The Inventory and Allotment of Hector McNeill's Slaves ~ 1843 & 1844




Copiah County, Mississippi
December 27, 1843

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

Name, Appraised Value

boy ARTHUR -- $800
boy LITTLE JOE -- $800
boy BIG JOE -- $800
boy LEWIS -- $800
boy JEFF -- $800
boy MOSES -- $650
boy STEPHEN -- $700
boy WASH -- $500
boy DANIEL -- $750
boy BEN -- $850
boy BOB -- $500
boy HIRAM -- $450
boy LITTLE JOHN -- $400
boy BITHAN -- $200
girl HETTY -- $550
AMANDA and child EDMOND -- $500
OLD ANN and child SARAH -- $500
OLD DELIA -- $175
boy JACOB -- 150
girl LUCY -- $500
boy HENRY -- $175
girl HARRIET -- $125
MARY and child ISAAC -- $600
MOSOURIA ANN -- $550
JANE -- $300
CLOE --$400
EDY and child NELSON -- $600
boy JERRY -- $400
boy JOHN -- $800



Allotment of Hector McNeill’s Slaves
January 16, 1844

To Elizabeth McNeill
LITTLE JOE a negro man valued at $800
WASH a negro man valued at $650
LEWIS a negro man valued at $800
ANN and four children, JANE, DELIA, JACOB, and SARAH valued at $1100

To Mary Ann J. Davis
BIG JOE a negro man valued at $800
MISSOURI ANN a negro woman valued at $575
JEFF a negro man valued at $750
MARY and child ISAAC valued at $600
HIRAM a negro man valued at $550
AMANDA and child EDMUND VALUED AT $350

To Thomas McNeill
ARTHUR a negro man valued at $750
EDY and child NELSON valued at $600
HETTY valued at $550
DANIEL valued at $700
JERRY valued at $500
CHOLE valued at $400

To Margaret K. McNeill
BIG JOHN a negro man valued at $800
STEPHEN a negro man valued at $750
LUCY and two children HENRY and HARRIET valued at $750
MOSES a negro man valued at $700
LITTLE JOHN valued at $450
BITHAN valued at $150

Notes: Elizabeth McNeill was Hector’s widow. Thomas, Mary and Margaret were their children.

Elizabeth McNeill’s Inventory and Appraisement of Slaves ~ 1855
Thomas A. McNeill’s Inventory and Appraisement of Slaves ~ 1849

SOURCE

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

Remembering Their Names