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William Q. Taliaferro Estate Division of Enslaved People
Copiah County, Mississippi, County Court · 18 October 1855 · FamilySearch (digital images of county court records)
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- BT-EVD-00131Allotment
Share 2 was allotted to Susan and George Read. The document records a legal allotment; it does not state when or whether the people in that share were physically moved.
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- BT-EVD-00132Allotment
Hilliard was assigned to Share 2 in the estate division.
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- BT-EVD-00133Valuation
Hilliard's value is recorded as $1,000 in the 1855 estate division.
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- BT-EVD-00134Age
Hilliard's age is reported as approximately 36 in the 1855 estate division.
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- BT-EVD-00135Named Entry
Hilliard is named in the 18 October 1855 division of enslaved people belonging to the William Q. Taliaferro estate.
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Share 2 was allotted to Susan and George Read. The document records a legal allotment; it does not state when or whether the people in that share were physically moved.
BT-EVD-00131
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Hilliard was assigned to Share 2 in the estate division.
BT-EVD-00132
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Hilliard's value is recorded as $1,000 in the 1855 estate division.
BT-EVD-00133
No verbatim wording has been transcribed for this reading yet.
Hilliard's age is reported as approximately 36 in the 1855 estate division.
BT-EVD-00134
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Hilliard is named in the 18 October 1855 division of enslaved people belonging to the William Q. Taliaferro estate.
BT-EVD-00135
Copiah County, Mississippi, County Court; William Q. Taliaferro Estate Division of Enslaved People; Copiah County, Mississippi, County Court probate records; Copiah County, Mississippi; FamilySearch (digital images of county court records).
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Hilliard was transferred through the William Q. Taliaferro estate division to Susan and George Read in 1855.
The estate division records a legal allotment of Hilliard to Susan and George Read. It does not record physical movement or its date.
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Was Hilliard moved to Chicot County, Arkansas after the 1855 estate division?
Legal allotment is documented. Physical relocation to Arkansas is not.
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Was Hilliard taken to Arkansas during the separation?
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William Q. Taliaferro Estate Division of Enslaved People
BT-SRC-00117- Creator
- Copiah County, Mississippi, County Court
- Date created
- 18 October 1855
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- FamilySearch (digital images of county court records)
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- Copiah County, Mississippi, County Court probate records
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- Probate
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Rights status pending confirmation. Records the allotment of enslaved people into shares among heirs.
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Copiah County, Mississippi, County Court; William Q. Taliaferro Estate Division of Enslaved People; Copiah County, Mississippi, County Court probate records; FamilySearch (digital images of county court records); Copiah County, Mississippi.
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Carter-Mills, Amberly R. "William Q. Taliaferro Estate Division of Enslaved People." BEFORE TILL: The Living Evidence Archive. Version not yet assigned. Object BT-SRC-00117. Accessed 2026-09-24. /source/BT-SRC-00117.
Attribution: Amberly R. Carter-Mills, Founder, Creator & Descendant Archivist.
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