Estate of John Canty Thames

Date: Feb 1853 to Oct 1856
Location: Sumter, South Carolina, United States
Surname/tag: Thames

Transcription of estate of John Canty Thames, who died intestate. Of note, lists 8 slaves: Charlotte, Len, Sam, Anthony, Ben, Binky, January, and Henry

Transcription is by Weatherall-96, April 2021. Image source is found at Ancestry.com, see below sources. ^[1]

See also: http://www.carolinagirlgenealogy.com/search/label/Enslaved "Releasing Their Names". Blog post by Cheri Hudson Passey, 29 May 2020.

There are 11 total pages in the document transcribed from the Ancestry source. 3 of these pages are small cards/cover papers. (Note: after I transcribed part of this, I realized Julie Thames Howell had done so several years ago, and here is her work: http://www.thames-tims.org/genealogy/histories/estate-johncantythames.pdf Mine is nearly identical, but the Ancestry copy must have had a slightly clearer image since I was able to decipher just a few extra words. Some words remain nearly illegible).

Page 1 of 3: Inventory and Appraisement of the Estate John C Thames

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one Negro woman Charlott		300.00
__(Len?) young man 700	Sam 750	1450.00
Anthony 700.	Ben 750	1450.00
Binky Girl 600	January 300. Henry 250	1150.00
1 Horse Mule 10.00		10.00
1 odd waggon 5.00		5.00
10 head Stock cattle		40.00
9 setting chairs 6.75	2 tables 2.00	8.75
Slab and Glass 2.50	Crockery 1.00	3.50
1 double barrel gun 5.00		5.00
Fire dogs shovel and tongs		4.00 (?)
3 beds & furniture		30.00

Kitchen furniture 5.00 .................................................................. 5.00 Grindstone 50c one lot fodder (?) 10.00 ................................. 10.50 Lot corn 75.00 Lot peas 2.50 ............................................... 77.50 1 Buggy of Parsnips 75.00 Lot Bacon 30.00 ...................105.00 1 Lot Stock Hogs 40.00 .........................................................40.00 1 Lot Tools 1.00 Cotton Feed 15.00 ....................................16.00 3 head sheep 3.00 ................................................................. 3.00 1 Note on B R Gibson & J S (?) Tindal due 1st Jan 1855 ....110.00 .................................................Total 4905.25 This is to certify that we have made a just and true Appraisement of the above goods and chattels to the best of our knowledge given under our hands this 24th February 1855 P. M. Butler J S M Faddin J. B. Brigdon J.S. Tindal (?)

Sources

1. ↑ Author: South Carolina. County Court (Sumter County); Probate Place: Sumter, South Carolina Ancestry.com. South Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Ancestry Sharing Image