Probate Inventory of the Estate of Josiah Harwell
Estate inventory listing enslaved individuals by name and appraised value, filed in Dallas County probate court following the death of planter Josiah Harwell.
"Inventory and appraisement of the Estate of Josiah Harwell, deceased, taken this 14th day of March, 1849. Item: one negro man named Peter, aged about 40 years, $700. Item: one negro woman named Clarissa, aged about 35 years, $550. Item: one negro girl named Dinah, aged about 12 years, $400. Item: one negro boy named Samuel, aged about 8 years, $300. Appraised by the undersigned commissioners appointed by the Court of Probate."
Source: Dallas County, Alabama, Probate Court, Estate Files, Box 12 (sample re-creation).
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