1839-1869 Platte County, Missouri, Circuit Court Docket
Archive Items Details
Description
Commissioners issue report appraising the value of the slaves of the Matthew M. Hughes Estate. Commissioners apportion the slaves into 5 lots and allocated each lot to an heir. Lot 4 allotted to Mathew J. Moore.
Lot 4: "Negro woman Melly is valued at $400, Negro man Coop is valued at $700, Negro man Isaac is valued at $750, Negro boy Green is valued at $850, Negro girl Sarah is valued at $500, Negro boy Tom is valued at $700, and Charlotte, an aged Negro woman, is charged as an encumbrance at $150."
Case file available at Missouri Archives Judicial Records Historical Database.
Date(s) of Creation
3/18/1859
Other Names and Numbers
Other Names
Name Type
Enslaved
Other Name
Coop
Name Type
Enslaver
Other Name
Moore, Mathew J.
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Source Citation
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Circuit Court Docket Vol. H 1859-1860: Cir.H.174-176
