Description
Barton W. Calvert and his wife Lucy G. Calvert conveyed land, personal property, and slaves to Benjamin Holladay of New York City, New York to secure a $3,850 promissory note dated October 27, 1860. "…two Negro men named John and Lance, the first a dark copper color and the latter a Black aged about 26 years, a Negro girl named Nancy of black color aged about 18 years, also two children, first, a yellow boy named Henry about 4 years of age, the other a black boy named Dick aged about 2 years, also a Negro girl named Eliza Ann of a black color aged about 15 years,..."Date(s) of Creation
7/1/1861