As I work through the documents I have collected over the years, I find facts to share. Such as:
Part of the appraisement of Mills Eley, dated 1805, Isle of Wight County, Virginia, with a list of slaves, our focus for today.
Part of the appraisement of Mills Eley, dated 1805, Isle of Wight County, Virginia, with a list of slaves, our focus for today.
Mills Eley, Probate, Appraisment, date submitted to Court, Isle of Wight County, Virginia was June 3, 1805.
This transcription is to record the names of the slaves. Values all recorded in "pounds" on original, only numbers shown here in this transcription.
Negroes, towit, Peter 100 - - Jack 40 - - Scotland 90 - - Nath 90. (Line totals 320)
Gilly 60 - - Jenny 30 - - Aggy 75 - - Voylet of Young Child (?) 90 (Line totals 255)
Tarley 30 - - Selvey 30 - - Abram 20 - - Moses 24 - - Lucy 15 (Line total 119)
Ben 36 - - Beck 15 - - Cherry 5 (Line total 56)
I have several other pages of Mills Eley's probate case. If you are interested in same, please contact me via this blog, in comments.
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