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Copiah County, Mississippi — Largest Slaveholders from 1860 Slave Census Schedules

Name: BEFORE TILL: The Living Evidence Archive
Creator: Amberly R. Carter-Mills
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Transcribed by Tom Blake · October 2001 · RootsWeb (website)

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BT-EVD-00256ContextualCopiah County table
H. G. D. Brown is reported in a derivative transcription of the 1860 Copiah County slave schedules as holding 46 enslaved people. The schedules name no enslaved person; this does not identify Hilliard. Original 1860 slave schedule images must be reviewed for direct source verification.
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Gives context toWas H. G. D. Brown the buyer of Hilliard in the 1856 sale?
BT-EVD-00257ContextualCopiah County table
R. H. Taliaferro is reported in the same derivative transcription as holding 44 enslaved people in 1860. Nothing in this transcription establishes that Hilliard was one of those 44 people. Original 1860 slave schedule images must be reviewed for direct source verification.
No verbatim wording has been transcribed for this observation yet.
Gives context toWas H. G. D. Brown the buyer of Hilliard in the 1856 sale?

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H. G. D. Brown is reported in a derivative transcription of the 1860 Copiah County slave schedules as holding 46 enslaved people. The schedules name no enslaved person; this does not identify Hilliard. Original 1860 slave schedule images must be reviewed for direct source verification.
BT-EVD-00256
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R. H. Taliaferro is reported in the same derivative transcription as holding 44 enslaved people in 1860. Nothing in this transcription establishes that Hilliard was one of those 44 people. Original 1860 slave schedule images must be reviewed for direct source verification.
BT-EVD-00257

Transcribed by Tom Blake; Copiah County, Mississippi — Largest Slaveholders from 1860 Slave Census Schedules; Largest slaveholders transcription project; Copiah County table; RootsWeb (website); accessed 2026-08-12.

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Was H. G. D. Brown the buyer of Hilliard in the 1856 sale?
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Copiah County, Mississippi — Largest Slaveholders from 1860 Slave Census Schedules

BT-SRC-00242

Derivative transcription — contextualOriginal image: Original image review pendingSomeone else's transcription standing in for a record BEFORE TILL has not examined. Contextual only until the original image is reviewed.

Creator: Transcribed by Tom Blake
Date created: October 2001
Repository: RootsWeb (website)
Collection: Largest slaveholders transcription project
Record form: Transcription
Source type: Census
Accessed: 2026-08-12

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Publicly readable web transcription. DERIVATIVE TRANSCRIPTION / CONTEXTUAL. A user-made transcription standing in for the 1860 slave schedules. Contextual only: the schedules name no enslaved people, so nothing here identifies Hilliard. ORIGINAL 1860 SLAVE SCHEDULE IMAGES MUST BE REVIEWED FOR DIRECT SOURCE VERIFICATION.

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Transcribed by Tom Blake; Copiah County, Mississippi — Largest Slaveholders from 1860 Slave Census Schedules; Largest slaveholders transcription project; RootsWeb (website); accessed 2026-08-12.

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Carter-Mills, Amberly R. "Copiah County, Mississippi — Largest Slaveholders from 1860 Slave Census Schedules." BEFORE TILL: The Living Evidence Archive. Version not yet assigned. Object BT-SRC-00242. Accessed 2026-09-24. /source/BT-SRC-00242.

Attribution: Amberly R. Carter-Mills, Founder, Creator & Descendant Archivist.

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