Tag Archives: wills
Friend of Friend Friday: Slaves of Alexander Stirling
I found the above will in the Lewis Stirling Family Papers, archived at the Louisiana State University. The Stirling family, wealthy Louisiana planters, owned my third great-grandmother, Eliza Burton. I’ve been scrolling through the microfilmed documents hoping that they will … Continue reading
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The Slaves of Hill Jones
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, a will that listed my great great-grandmother, Temple Burton as part of Hill Jones’s property also listed many other slaves as well. His will was notarized on September 8, 1846 in Madison County, Mississippi. … Continue reading
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One Will, Many Lives
After horses, cattle, hogs, sheep and “stock of every description…wagons and tools of every kind,” Hill Jones bequeathed to his wife, Judith Jones the following negroes: Tiller, Vincent, William, Tempy, Marian, Phil, Reuben and Susan “which personal property it is … Continue reading
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