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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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    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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    Hilliard was assigned to Share 2 in the estate division.

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    Hilliard's value is recorded as $1,000 in the 1855 estate division.

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    Hilliard's age is reported as approximately 36 in the 1855 estate division.

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    Hilliard is named in the 18 October 1855 division of enslaved people belonging to the William Q. Taliaferro estate.

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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
Evidentiary weight 3 of 4. Digital image of original recordOriginal image: Citation entered — image review pendingA photographic image of a contemporary record held by the repository named below.
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Copiah County, Mississippi, County Court
Date created
18 October 1855
Repository
FamilySearch (digital images of county court records)
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Copiah County, Mississippi, County Court probate records
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Source type
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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