Slaves found in selected Estate Inventories; Concordia Parish 1837-1840 This file generously donated to the Louisiana African American Archives by: Annette Bowen ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Transcribed from microfilm from Family History Library FHL US/CAN Film 858708 Succession Records V1 1837-1840 Concordia Parish, Louisiana Abstracted and transcribed by Annette Bowen, October 2003 As always, if you see a name that you think might be your ancestor, you should look at the original record or microfilm. Some of the handwriting was difficult to read. I did the best I could. Estate of Rachel Groves (the community of Moses and Rachel Groves) (Rachel Cogan married Moses Groves on April 29, 1817 in Claiborne Co., Mississippi) 1. Wilson a man aged 30 years appraised at 1,200 2. Mary (his wife) “ 17 “ “ 800 3. Minerva (his child) “ 6 months 50 4. Richmond a man 35 years 1100 5. Lucy (his wife) 25 850 6. John a man 30 1000 7. Sally Sutton (his wife) 20 800 8. Charlotte (his child) 2 50 9. Clarke a man 18 1050 10. Charles 21 900 11. Nat 25 1200 12. Jim Edwards 21 1200 13. Sam 22 1300 14. Clay 16 200 15. Tarlton 12 600 16. Levi 15 1000 17. Joshua 25 1200 18. Hannah his wife 25 800 19. Johnson a man 40 725 20. Sarah Johnson his wife 25 800 21. Stephen (her child) 1 150 22. Old Lewis a man 50 650 23. Polly (his wife) 55 700 24. Pender her child 20 800 25. Big Lucy a woman 35 800 26. Bill (a carpenter) 30 2000 27. Diana a woman 21 800 28. Little Bets 20 800 29. “ Susan 18 800 30. Jane 16 800 31. Rachel Ryster 18 800 32. Nancy 30 725 33. Harriett 18 900 34. Rachel Bordis[?] 20 800 35. Mariah (her child) 3 200 36. Little Daff a man aged 18 years valued at $800 37. Ann Hooper (unsound) 20 600 38. Ann Hopewell 20 800 39. Barney (Blacksmith) 20 (unsound) 1000 40. Ben a man 25 1250 41. Sally Mosely (his wife) 30 700 42. Isham a man 25 1250 43. Fil Walker 22 1200 44. Rachel Smoot woman 35 800 45. Jarret a man 25 1150 46. Israel 30 1300 47. Elizabeth (his wife) 40 750 48. Jack a man 15 600 49. Dick 25 1200 50. Richard a man 24 1100 51. Betty Brodis his wife 30 1000 52. George a man 45 550 53. Daff (wife of Sam 23 1000 54. Henry (her child 7 550 55. Margaret ( do ) 4 400 56. Yellow Susan (unsound) 30 350 57. Emeline a girl 12 700 58. Ellen Dorsey 20 750 59. Dorcas 30 700 60. Ugee (her child) 7 500 61. Betsy Eaton a woman 17 800 62. Israel Hooper a boy 13 650 63. Daniel Hooker 11 600 64. Wash Hooker 10 500 65. Peter 10 600 66. Daniel Scott 10 700 67. Maria a woman 18 1500 68. Sarah Ann 14 850 69. Big Lize 20 1000 70. Henderson her child 6 months 50 71. Little Lize woman 18 years 900 72. Old Maria 40 850 73. Charity 39 650 74. Hanibal man 28 1600 75. Lewis Jones 30 1100 76.Ann Scott a girl 10 400 77. Old Sue a woman aged 50 years appraised @ $425 78. Adam a man 25 1150 79. Will 15 800 80. George 25 1200 81. Sally (his wife) 23 700 82. Isaac her child 7 350 83. Sam do 5 200 84. Job do 2 120 85. Ellick (Ruptured) 40 525 86. Eve his wife 21 800 87. Daphne her child 5 325 88. Susan a woman 21 800 89. Adam a man 35 900 90. Lucy a woman 35 750 91. George her child 7 500 92. John a man 35 850 93. L Abram 16 1100 94. Smart 12 700 95. Jim } 96 Lena }twins 4 600 97. Dave their brother 1 50 98. Isaac a man 21 1125 99. Mary (Poney) a woman aged 19 years appd. at 725 100. Elizabeth (her child) 1 100 