Estate settlement (Robert Snodgrass), 1823-1861, undated
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Consists of Robert Snodgrass' last will and testament, appraisements, inventories, and an account of sales of personal property. The appraisement and inventory of the estate, dated December 23, 1830, lists the names and valuation of enslaved people: "one Negro man Jack," "one Negro man Charles," "one Negro boy Jacob," "one Negro woman Elisza." The will dated January 1861 contains instructions to Snodgrass' heirs regarding the sale of enslaved people.
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