Excerpted from Platte County Gazette article "Down Memory's Lane" by Dr. Donald D. Parker “A simple half sheet of blue paper, eight by five inches, is one of the oldest records possessed by a Parkville resident. It reads:
“Know all men by these presents that I have this day sold to T. C. S. Ashby a negro child named Laura mulatto color aged 3 or 4 years for and in consideration of $350 the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged. And I do hereby warrant the said negro to be sound in mind and body and a slave for life. Lucien McDonnell, Parkville, July 6th, 1857.”
(Researcher's note: Ashby was enrolled Missouri Militia, Confederate States Army)
Date(s) of Creation
7/6/1857
Other Names and Numbers
Other Names
Name Type
Enslaved
Other Name
Laura
Name Type
Enslaver
Other Name
Ashby, T. C. S. (Thaddeus Constantine Sobieski)
Name Type
Enslaver
Other Name
McDonnell, Lucien
Other Numbers
Number Type
Source Citation
Other Number
The Platte County Gazette (Parkville, MO, 1885-1970): 12/31/1943, p. 6
