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Scott, Thomas W., fl. 1828 [Inventory and evaluation of slaves]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09560 Author/Creator: Scott, Thomas W., fl. 1828 Place Written: East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 25 September 1828 Pagination: 4 p. : docket ; 34.5 x 21.3 cm. Order a Copy

Handwritten inventory and evaluation of slaves at the plantation of Mrs. Rowany Cooney, widow. Signed by Thomas W. Scott, Parish Judge. Paragraph at bottom certifies "the foregoing is a true Copy from the Original of Record", signed by L. Saund[io]s, dated May 16, 1829. Docket has date of file June 11, 1839.

Scott, Thomas W., fl. 1828

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