101. Frank a man 22 1250 102. Sarah a woman 18 800 103. her infant child ten days 50 104. Henry Sanders man 22 years 1300 105. Matilda (his wife) 30 700 106. William her child 6 months 100 107. L Lewis a man 23 years 1100 108. Caroline his wife 20 800 109. Big Frank a man 24 1300 110. Ann a woman 25 800 111. Ellick (her child) 7 500 112. Frederick do 4 200 113. Jim Bee a man 38 1025 114. Winney his wife 25 850 115. Old Mary woman 50 400 116. Big Abram man 18 1300 117. Dryden 17 1225 118. Kit 18 1225 119. Bristo 16 1225 120. Harvey 18 1225 121. Henry 17 1125 122. Woodford 20 1225 123. Mett 17 1050 124. Y. Jim 15 925 125. Bob 14 800 126. Louisa a woman 20 900 127. Hannah 40 600 128. Eliza 16 750 129. Jane 14 750 130. Ketty a woman aged 16 years vald. at 750 131. Jane a woman aged 25 years vald at $800 132. Kitty Myers 16 825 133. Ellen 14 825 134. Louisa wife of Lewis Jones 24 800 Recorded October 27th 1837 Note: 1-76 were on one plantation (the Bayou Vidal place), 77-134 were on another (the Bason Place) The underscored names were separate property of Moses Groves. I may have missed a couple. ____________________________________________________ Page 91 -92 Est. of the Minor Lydia A. Lee, deceased, daughter of Charles S. Lee, deceased, owned by deceased, in conjunction with Margaret P. Lee (her sister), wife of the said Allen G. Bowen (Lydia Ann Lee died September 06, 1837.) 1. London a man aged 29 years valued at 1400 2. Harriet his wife 26 “ and infant 1100 3. Rachel a girl 11 500 4. Jefferson a boy 2 150 5. Moses a man 29 1400 6. Matilda his wife 23 1000 7. July a man 25 2000 8. Cason 26 1300 9. Matilda his wife 26 1100 10. Frederick child 3 200 [there was no 11] 12. Nancy a child aged 2 years valued at 100 13. Fox a man 26 1000 14. Flora a woman 30 and her infant 1200 15. Mary her child 8 400 16. Rachel “ 7 350 17. Lewis a man 23 1400 18. Reuben Peter 26 1000 19. Hannah his wife 21 1100 20. Nelson man 31 1500 21. Henry McGruder 36 1100 22. Mary Howard 23 and her infant 1000 23. Eliza Smith woman 17 years 1200 24. Peter Smith Boy 15 1000 25. Bill Williams 26 1350 26. Amanda woman 18 750 27. Chapman man 26 1500 28. George Walker 36 1400 29. Holden 22 1300 30. Bob Curry 26 1200 31. Bob Hammond 31 700 32. Joe Sewel 25 1300 33. Tom Brooks 23 1400 34. Ben Johnson 33 1000 [There was no 35] 36. Stephen Stanford 24 1400 37. Henson Holland 31 1300 38. Nancy a woman 20 1000 39. Stephen Hall a man 23 1200 40. Hamphire 18 1100 41. Spencer a boy 14 800 42. Alexander 14 800 43. Jim Henry 14 800 44. Sandy 14 800 45. Ricey 14 900 46. Lucy Jenkins Girl 17 900 47. Harriet Smith 17 900 48. Ebzena[?] woman 23 1000 49. Mary Tullis 17 1000 50. Jane girl 11 450 51. Lucinda woman 23 1200 52. Susan child 2 100 53. Red Mary woman 19 1300 54. Ann her child 3 150 55. Black Mary woman 25 and her child } 56. Thornton } 1100 57. Matilda Carter woman 20 900 58. Sarah a girl 13 800 59. Cynthia woman 17 750 60. Ariann 18 750 Recorded November 6th 1837 Page 96 Est. of Charles S. Lee deceased (Charles S. Lee died November 21, 1836.) 