Joseph Brown's Inventory and Appraisement of Slaves ~ 1844

Copiah County, Mississippi
March 23 1844
Transcribed by Linda Durr Rudd

  1. BILL - $450
  2. CLOE - $300
  3. BOB - $300
  4. JOHN - $450
  5. SIP - $500
  6. MAT - $100
  7. MIMA - $300
  8. SINCLAR - $600
    Albert Sinclair
  9. WILDON - $550
  10. EMELINE - $400
  11. NANCY - $300
  12. JESSE - $550
  13. MARIAH - $450
  14. MILLY - $325
  15. HARRISON - $250
  16. CHARLES - $500
  17. ADALAID and
  18. CAROLINE and
  19. CHARLES - $750
  20. MARY - $350
  21. KUSIAH and
  22. ISAH and
  23. DAVID - $850
    Albert Sinclair's Wife Kusiah and Children
  24. PLEASANT - $650
  25. MILLY - $40
  26. JOURDON - $600
  27. DOLLY and
  28. FRANCES and
  29. VIOLET - $800
  30. SALLY - $500
  31. HENRY - $650
  32. BIG MARY - $450
  33. AMAND - $300
  34. ANTHONY - $350
  35. RUFF - $650
  36. ELIZA - $450
  37. JANE - $350
  38. JULIA and
  39. JNO EPPS and
  40. LOUISA and
  41. BILL - $1100

Joseph Brown was born 25 Apr 1778 in Chester District SC. He married Elizabeth Rice on 29 Mar 1810. They removed to Copiah County, MS, between 1821 and 1824. Joseph Brown died in Copiah County, MS, on 24 Nov 1841.
From Research Notes of Beverley Ballantine



SOURCES

Joseph Brown's Copiah County Probate Court Case - Microfilm Number: 8183
Record found at MS Department of Archives and History

Elizabeth Rice Brown's Inventory and Appraisement of Slaves - 1855
Remembering Their Names