Description
John S. Light of Platte County, Missouri, conveyed land and certain personal property, including livestock, household goods and slaves, to Middleton, Perry & Company. "assigns Negro woman and female child, slaves for life, the woman called and known by the name of Mary now in her 17th year of a dark or black complexion about 5 feet high, round face, stout build, and with a full bushy head of hair, the child of said woman is about 5 weeks old and of yellow complexion, also a Negro boy named Solomon now in his 16th year, of a dark or black complexion, heavy and well grown of his age, about 4'6" high with short and curly hair, also a Negro girl named Angeline now about 12 years old, of a dark or black complexion, stout and heavy built with a full curly head of hair, also a black Negro girl name Jane, now about 9 years old, a dark or black complexion, stout and well-built with tolerably heavy head of hair..."Date(s) of Creation
4/6/1846