1839-1869 Platte County, Missouri, Circuit Court Docket
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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
Sarah
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