1. Ben Lee man aged 36 years appraised at 1800 2. Henry Bass man aged 31 years 1600 3. Mark 28 1500 4. Black Bill 23 1400 5. John 22 1400 6. Cooper Harry 55 800 7. Barney 21 1100 8. Jacob 33 1500 9. Jim Dawson 26 1300 10. George Kentuck 34 1300 11. Matilda Jacobs woman 23 1100 12. Harriett a girl 10 400 13. Martha woman 18 1200 14. Rose 46 400 15. Winchester boy 15 800 16. Nelly woman 23 1200 17. Charles boy 4 150 18. Major 18 months 100 19. Cesey Girl 12 years 700 20. Mary 14 850 21. Hannah woman 57 250 22. Tom 63 600 23. Jane a woman 25 and her child } 24. Aldridge } 1200 25. Daniel a child 3 150 26. Eliza a woman 19 1200 27. Charles child 18 months 100 28. Boue(Bow? Boul?) man 33 years 1400 29. Notley 25 1300 30. Dinah woman 18 1100 31. Judy girl 13 700 32. Rody a woman 39 800 33. Louisa child 6 300 34. Horace child 18 months 100 35. Emily 8 years 350 36. Ellen girl 9 450 37. Aaron man 41 1200 38. Maria woman 23 900 39. Old Bob 60 200 2nd November 1837 Estate of Elias Bass 1. Tract of land 2. Brian a man aged 21 years valued at 600 3. Malinda woman 35 700 4. Rachel (infant) 2 100 5. Rino woman 16 1000 6. Ruth do 14 900 7. David a man 60 300 (Note: the above were separate property of Elias Bass. The following belonged to the community of Elias Bass and his wife Sarah.) 8. A tract of Land 9. Isom a man aged 30 years valued at 600 10. Charles 20 1000 11. Cary 30 900 12. Bill 28 1000 13. Missouri Jim 35 1000 14. Dick 25 1000 15. Alfred 45 800 16. Black Charles 20 1000 17. Joke(Jake?) 32 1100 18. Uriah 20 900 19. Little Dick 19 1000 20. Jack 30 1000 21. Jim Gordon 35 1000 22. Harry 23 1200 23. Francis 32 1100 24. Red 30 1300 25. Yellow Dick 40 1200 26. Pompey 40 1000 27. Israel a boy 12 800 28. Frank 12 600 29. Louis 11 500 30. Henry 12 500 31. Man 13 600 32. Jesse 14 700 33. Bill 3 200 34. Eliza aged 24 years and her child Calvin 1 ½ years valued at 1200 35. Jane 26 900 36. Frederick 3 300 37. Kitty 23 1100 38. Beverly her child 6 months 100 39. Becky aged 24 years 1000 40. Emily 1 ½ 200 [There was no 41.] 42. Lucy 26 900 43. Pleasant 1 ½ 200 44. Sally 28 900 45. Claiborne 8 months 100 46. Mary 30 years 900 47. Minerva 7 mos. 100 48. Doshy 28 years 1000 49. French Mary 36 800 50. Betsy 18 800 51. Milley 30 700 52. Mariah 23 800 53. P Jane 26 800 54. Peggy 36 600 55. Judy 23 800 56. Ann 24 800 57. Delila 13 400 58. Franky 16 600 59. Black Ann 19 800 60. Rebecca 45 400 61. Mary Ann 21 800 62. Polly 24 800 63. Hulda 26 800 64. Sally Step a woman aged 26 years valued at 800 65. Yellow Mary 22 1200 66. Minta 70 200 67. Laura a girl 4 200 68. Margaret 4 200 69. Rachel a woman 20 800 70. Ruthy a child 200 71. Amanda do 100 (Note the numbers in between were not slaves.) 123. John a man aged 24 years $1100 1100 124. Bob Sims 26 1200 1200 125. Mary Howard a woman 26 800 800 126. Judy a child 1 150 150 2 July 1838 (Note: Elias Bass died 26 June 1838.) Page 466 - 25 June 1840 Inventory of the Est of Charles S. Lee (Note: this is a repeat inventory due to the appointing of a new administrator.) (page 467) Jim Dawson a man aged 29 years appraised at 750 Hannah woman 54 150 Eliza 22 650 Charles her child 4 75 Nelly 26 550 Charles and Major her children 175 Jane 28 550 Daniel 4 years $75 and Eldridge 2 $50 her children 125 Rose 49 200 Maria 49 300 Martha 21 600 Matilda 26 600 Haritt her child 12 150 Tom 66 150 Dinah 24 550 Judy 16 450 Louisa 10 125 Horace 5 75 Basil 38 550 Mary 17 500 Ellen 14 325 Emily 13 300 Ceesy 15 350 Jacob 36 650 Aaron 45 500 Black Bill 26 700 John 25 700 Henry Bass 34 850 Mark 31 750 Barney 24 800 George Kentuck 36 750 Notty 26 750 Winchester 15 500 Aldridge 48 500