Lot 129
Slavery: 1847 Kentucky Last Will and Testament of James McClure Disposing of His Property, Including Selling a Slave Girl to Her Father, a Free Man. Manuscript Last Will and Testament of James G. McClure of Bourbon County, Kentucky, 3½ pages, 9¾ x 8", Oct. 19, 1847. McClure divides his property between his wife, his stepson, and his three daughters, of whom Mary Elizabeth is to receive her share of the estate, as well as her father's "gold watch and my interest in the slaves of the estate of John M. Jameson…held as dower in said estate." He wants "my boy slave Jefferson to be sold to some person whom my executor may think will make him a humane kind master." He adds, " I have sold my girl slave Mary Ellen to her father Elijah Howse a free man of collor [sic] for three Hundred dollars one half of the purchase money to be paid in twelve months from this date and the other half in twelve months thereafter the said Elijah Howse is to get possession of said Mary Ellen when he makes the first payment and I am to hold a lean [sic] on said girl until the whole amount is paid…." Fine. An unusual will. Estimate Value $500 - UP
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