  $100
Emanuel  abt 5  $100
Creed  abt 4  $80
Washington  abt 1  $50

And old man Tom $75 "for a life support"
And old woman Molly a cripple  $ 0


Note:  While researching documents for my own family, I often transcribe those in pages just before and just after if they named enslaved. This is how I came to this court document. To my knowledge I am not related to Leonard Anderson.

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