Cheatham, Henry, fl. 1846 Cheatham, Henry, fl. 1846 Assignee's sale
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03085 Author/Creator: Cheatham, Henry, fl. 1846 Cheatham, Henry, fl. 1846 Place Written: Union, Franklin County, Missouri Type: Broadside Date: February 21, 1846 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 54 cm, Width: 37.1 cm Order a Copy
Broadside announcing sale of "real and personal property," including enslaved people, from the estate of William R. Robertson. Lists 600 acres of land in the town of Union, Missouri, 19 or 20 enslaved people, farming utensils, horses, cattle, and hogs. States the enslaved people consist of "...men, women, girls, and boys, comprising several good house and farm servants, and some good weavers." Cheatham is the assignee.
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