Description
Administrator's Sale - - By virtue of law, the undersigned Administrator of the Estate of Mary Strange, dec'd, will offer for sale, to the highest bidder, at the court house door in the city of Liberty, in County of Clay, in the State of Missouri, on Monday the 2nd day of January, 1860, as the property of said deceased, a likely Negro Woman, named Darcus (Dorcus), aged about 45 years, on a credit of 6 months; the purchaser giving bond with approved security. Property is sold for the purpose of paying debts of said estate. Joseph Thorp, Administrator of the Estate of Mary Strange, dec'd. Dec. 9, 1859 - 4w
(Researcher's note: See entry 04/20/1860: Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate and Slave (Harriet) "Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate and Slave - Nancy Lowe, et al. vs. William Strange, et al. - Petition for Partition - - Legal notice partially obscured but indicates that by Order of the Clay County Circuit Court made at the October term thereof A. D. 1859 that Richard A. Neeley, Sheriff of Clay County, Missouri, would be selling real estate from the Estate of Mary Strange, including a slave, “Harriet aged about 18 years,” on April 23, 1860.
William Strange was listed on the 1847 Platte County Tax list as owning 4 slaves valued at $500.00. The Missouri State Archives has an on-line 1854 probate file for his father Washington Strange at Box 0047, Folder 002, Microfilm Roll Number c41700, which names slaves Dorcus 45 years old appraised at $600, Henry 26 years old appraised at $1250, Matilda / Martha 22 years old appraised at $850, Fanny 20 years old appraised at $800, Daniel 18 years old appraised at $1000, Harriett 15 years old appraised at $700, and Carroll, a child of 14 months old appraised at $200. On February 4, 1846, Daniel and Harriet, valued together at $1800, were awarded to Mary Strange as her dower in Washington Strange's estate.
A probate file for his mother Mary Strange is at Box 0065, Folder 0001, Microfilm Roll Number C41709 but no on-line images are available.)"Date(s) of Creation
12/16/1859
