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William Q. Taliaferro Estate Inventory — Hilliard Listed as Enslaved Property
Copiah County, Mississippi, County Court · 14 December 1840 · FamilySearch (digital images of county court records)
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Negro boy Hilliard $800
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Hilliard was appraised at $800.
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The estate classified Hilliard as enslaved property. The inventory's own wording, recorded here as historical record language and not as a description of Hilliard, reads: "Negro boy Hilliard $800".
“Negro boy Hilliard $800”
- BT-EVD-00125Named Entrydigital image 101 of 914
A person named Hilliard appears in William Q. Taliaferro's 1840 estate inventory.
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Hilliard was appraised at $800.
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“Negro boy Hilliard $800”
The estate classified Hilliard as enslaved property. The inventory's own wording, recorded here as historical record language and not as a description of Hilliard, reads: "Negro boy Hilliard $800".
BT-EVD-00124
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A person named Hilliard appears in William Q. Taliaferro's 1840 estate inventory.
BT-EVD-00125
Copiah County, Mississippi, County Court; William Q. Taliaferro Estate Inventory — Hilliard Listed as Enslaved Property; Copiah County, Mississippi, County Court probate records; Copiah County, Mississippi; digital image 101 of 914; FamilySearch (digital images of county court records).
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Hilliard was enslaved in the William Q. Taliaferro estate by 1840.
A named entry in an 1840 probate inventory places Hilliard in the William Q. Taliaferro estate and records his enslaved status.
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William Q. Taliaferro Estate Inventory — Hilliard Listed as Enslaved Property
BT-SRC-00112- Creator
- Copiah County, Mississippi, County Court
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- 14 December 1840
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Copiah County, Mississippi, County Court; William Q. Taliaferro estate inventory, 14 December 1840, unpaginated; Copiah County, Mississippi, County Court probate records; image digital image 101 of 914; FamilySearch; Copiah County, Mississippi.
Mississippi, Copiah County, County Court, William Q. Taliaferro estate inventory, 14 December 1840, unpaginated, digital image 101 of 914, FamilySearch.
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Carter-Mills, Amberly R. "William Q. Taliaferro Estate Inventory — Hilliard Listed as Enslaved Property." BEFORE TILL: The Living Evidence Archive. Version not yet assigned. Object BT-SRC-00112. Accessed 2026-09-24. /source/BT-SRC-00112.
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