Smith Calvert executed a deed with Andrew Johnson to sell three enslaved individuals, including a woman named Minerva and her children, for the benefit of Calvert's daughter, Elizabeth B. Owens. The sale was made for $500.00 "… A certain Negro girl name Sarah..." "...Three certain Negroes, to wit, a woman named Minerva aged about 26 years and her infant aged about four months, name unknown, and her boy named Levi aged about six years old.
Date(s) of Creation
10/27/1853
Other Names and Numbers
Other Names
Name Type
Enslaved
Other Name
Minerva
Name Type
Enslaver
Other Name
Calvert, Smith conveys slave to Johnson, Andrew trustee for Owens, Elizabeth B.