A Slave Inventory of Franklin Washington Cheney of Dirt Town

Submitted By: Bill Mitchell


1852 Appraisement of Negroes

 

$    ct

Taken off

Arter 800, Susan 300. Elick 800

1900

300.00

Will 300, Mashall 800, Antoinette 500 1600 300.00
Hiram 400, Charles, 300, Eliza Halifox 700 1400 300.00
Anthony 700, Mary 400, Beverly 400 1500 300.
Louis 300, Silvy 200, Anderson 100 600 000
Matilda 600, Ann Biggers 600, Henry 1,000 2200 200.00
Ann 700, Phillis 400, Nancy 300  1400  10600    100
Martha 250, Big Sam 800, Elizabeth 300

1350

100
Reuben 400, John Henry 200, John 1,000 1600 50
Mercer 1,100, Thomas 500, Hence 700 2300 200
Fill 700, Major 800, Christopher 800 2300 300
Rose 500, Dick 800, Lucretia 400 1700 200
Janus 100, Warren 800, Sarah 500 1400 100
Betsey 500, Shelton, 400, Chany 600 1400 100
Lucinda 300, Randle 250, Nicy 200 750 50
Perry 800, July 500, Sam 600 1900 200
Davis 800, Margaret 700, Ath 700 2000 200
Lucy 500, Adam 300, Charlotte 200 1000 250
Floyd 700, Enoch 700, Maria 300 1700 200
Fanny 700, Jane 500, Iverson 150 1350 150
Ellen 100, Granville 100, Becca 500, Yellow Dick 1000 200 00
  1500    1040000
Value fixed upon for Sixty four Negroes $29,450

35 Males
29 Females

  $33150

       3700     

29450

[Source: Barbara Cheney Roberts, Franklin Washington Cheney (1808-1882) in Chattooga County, Georgia, published by Louisiana Society, Daughters of the American Revolution (1990). Copy available for review at the Georgia Department of Archives and History.]

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