Slave Valuation: Estate of Joseph Blount Skinner 1852
North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina
[The slave property of Joseph Blount Skinner was divided into two lots to be chosen by his son, Tristrim Lowther Skinner, and his former son-in-law, Dr. Thomas D. Warren, acting on behalf of Maria L. Warren, the granddaughter of Joseph Blount Skinner.]
“not being connected with either of the two parties by blood or marriage”
Lot 1
Man Ransome aged 39 years valued at $650
His wife Peggy 36 300
Sam 14 650
Robert 10 550
Louisa 7 300
Ambrose 5 250
Clarissa 4 200
Martha Ann 2 125
Ned 1 100
Man George Haughton 56 125
Wife Esther 58 125
Mack 13 600
Manuel 10 525
William 6 310
Atlas 3 200
Man Henry Elliott 42 350
Wife Lucy 38 375
Bill 12 550
Augustus 10 450
Woman Annis 21 600
Harriet 5 225
Hester 3 100
Woman Mary Popleston 20 750
Virginia 1 110
Woman Mary Waff 37 scrofulus
Ann 9 350
Man Dick Skinner 54 200
Wife Fanny 47 300
Man Ned 34
Brutus 40
Miles 35
John Popleston 23
Andrew 22
Sam,
21
William 18
Alfred 16
Charles (carpenter) 19
Woman Mariah 18
Man luke 62
Murph 55
Woman Annis 65 _____
Tene 62
Net Value of Lot 17, 350
Lot 2
Man Dick Haughton 39 630
Wife Barbara 36 375
Harriet 12 430
Solomon 10 525
Amy 7 300
Sarah Ann 4 200
Felton 2 130
Alethia 1 75
Man Jim Clark 41 650
Wife Sally ann 40 350
Lucy 12 500
Joe 10 400
Edward 7 325
Elizabeth 3 175
Carpenter Henry 46 450
Wife Penny 37 350
Charlotte 14 650
Henry 11 600
Woman Eliza 48 275
Caroline 14 500
Woman Jane 18 500
James 2 150
Man Daniel 32 800
Wife Hester 17 650
Man Stephen 34 650
Bill 33 750
Abram 19 850
Simon 19 800
Henry S 17 800
Henery Collins 15 800
Thomas 15 800
Nelson (Mason) 44 837
Francis 52 250
Woman Rebecca 16 500
Violet 54 150
Cherry 64 ____
Teresa 68 ____
Man Miles Badham 175
Net value of Lot number 2 $17 062
Thomas Davis Warren [on behalf of his daughter Maria Warren, Tristrim Skinner’s niece] chose Lot 1
Tristrim Lowther Skinner chose Lot 2
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