Lot 668
Texas Slave Document Signed Twice by Robert Newton White. White (1810-1891) moved to Texas from South Carolina in 1845. Navarro County was created in 1846 and White was elected the first county clerk, a position he held for ten years. He served as the first Corsicana Postmaster from 1849 to 1852. A civic leader, White was instrumental in persuading railroads to build lines to the city of Corsicana. (From Texas Historical Markers). Manuscript document signed twice ("R.N. White"), as clerk, 1 page, 12¾ x 8 in., Navarro County, Feb. 1, 1854. White signs that James M. Riggs came before him and swore that in 1846 or 47 he had gone to the house of Sutherland Mayfield to buy a Negro boy named Randle, and Mayfield told him that he had sold a Negro woman belonging to his wife and that the boy belonged to his wife "in consideration of said girl, and he could not sell the boy without her permission, which she refused "and I did not trade for the negro." At the bottom of the page, White signs that B.L. Ham swore before him that "in the year 1843 Sutherland Mayfield stated to me that he had sold a negro woman belonging to his wife…and that he intended Randle his servant to remain in her stead…." Both of these statements are noted in the left margin as being testimony (probably in a probate case), the top one adding, "testimony accompaning schedule &c."
Estimated Value $300 - 500.
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