Hollywood Plantation Slave Inventory September 2, 1844 This information generously donated to the Louisiana Genealogy Project - African American Archives by: Jeanne Johnson, jj@tampabay.rr.com ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** The following is the inventory of the succession of Nancy Beiller, a resident of Lake Providence, Carroll Parish, Louisiana, who died March 5, 1839. Nancy Beiller owned a cotton plantation on the west side of Lake Providence, Carroll Parish, Louisiana. Her daughter, Elizabeth Beiller Bosworth, a resident of Carroll Parish & wife of Parish Judge Felix Bosworth, was her only child and true and lawful heir. Elizabeth Beiller Bosworth married Henry Blackburn on October 18, 1849, in Carroll Parish, following the death of her husband, Felix Bosworth. Elizabeth Beiller Bosworth Blackburn died May 6, 1852. She was survived by her husband and two young daughters (from her first marriage). The genealogical significance of the inventory is its itemized list of 96 slaves including their names, ages, and group listings. (Transcribed by Jeanne Johnson, April 16, 2001) Inventory filed September 2, 1844 Be it remembered, that on this Second day of September, in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four, in presence of an Order of the honorable Thomas Curry, Judge of the Ninth Judicial District Court of the State of Louisiana (the Parish Judge of Carroll being interested as Executor) dated on the ninth day of July, Eighteen hundred and forty four, I, Eli Harris, Notary Public, duly commissioned and sworn, residing at Providence in the parish of Carroll and state of Louisiana, repaired to the late residence of Nancy Bieller, deceased, on Lake Providence in said parish of Carroll, to make an Inventory of the property and effects of the said decedent and for the purpose of estimating the value of the said property and effects belonging to the succession of Nancy Bieller, deceased, I appointed Charles G. Moore and Moses H. Meek, free holders, residing in the said parish of Carroll, as Appraisers thereof - to whom I administered the Oath required by law, to which they affixed their signatures, and is hereunto annexed -- Whereupon I proceeded to make said Inventory, in presence of Felix Bosworth, Testamentary Executor of the last Will and Testament of the said Nancy Bieller, deceased, and in the presence of the witnesses hereinafter named and undersigned, in the words and figures following, to wit: A Cotton Plantation on the West bank of Lake Providence in the said parish of Carroll and State of Louisiana, where the decedent Nancy Bieller last resided, composed of the lots and fractional lots of land to wit -- Two lots fronting on Lake Providence, numbered “Twentyeight” and “Twentynine” -- in the township Twentyone, of Range twelve East, with the dwelling house, mill & gin, negro cabins, outhouses, fixtures and appurtenances thereon and thereto belonging -- Also, lot of fractional half quarter section No. “Nine” -- fractional half quarter section No. “Three” in section Forty-Three -- Fractional half quarter section No. “Four” - in section No. Fifty-one -- and lots No. “One” and “Two” in section Fifty -- all lying in township Twenty-one, of Range Twelve East, in said parish of Carroll and state of Louisiana -- containing about the quantity of Seven hundred acres of land, more or less--appraised at Eight Thousand and nine hundred Dollars….$8,900.-- Negro Slaves: Yellow __[cannot read]aged 32 $450 Melinda 28 300 Abram 18 300 L. George 9 250 Sam 6 200 Manuel 4 200 Princes 48 100 Harry 45 150 1950 B. Matilda aged 32 $150 Wade 15 350 Dennis 13 300 Friday 11 300 B. Eliza 26} 300 Lewis, inf 2 weeks} [included with B. Eliza appraised value] 1400 Bob, aged 32 $300 Clarissa 28 $200 Diaressa 61 270 Fanny 9 175 Harriet 7 170 Edmund 5 150 Addy, 6 months 100 $1365 B. Charles 32 $300 Patterson [?] 25 350 Eli 1st 3 100 Charity 9 mo 50 $800 Sy - 45 $320 S. Matilda 32 200 Lucky 19 400 Jane [? ink blot] 17 320 May - 15 275 Ben - 8 200 Wash 7 150 $1865 B. George 29 $500 $500 Major 30 $475 Agness 47 200 Mary 19 400 Rhody 17 300 Julia 12 320 John [? or Joan? ink blot] 8 250 Moses 6 220 Davy 4 200 Eli 2nd 3 150 Lucy inf. 6m 50 Viny child of Mary 1 70 L. Charlotte child of Rhody 7 mo 40 $2675 Chancy [or Chaney] 30 325 Henry 13 275 Nelly 9 200 Tom 7 200 Winny 4 130 $1130 B. Abe 23 $425 Nancy 29 250 March 11 250 Caty 9 200 $1125 Old Lucy 54 000 Press 32 420 Mahala (g.c. of Lucy) 2 100 $530 Jordan 32 350 Lilly 29 150 Reuben 16 400 L. Peter 18 400 Jeffrey 15 320 Binah 13 200 Josh 11 220 Betsy Ann 9 150 Frederick inf 6 w 50 Silva 4 150 $2340 Kit. 31 175 Sally 29 120 Shed. 17 350 Dick 16 350 Sophia 12 200 Phillis 11 200 L. Eliza 9 175 Jimmy 9 200 Henson 9 m 50 $2120 Stepney 30 450 Amy 28 350 Polly 17 300 Tom 9 200 Sarah 4 170 Grace inf 50 $1520 Pompay 28 400 Elisha 16 300 Adam 12 250 Jane 10 200 Patience 8 150 $1300 Isham 45 00 Jinnett 31 325 Africa 19 480 Simon 15 300 Andrew 10 225 Jack 5 150 Dilcy inf 6 m 50 $1530 Will 26 $520 B. Charlotte 48 150 B. Peter 30 375 $1045 [Research note: Supplementary Inventory filed September 16, 1844 included the following 3 items: Slave Gustus, aged about 33 years, appraised at $350; Crop of Corn $1890; Crop of Cotton $2400] Total of Slaves $23,185 Library $200 1 four wheel carriage $200 Household and Kitchen furniture $500 2 large Maps, of the United States and of Europe $ 8 $908 1 set Blacksmith Tools $25 Crop of Corn & Cotton, value uncertain as yet 33 horses, mules, etc. $960 65 head cattle $227.50 100 head hogs 175 22 ploughs, 6 sw __[?}, 4 harrows, 20 pr. gear, 8 double trees, 25 single trees, 2 ox wagons, 8 yokes farming utensils taken together 6 yoke oxen $180 1 Horse Cart, 1 grind stone, 3 ox chains, 2 cross cut saws, 1 whip [?] saw, 1 hand saw, 15 axes, 1 board ax, 6 iron wedges, 50 hoes, 2 p__ows, 1 steelyard amount of farming utensils 200.50 $1743.00 RECAPITULATION Land & improvements $8900 Bank Stock 3000 Slaves 23,185 Library & two maps 208 Household & Kitchen furniture 500 1 Four Wheel Carriage (old) 200 Blacksmith tools & farming utensils 225.50 Horses, cattle, hogs & oxen 1542.50 Amounting to Thirty seven thousand $37,761.00 seven hundred & Sixty-one Dollars, crop of corn & cotton, values uncertain as yet. sschmitz@cswnet.com