Rosswood Journal
Inventory and Assesment Value of Negroes as it Stood on the 1st Oct 1861
Jefferson County, Mississippi
Extracted by Linda Durr Rudd
Yellow Joe - 48 yrs - $750
Ophelia - 40 yrs - $600 -
Joanna - 17 yrs - $700
Daphne - 15 yrs - $600
Maria(hip disease) - 13 yrs - $400
Bennet - 11 - $600
Charlotte - 10 yrs - $400
Tennessee - 8 yrs - $250
Sarah - 4 yrs - $200
Jesse - 2 yrs - $100
Ophelia - 5 mos - $50
Isaac - 50 yrs - $800
Nicy - 45 yrs - $500
Dolly - 19 yrs - $900
Buoy - 16 yrs - $700
Isaac - 13 yrs - $700
Simon - 9 yrs - $300
Benjamin - 7 yrs - $200
Mystilla - 5 yrs - $200
Charles - 42 yrs - $700
Clarissa - 35 yrs - $700
Hannibal1 - 3 yrs - $700
Grace - 11yrs - $500
Suzette - 7 yrs - $200
Murphy - 3 yrs - $150
Washington(twin) - 5 mos - $100
Jackson(twin) - 5 mos - $100
Pleasant - 76 yrs - $000
Dicy - 48 yrs - $450
Troy - 19$ - 1000
Peter Manson - 17 yrs - $750
D'Orsay - 15 yrs - $900
Levi - 8 yrs - $200
Margaret - 4 yrs - $200
Winney - 36 yrs - $800
Shadrach - 19yrs - $1000
Frances - 12 yrs - $600
Aggy - 3 yrs - $150
Jason - 10 yrs - $500
Bob Watts - 8 yrs - $250
Artemissy - 6 yrs - $200
Steven Brown - 1 yr - $100
Amelia(?) - 42 yrs - $200
Betsy(Tetter?) - 21 yrs - $600
Madison -20 yrs - $1000
Ellen - 10 yrs - $300
Cynthia(Simple) - 5 yrs - $000
Alfred - 52 yrs - $1000
Judy - 50 yrs - $500
Charlie - 31 yrs - $1000
Ann - 26 yrs - $800
Alfred - 3 yrs - $400
Sarah - 50 yrs - $500
Anderson - 18 yrs - $900
Henry - 16 yrs - $1000
Page - 11 yrs - $600
Vincent - 9 yrs - $300
Poisley - 36 yrs - $1000
Crissy (p? hernia) - 36 yrs - $200
Ross - 13 yrs - 13 yrs - $700
Sarah - 8 yrs - $300
Ritta - 7 yrs - $200
Smith - 5 yrs - $200
Huldah - 1 yr - $100
Zack - 70 yrs - $000
Ritta - 70 yrs - $200
Lewis - 44 yrs - $700
Julian (?) - 35 yrs - $000
Peter (?) - 45 yrs - $200
Tanzy - 35 yrs - $500
Caty - 17 yrs - $600
Duke - 15 yrs - $400
July - 9 yrs - $300
Bernetta - 7 yrs - $200
Susanna - 5 yrs - $200
Plato - 2 mos - $50
Beck (blind) - 62 yrs - $100
Ben (cripple) - 25 yrs - $400
Oliver - 22 yrs - $1000
Ainsley - 15 yrs - $500
Jennette - 13 - $600
Abram - 37 years - $700
Easter (one eye) - 21 yrs - $400
Olivia - 3 mos - $50
Monroe - 35 yrs - $800
Julia - 30 yrs - $800
Tom - 5 yrs - $100
Peyton - 2 mos - $50
Extra - 34 yrs - $800
Rena - 25 yrs - $800
Kit - 8 yrs - $300
? - 2 yrs - $150
Judy - 3 mos - $50
High Peter (cripple) - 49 yrs - $200
Juliet (blind) - 33 yrs - $400
Mary - 11 yrs - $300
Simeon - 8 yrs - $400
Granville - 5 yrs - $100
Zordia Scott - 3 yrs - $100
Andrew - 2 mos - $50
Ben - 30 yrs - $1000
Matilda - 26 yrs - $600
Mary Jane - 6 yrs - $500
Rosanna - 5 yrs - $200
Horace Booth - 3 yrs - $150
Randolph Duncan - 1 yr - $100
Jane - 25 yrs - $800
Chaney - 21 yrs - $800
Sumpter - 31 yrs - $900
Lucette - 18 yrs - $1000
Jeff - 6 yrs - $200
Caroline - 4 yrs - $200
Catawha Jo - 29 yrs - $800
Eliza - 27 yrs - $800
Linder - 4 yrs - $300
Amanda - 2 yrs - $100
Laura - 4 mos - $50
Harvey - 40 yrs - $700
Tenny - 21 yrs - $600
Christina - 9 mos - $100
Jordan - 21 yrs - $1000
Fanny - 30 yrs - $800
Hamilton - 10 yrs - $500
George - 4 yrs - $200
Nancy - 1 yr -$100
Littleton - 55 yrs - $800
Simon - 25 yrs - $1000
Charlie (stuttering) 24 yrs - $600
Martha Young - 23 yrs - $900
Edward - 27 yrs - $700
Nancy - 4 yrs - $200
Harriet - 1 yr - $150
Wedding Wednesday - Abram and Easter - 1854