Description
Lewis Grimes executed mortgage to James M. Beazley of Clay County, Missouri, to secure promissory note and pledges slaves, livestock and crops as security. "… One Negro woman slave for life named Minerva aged about 50 years, one Negro man slave for life named Joseph aged about 35, one Negro woman slave for life named Mary aged about 30 years, one Negro girl slave for life named Emily aged about 8 years, one Negro boy slave for life named Jim aged about 6 years, one Negro boy slave for life named Joseph aged about 40 years, one Negro girl slave for life named Amanda about 3 years, one Negro boy slave for life named Henry Douglass aged about 20 months, one Negro boy infant, one Negro boy slave for life named Philip aged about 2 years..."Date(s) of Creation
11/8/1862