Jacob Cook's Original Fugitive Slave Petition and Ownership Documentation: Inventory
2/12/1793 - 12/24/1850
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Mr. Cook requests permission of the court to seek out and recover his fugitive slaves: Ellen Green, Matilda Green, John Green, and Andrew Jones.
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Maryland, Ss_I hereby certify, that on an examination of the Records in the Office of the Register of Wills for Baltimore County, it appears that Emily MacTavish, Executrix of the last Will and Testament of Mary Caton, deceased, returned to the Orphans Court for said County, on the thirtieth day of March in the year Eighteen hundred and forty eight, an Inventory of the personal Estate of the said Mary Caton, deceased, and that in said Inventory, are the following among other items, to wit:
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“1 Negro Woman, Hart’s Wife 29 yrs old, slave for life $ 200_
“1 “ Man Henry Hart, One Arm, do 31 years old 50_
“1 “ Woman, Elizth. Minsky “ 9 “ “ 50_
“1 “ Girl, Bekky Minsky “ 3 “ “ _ _
“1 “ Prudence Minsky “ 18 “ “ 250_
“1 “ Boy Jesse “ 14 “ “ 100_
“1 “ “ Paul “ 12 “ “ 80_
“1 “ Girl Sophia “ 10 “ “ 50_
“1 “ Boy Henry “ 6 “ “ 25_
“1 “ Boy Christopher “ 3 “ “ _ _
“1 “ Girl Catherine “ 2 “ “ _ _
“1 “ Woman Kitty Jones “ 53 “ “ _ _
“1 “ Man Jesse “ 38 “ “ 300:_
“1 “ “ Andrew “ 28 “ “ 300:_
“1 “ “ Luke “ 16 “ “ 250:_
“1 “ “ John Green “ 45 “ “ 300:_
“1 “ Woman Ellen his Wife “ 39 “ “ 250._
“1 “ “ Matilda “ 17 “ “ 250_
“1 “ Girl Maria “ 6 “ “ 25:_
“1 “ “ Nancy “ 2 “ “ _ _
“1 “ “ Elizabeth “ 5 “ “ 25_
“1 “ “ Louisa twins “ 5 “ “ 25_
“1 “ Boy John “ 5 “ “ 25._
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“1 “ “ John “ 10 “ “ 100._
“1 “ Woman Molly Reynolds “ 39 “ “ 100._
“1 “ “ Mary Reynolds “ 31 “ “ 300:_
“1 “ Man Wm Reynolds “ 43 “ “ 200:_
“1 “ “ Jack Wells “ 43 “ “ 200:_
“1 “ “ Oliver Joyce “ 25 “ “ 300:_
“1 “ “ Mingo Harris “ 43 “ “ 200:_
“1 Negro Man Aaron Harris, Slave for life, (old) 33 years 250:_
“1 “ “ William Stewart “ 31 “ 300:_
“1 “ Woman Sally, his wife “ 31 “ 250:_
“1 “ Boy Geo. Foote Lame “ 16 “ 75:_
“1 “ “ James Blaye “ 15 “ 200:_
“1 “ Girl Henrietta Stewart “ 16 “ 200:_
“1 “ Boy John Stewart “ 15 “ 200:_
“1 “ Girl Helen Stewart “ 14 “ 150:_
“1 “ Boy Charles Stewart “ 13 “ 100:_
“1 “ “ Bill Stewart “ 11 “ 75:_
“1 “ “ Harry Stewart “ 9 “ 75:_
“1 “ “ Thomas Stewart “ 5 “ _ _
“1 “ Man Peter Cole “ 73 “ _ _
“1 “ Woman Rachel his wife “ 83 “ _ _
“1 “ “ Nelly Purviance “ 43 “ 200._
“1 “ “ Polly Hayes “ 68 “ _ _
“1 “ Man Luke Minsky “ 71 “ _ _
“1 “ “ Danl. Branson, lame “ 20 “ 250._
“1 “ “ Richard Hamilton “ 43 “ 300:_
“1 “ Boy Benjn. Hawkins “ 14 “ 100:_
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In Testimony that the aforegoing is a true Extract, & taken from the Inventory of the personal Estate of Mary
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Caton, deceased, as returned by Emily MacTavish, Executrix as aforesaid, and recorded in “Inventories Liber D. M.P. No 59 folio 283[etc?], being one of the Records in the Office of the [possibly symbol for pi] Register of Wills for Baltimore County.
I hereunto subscribe my name, and affix the seal of my
Office this thirty first day of December in the year of our
Lord Eighteen hundred and fifty.
Lord Eighteen hundred and fifty.
Test._ D. M. Perine, Register of Wills for Baltimore County
[embossed seal]
[printed seal]
The State of Maryland.
I, Charles Howard [wavy line] Presiding Justice of the Orphans’ Court for Baltimore County, in the State aforesaid, do certify that the aforegoing Attestation of DAVID M. PERINE, Register of Wills for said County, is in due form, and by the proper officer.
Given from under my hand at the City of Baltimore, this first day of January in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty.
Charles Howard
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5 1850.
[crossed line]
Extract.
Of
Mary Caton’s
Inventory.
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Filed 1 Jany 1850
This primary source comes from the Records of District Courts of the United States.
National Archives Identifier: 278799
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