Certificate of Slave, 1858, Jefferson County, KY

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Transcribed by: Bill Mudd <wmudd@dnai.com>
Date:  12 Nov 1999 
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The "Certificate of Slave" below is from a record book found in Adams County, 
Mississippi just recently. There are three of us who are transcribing this 136 page 
hand written document to make it freely available to genealogists and to anyone who is 
trying to trace their family's roots.

Can anyone tell us more about exactly what this "Certificate of Slave" is. We do know 
that T.&J. Arterburn was a slave trading company operating in Jefferson County in the 
late 1850s and early 1860s.

Any helpful information or historical context regarding this document will be greatly 
appreciated. The example below is one of many dozens drawn up in Jefferson County and 
recorded in the record book we are transcribing.

Thanks,
Bill Mudd
San Francisco Bay Area
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T & J Arterburn________________________Certificate of Slave

State of Kentucky, Jefferson County.
We, E.L. Huffman & George Able, state that we are acquainted with the character in 
this County of William of black color, aged 27 years, weighs about 165 pounds, slave 
of T. & J. Arterburn, of Jefferson County, Kentucky, where said slave now is; that he 
has not been guilty of any felony, or crime, and that said Arterburns came lawfully 
into possession of him.

                                                  E.L. Huffman
                                                  George Abell

I, Marrick Lynn, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county of Jefferson and State 
of Kentucky do hereby certify that the above named E.L. Huffman & George Abell who are 
personally know to me to be worthy of credit, this day subscribed and made oath to the 
foregoing statement before me, in the county aforesaid.
              Given under my hand this 23rd day of October 1858 
                                      Marrick Lynn J.P. J.C.

                State of Kentucky, Jefferson County
I, Chas. M. Thurston, clerk of the County Court, which is a Court of Record, of the 
County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Marrick Lynn who has signed the 
foregoing certificate, is and was at the date thereof, an acting Justice of the Peace 
in and for the County aforesaid, and that full faith is due to his official acts.
       Witness my hand and offical seal this 23rd day of October 1858.
                                   Chas. M. Thurston, Clerk