The Inventory and Appraisement of Elizabeth McNeill's Slaves ~ 1855




Copiah County, Mississippi
April 1855
August 1864

Remembering the Slaves of Elizabeth McNeill
Extracted by Linda Durr Rudd
LRudd@aol.com

April 1855
negro slave man named LEWIS, age 27, valued at $1000
negro slave man named WASH, age 26, valued at $900
negro boy named JAKE, age 15, valued at $900
negro girl named SAL, age 13, valued at $700
negro woman named DINA, age 16 and CHILD, valued at $1100
negro woman named JANE, age 18 and CHILD, valued at $1100
negro woman named ANNA, age 40 and CHILD, valued at $500
negro girl named EMMA, age 8, valued at $400
negro boy named ELLIC, age 6, valued at $400
negro boy JIM, age 3, valued at $300

August 1864
Additional Inventory of Negro Property of the Estate of Elizabeth McNeill, Deceased

boy LEWIS, age about 4 years
girl HENRIETTA, age 2 years
infant, age 4 months
Valued at $900

Notes: Elizabeth received an allotment of eight slaves from her husband Hector McNeill’s estate in 1844. Elizabeth’s estate was to be divided equally between her two daughters; Mary Ann McNeill Davis, wife of William F. Davis and Margaret E. McNeill Love, wife of Edmund F. Love. Elizabeth‘s son Thomas A. McNeill preceded her in death.

SOURCE

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

Remembering Their Names