Description
Burnes executes mortgage to William C. Burns of Lafayette County, Missouri and conveys livestock, personal property, real estate and slaves as security for various promissory notes. "…one Negro man slave named Harry aged about 40 years, one Negro man named Presley aged about 38 years, one Negro man named Peter aged about 32 years, one Negro boy named George aged about 10 years, one Negro woman named Emy aged about 19 years, one Negro woman named Sarah aged about 17 years, one Negro woman Mary aged about 15 years, one Negro woman named Susan about 30 years, one Negro girl named Lucy aged about 14 years, one Negro girl named Fanny aged about six years, one Negro girl named Emma aged about 4 years, one Negro child named Harriet aged about 2 years, one Negro child named Levi aged about (blank) and one Negro child named Levima(sp) (no age given)..."Date(s) of Creation
4/16/1845