- On View
- Slavery and Freedom Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Written by
- Preston, Thomas L., American
- Subject of
- Preston, Sarah Buchanan Cambell, American, 1778 - 1846
- Preston, Charles H. C., American
- Preston, Maria T. C., American
- Preston, John M., American, 1838 - 1928
- Preston, John M., American, 1788 - 1861
- Preston, John S., American, 1809 - 1881
- Preston, William C., American
- Floyd, Sally B., American, born 1812
- Hampton, Margaret B. F., American, born 1818
- McDowell, Susanna S., American, born 1834
- Breckenridge, A. Sophonisba, American
- Carrington, E. H., American
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- August 28, 1847
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
- Description
- A printed document outlining the division of the estate of Mrs. Sarah B. Preston of Abingdon, Virginia. The document consists of printed black ink on a single sheet of off-white paper, bi-folded to make four pages. The main page is titled [Schedule of the Estate of Mrs. Sarah B. Preston.] at the top and divides the estate into two separate sections: [REAL ESTATE.], [PERSONAL ESTATE.], with the property items listed on the left and the inheritor(s) on the right. The personal estate has been further subdivided into [NEGROES.] and [HOUSEHOLD PROPERTY]. Within the "Negroes" section are twenty-nine (29) enslaved persons divided into six groupings by the person to inherit them from Preston. To T.L. Preston: [Jim Wallace, Jody, John Black, Allen, Cyrus Gannaway]; to M.B.F. Hampton: [Patience, John, Tom]; to John S. Preston: [Henry Spot, Polly, William]; to Wm. C. Preston: [Cook Lewis, Isaac, Alfred, Jim Reagan]; to S.C. Preston: [Barney, Old Phebe, Mahain, Little Phebe]; and [Willis, Charles Campbell, Old Henry, Speaker Ned, Ambrose, Spencer, old Charles, old Tom, Mary, Fanny] are noted as [Not devised, and falling therefore into residuary fund - left to sons.].
- On the opposite side of the sheet is a page with a letter regarding the [foregoing Schedule exhibits the estate of Mrs. Sarah B. Preston, as devised by her will] and notes terms and valuations of the property "the Saltworks." It is dated [ABINGDON, VA., AUG. 28, 1847] at the top right and signed by [L. Preston Exc.] at the bottom right.
- The final page with text has handwriting in landscape orientation reading [Co. W. C. Preston / Glenn Spring / SC]. Next to "Glenn Spring" is "Columbia," with a strikethrough. In a different hand at top left center, [Schedule of / my mother's property]. There are two round postmarks, one in faded brown ink for Abingdon, Virginia dated [AUG 31] and another in red ink for Columbia, South Carolina dated [11 SEP].
- Place made
- Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Manuscripts
- Type
- estate records
- Topic
- American South
- Finance
- Slavery
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
- Object number
- 2012.158.13
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.