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John W. Whitfield of Leavenworth County, Kansas Territory, executes deed of trust to George G. Dibrell of White County, Tennessee, in trust for his wife Sarah B. Whitfield conveying "… Negro woman name Nancy, slave for life, aged about 27 years and the children of said Nancy as follows, a Negro girl named Ann, slave for life aged about 8 years, a Negro girl name Sally, slave for life, aged about years and a Negro girl named Jenny, slave for life, aged around 1 year and all of increase of said Nancy..." (Dibrell served as a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. John Wilkins Whitfield (March 11, 1818 – October 27, 1879) was a territorial delegate to the United States House of Representatives who represented Kansas Territory from 1854 until 1856. He was an officer in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, being commissioned as a brigadier general on May 9, 1863).Date(s) of Creation
4/10/1858