Estate Sale of Joel Newman Sr. 1838

Newman Slave Sale

Transcription of Report on Sale of Slaves from the Joel Newman Sr. Estate, 1838, Person County, North Carolina

Copy of original in the possession of Joel Newman Sr.’s great-great-granddaughter Kate Burkhart Mitchell Daniel, Colorado Springs, CO. Thanks to Linda Masden Vixie who transcribed this document on 28 March 2004. Her email address is available from the webmaster (see link at bottom of page).

Joel Newman Sr. died 23 Aug 1838 in Person Co., NC.

Title on outside of sheet:

Accompt of Sale of
the negroes belonging to
the Estate of Joel
Newman Sen. Decs^d. Sale
26^th of December 1838

(Inside trifolded sheet: )

Accompt of Sale of negroes belonging to the Estate
of Joel Newman Sen Decs^d Sold the 26^th of December 1838

		$
Wm Brandon	1 yellow woman named Rose	400.00
A[lr?] Moore	1 man named Charls $946 do Harrison 933	1879.00
Kin Newman	1 man named John	1091.00
Tho Lipscomb	1 man named Reuben	950
H[ire?] Newman	1 woman named Dorcas & child [r/n/s]oney	799.50
ditto	1 Boy named Richard	333.00
L. Farmer	1 man named Tom	901.00
Benj Stanfield	1 woman named Celia	400.00
Ola Faulkner	1 Boy named William	802.00
Jno Chambers	1 woman named J[o/a?]ne	750.00
H. Williams	1 Boy named Sidney	772.00
Henry Overby	1 girl named Malinda	570.00
J. Newman	1 old woman named Eady	110.00
		--------
		$9757.50

The above is a correct statement
of the said negroes

Kinchen Newman} Executors
Joel Newman }