The Inventory and Appraisement of Dougald McMillan's Slaves

Copiah County, MS
January 1865

Extracted by Linda Durr Rudd

Remembering the Slaves of Dougald McMillan


"My mammy an' pappy bofe wurk in de fiel' but all Granny done wus to tend to de chaps an' we bigger chaps had to hope her. Some times yo' wud hear as many as five or six cryin' at one time. Granny wud give dem some kind uf tea to make dem shut up." Ex-Slave, Alex Montgomery of Mississippi

NAME & VALUE
Name used in the 1870 or 1880 Federal Census

  1. man JAKE - $1500 - Jacob Watson
  2. woman CATHERINE - $1050 - Catherine Watson
  3. girl MARIA - $500 - M. Watson
  4. boy JERRY - $300 - Jerry Watson
  5. girl AMY - $200
  6. man GILBERT - $1500
  7. woman MARY - $600
  8. boy SIN - $1500
  9. boy JON - $1250
  10. man OBID - $600
  11. woman MARTHA - $1200
  12. boy MIKE - $150
  13. man JEFF - $600 - J./Jeff Richmond
  14. woman ELIZA $600 - Liza Richmond
  15. SYNTHA and
  16. CHILD - $1200
  17. girl MARIA - $1200
  18. boy JO - $1200
  19. boy JOHN HENRY - $1200
  20. girl LUCITTA - $800
  21. girl MANDA - $700
  22. girl HARIETT - $500
  23. boy ANTHINY - $500
  24. girl HESTER - $300
  25. girl MALILDY - $200
  26. girl SILVY $800
  27. girl SILLER - $1000
  28. boy ANTHONY - $800 - Anthony Coleman
  29. boy THOMAS - $1100 - Tom Coleman
  30. woman ABBY ANNA - $1200
  31. woman CARILY a cripple - $100
  32. girl AMANDA - $300
  33. girl ELLAN - $200
  34. man CUBIT - $600 - Cupit Coleman
  35. man ALFRED - $1500
  36. man JACOB - $500 -Jacob Smith
  37. man JIM - $700
  38. man NATHAN - $600
  39. man HARRISON - $2000 - Harrison Watson
  40. woman JINNEY - $400 - Jinny Watson
  41. boy ISAAC - $1500
  42. boy SIMON - $1400
  43. girl CALLY - $700
  44. boy ALEXANDER - $300
  45. boy MORGAN - $400
  46. woman FLORA - $800 - Flora Jackson
  47. woman NANCY and
  48. CHILD - $1300
  49. woman VINEY and
  50. CHILD - $1300
  51. boy WADE - $900
  52. girl SARAH - $800
  53. boy JAKE - $600
  54. boy FLEIS? - $400
  55. boy PETER - $230
  56. boy CARLES - $100
  57. man DAN - $1000
  58. woman FRANCES - $1200
  59. girl EMALINE - $300
  60. boy W. JACKSON - $1500
  61. woman HANER - $900
  62. girl CELY - $800
  63. girl ELIZABETH - $700
  64. boy POMP - $400
  65. man BOSTON - $1100
  66. woman ESTER - $700
  67. girl EMILY - $1200
  68. girl CLARISA - $250
  69. girl SAVINA - $150
  70. woman RACHAEL - $400
  71. woman SUSAN - $1200
  72. woman MASURIA - $700
  73. boy ELI - $800
  74. boy MILTON - $300
  75. boy BOB - $1500
  76. boy ELIJA - $2500
  77. boy SAWSING - $1500
  78. boy CALVIN - $800
  79. woman HARIET - $500
  80. woman MARGARET - $1200
  81. boy MOSE - $600
  82. boy RILEY - $300
  83. girl MILLY JANE - $200 - Milly Janes
  84. woman GUSTA - $500

    Negroes in South Carolina

  85. man GEORGE - $200
  86. man WASH - $700
  87. man RUFFIN - $1500
  88. man LOUIS - $1500
  89. girl JANE - $1200
  90. girl MARY - $1000
  91. boy PRINCE ALBERT - $200
  92. boy RUFFER? - $1500
  93. woman LILLA - $1200

SOURCES
Copiah County Probate Records
Microfilm Number: 8212
Microfilm found at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Private John Culver - 58th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry
Private Sandy McMillan - 58th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry
Private Anderson Mitchell - 58th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry

Remembering Their Names