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 3 allotted to Mary A. Rixey. Lot 3: "Negro man Perry is valued at $450, Negro boy Commodore valued at $500, Negro woman Nancy valued at $150, Negro woman Chloe and child valued at $1000, Negro girl Catherine valued at $225, Negro girl Martha valued at $300, Negro man Jesse valued at $1000, negro girl Rachel valued at $375 and Negro woman Jenny, an aged Negro and a encumbrance, charged 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
Unidentified Child
(Chloe's child)
Name Type
Enslaver
Other Name
Rixey, Mary A.
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Source Citation
Other Number
Circuit Court Docket Vol. H 1859-1860: Cir.H.174-176
