Memorandum summarizing four bills of sale, Lexington County, South Carolina, approximately 1858 :manuscript.

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1843 to 1849

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Geiger, Emanuel, author, enslaver

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Summary of four bills of sale for enslaved persons: "from exor [executor] of Jacob Nunnamaker decd [deceased]" November 11, 1847 for "Eliza, & three children-Caroline, Harriet, & June"; "from E.D. Gillmore date 1849 for a boy George about 11 years of age"; "from Bartholomew Turnipseed" January 10, 1843 for "negro boy Edd about 14 or 15 years of age"; and "from David Leaphart" January 18, 1842 for "Polly, about 26 years of age, Caroline about 11, Maria about 8, Sarah Ann about 5 years old, Jacob about 3, infant girl about 4 week old."
Title on verso reads: Negroes.
Former title: Paper detailing four bills of sale.
Title devised by cataloger.
Date of production based on age estimated for Edd in document.
Place of production based on residence of the enslavers named in the document.
Author is likely Emanuel Geiger. Consult Bill of sale for George, an enslaved child, from E.D. Gillmore to Emanuel Geiger, 1849 : autograph manuscript signed, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

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