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Date: 1818 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Dated 1818, this estate inventory and appraisal was written before Alabama officially became a state (1819). The estate inventory includes slaves and their names and prices. The names of the slaves listed include Julius, Davy, Enoch, Hall, Ned, Saul, (Parmay and child), Lucy, Amy, Minerva, Reubin... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1820-08-01 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: A. Benson writes to his brother Elias Benson about selling his plantation. A. Benson discusses moving to “Tom Bigbee…about 40 miles above the long leaf pine which will give me the latitude of Union Court House where I shall make a crop.” He discusses his slaves dying of typhus fever. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1841-01-15 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: The slave's name was Adam, and he was owned by Thomas B. Stone. Stone agreed to pay a man by the name of Lowell Newsom to travel to Rogersville, Tennessee to retrieve Adam, a runaway slave, who was captured and put in jail. Newsom is directed to keep Adam confined "believing that if he [Adam] is ... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1842 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Included in the inventory are the names, ages and value of Stone's slaves. The names of the slaves listed include Jefferson, Chloe, Jane, Lewis, Page, Mary, Keziah, Frederick, Dick, Daphine, Jolly, Armstead, Nelly, Priscilla, Nancy, Betty, Matilda, Delilah, Louisa, Bob, Adam, Amos, Israel, Elisa,... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1848 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: The names of the slaves listed include Cloa, Eve, Mary, Randle, and Mary. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1857 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Petition and report of sale of a 12-year-old slave named Elvira, 1857, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. The slave was owned by Thomas B. Stone, and then later by William M. Stone. The petition is an order to the court to have Elvira sold at a private sale because "of her machination for running away." View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1840-11-29 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Jail bill for a runaway slave dated November 29, 1840. The bill lists the fees for capturing and jailing a runaway slave named John. According to the bill, John had been in jail from January 13, 1840, to November 29, 1840. The owner of John was Hezekiah Teague. The bill was for $113. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1836-12-01 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Note to Mrs. Constantine Perkins from J. C. Van Dyke of the "sum of thirteen dollars for mid-wifery for her blak family by my old woman Fanny, and for other attentions during her illness." Mrs. Constantine Perkins was the wife of Constantine Perkins, a veteran of the Creek War (1813-1814). He als... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1860-08-09 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Document from Probate Court of Tuscaloosa County, dated August 9, 1860. The document lists William A. Lindsey as legal guardian of Francis Wigfall (Weekfall) "a freeman of color age 66 years...a tanner by trade, of a copper color." View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1863-01-17 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Promissory note dated January 17, 1863, between R. Hargrove and Francis Wigfall, a freedman. Wigfall agreed to pay $96 dollars to Hargrove for the hire of a slave named Stewart, payable "in money, leather or shoes." View Full Item at Samford University Library