Distribution of decedents' estates

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A letter written by B. F. McAtee of Reading, Pennsylvania, to A. O. Hewitt of Bainbridge, Ohio, about his share of the inheritance of Ms. Pepple. He claims to be entitled to 1/7 of her property in the amount of $731 plus interest and gives instructions for settling the estate. A note written on the envelope states that the letter was answered in 1877 with an offer of $375.

Scope and Contents This small collection consists of two manuscript documents concerning the estate of Enoch Burson of Wilcox County, Alabama. The first document, dated 1851, is an inventory listing Burson’s personal property following his death in 1850. Among the items recorded are six enslaved individuals identified by age and/or gender and assigned to various heirs, along with their appraised values. These listings appear alongside other property such as livestock and farming implements. The second...

Scope and Contents This small collection comprises two manuscript documents detailing the estate of Catherine (Katherine) Ward, created by her son and executor, Pleasant Ward, in Union County, Arkansas. The first document, dated August 10, 1858, is an official inventory listing ten enslaved individuals by name, age, gender, and appraised value. The second document, dated January 24, 1859, includes a final estate settlement that reconfirms the names and valuations of the enslaved people and records the transfer...

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This collection consists of an estate inventory and appraisal dated July 21, 1862, documenting the personal property of Elizabeth Vaughn of Wilcox County, Alabama. The central component of the inventory is a detailed listing of twenty-two enslaved individuals, recorded by name, age (from one to fifty-five), and monetary value. The inventory was compiled and sworn to by the estate’s administrator, Hardaway Young, and before Justice of the Peace T.W. Price.