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Account of the hire of the negroes belonging to the Estate
of Jeremiah Warren dec'd. for the year 1836 and 1837, to wit,
1836 Hal Wm. Warren 120.00
Meredith Robt. Warren 120.00
Anderson Ingram Bass 120.00
Dave Jas. Wilcoxen 120.00
Edmund Jesse G. Butts 120.00
Jack (11 months) John Graybill 115.00
Abram Amy & 3 children Dav'd Amos 150.00
Lucy Wm. Warren 35.00
Lethe Mary Warren 50.00
Old man Tom victuals & clothes Wm Warren
" small girl do Graybill & Butts _________950.00
1837 Hal Wm. Warren 175.00
Meredith do 175.00
Anderson Robert Petigrew 175.00
Dave Robert Warren 175.00
Edmund Jas. Wilcoxen 175.00
Jack John Graybill 175.00
Abram Jesse M. Warren 120.00
Amy & 2 child'n (1died) Robert Warren 87.50
Lucy Wm. Warren 35.00
Lethe & child do 50.00
Old Tom victuals & clothes do -- --
a small girl do Graybill & Butts _________1342.00
From this account we learn that one of Amy's children died sometime during the period covered and that Lethe had a child. Old (crazy) Tom was still hanging on. The best explanation I can think of for the "small girl" being maintained by John Graybill and Jesse G. Butts is that one of the enslaved women (either Mary or Pat) living on the plantation Jeremiah set aside for the seven persons he hoped to have legally freed had a baby and this was the means of accounting for it. I'm hoping we'll find out more in subsequent probate records.
As to the people hiring the slaves belonging to the estate, most are familiar names but there are several new ones: Ingram Bass and Robert Petigrew. These two men, both born about 1812, were also residents of Hancock County.
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John Graybill & Jesse G. Butts Ex'rs. of &c. of Jeremiah
Warren dec'd.being duly sworn say that the above acc't.
hiring of negroes is just & true.
Sworn to & subscribed before John Graybill
me this 24th day May 1837. Jesse G. Butts
Henry Rogers C.C.O.
John Graybill & Jesse G. Butts Ex'rs. of &c.
1836 In acct. with the Estate of Jere'h Warren dec'd. Dr
May 2 To balance due Estate pr. acc't. rend'd. 4950.55
Jan'y 1 " cash rec'd. F. Scotts note $348 In't. $145.42-1/2 493.62-1/2
1837
May 24 " R. Wilcoxen note $271.81 In't. $29.50 301.31
" cash rec'd. Wm. Choice's note 8.76 In't. 280 11.56
" Hire of negroes for 1836 950.00
" do " do " 1837 1342.50 2292.50
$8049.54-1/2
Cr
By cash paid Dr William S. Lightfoot #1 13.50
" " " Tax 1834, 1835 & 1836 2&3 11.06
" amt of Macon money found in the house of }
dec'd & charged in our first acc't. current } 260.00
" commiis. on receipts above $3098.99-1/2 2-1/2 pr'cent 77.47
1837 " do " payment " $24.56 " " " .61 78.08
May 24 " Balance due estate 7686.90-1/2
$8049.54-1/2 Georgia Hancock County.
John Graybill & Jesse G. Butts Ex'rs. of &c. of Jeremiah
Warren dec'd.being duly sworn say that the above account
current is just & true.
Sworn to & subscribed before John Graybill
me this 24th day May 1837. Jesse G. Butts
Henry Rogers C.C.O.
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Thanks helpful info.
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