Estate Annual Returns of: Joseph Hargreaves
Years: 1829-1832
Enslaved People Named: Abraham, Anthony, Binah, Bob, Harry, Jack, July, Old Nanny, Peter, Pompey, Sam, Shadrach, Tyrone
Estate Executor: Thomas Mallard
Comments:
1) Joseph Hargreaves left 1/4 of his estate to Shadrach, whom he identified as his son by the enslaved woman Binah, whose mother was Old Nanny. Please search this site for “Joseph Hargreaves” to find Hargreaves’ will, the court case associated with this, and the estate inventory.
2) Note that Harry, Peter and Sam are all noted below as having been sold by the estate, as follows:
Harry to Mr. Blake
Peter to William Q. Baker
Sam to G.W. Walthour (Sam was previously hired out)
The estate accounts below were included as Exhibit B of a court case filed by Joseph Hargreaves’ nephew Joshua Hargreaves against estate executor Thomas Mallard. The page numbers refer to the documents on FamilySearch.org at this link: “Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990,” images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99Q4-ZXLB?cc=1999178&wc=9SBV-HZ3%3A267679901%2C267964401 : 20 May 2014), Liberty > Estates 1775-1892 Goulding, Peter-Harris, Ann > image 877 of 1101; county probate courthouses, Georgia.
The pages have been re-ordered to be in (semi) date order, with the debits listed first and credits next. The order may not be correct.
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| [Debits] | |||
| 1828 | Dr. Estate of Joseph Hargreaves in A/C current with | ||
| Sept 5 | 16.38 | Paid a/c of Wm Hughes | |
| Sept 6 | 0.25 | Paid for tobacco for sick negro | |
| Sept. 8 | 8 | Paid carpenter Jack | |
| Oct 1 | 6.37 | Paid a/c of David Stetson postmaster | |
| Oct 1 | 6.87 | Paid clerk of the Court of Ordinary | |
| Oct 1 | 0.25 | Paid for tobacco for sick negro | |
| 1829 [SIC] | |||
| Nov. 12 | 2.25 | To a/c of my expenses to Savannah | |
| Nov. 19 | 10 | Paid old Nanny | |
| Nov. 19 | 10 | Paid Binah | |
| Dec. 10 | 40 | Paid a/c of John Dunwody | |
| Dec. 11 | 0.22 | Paid postage of letters from Liverpool | |
| Dec. 20 | 100 | paid to the Georgia Education Society | |
| Dec 25. | 0.75 | Paid for sick negro | |
| Dec. 30 | 10 | Paid to sundry negroes for corn & fowls | |
| 1829 | |||
| Jany 5 | 150 | Paid Thomas Bacon as per receipt | |
| Jany 5 | 10 | Paid David Laing’s a/c in part | |
| Jany 5 | 21.23 | Paid a/c of Thomas Bacon | |
| Jany 20 | 0.25 | Paid for tobacco for sick negro | |
| Feby 9 | 36.92 | Paid a/c of Wm. Robarts | |
| Feby 19 | 3.18 | Paid balance of Dr. McConnell’s a/c | |
| Feby 26 | 0.25 | Paid for sick negro | |
| March 2 | 7 | Paid Anthony balance for steer | |
| March 23 | 1 | Paid postage to this date for letters | |
| March 30 | 1.35 | Paid clerk of the Court of Ordinary | |
| April 13 | 15 | Paid Thomas Bacon as per receipt | |
| April 13 | 4 | Paid post office a/c | |
| April 13 | 0.25 | Paid Charles for cutting lampers | |
| 561.76 | Amt carried forward | ||
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| May 14 | 13 | Paid July balance for a steer | |
| May 19 | 48 | Paid Mrs. Walthour as per receipt | |
| May 19 | 2.5 | Paid Shadrach 50 cents. Paid for handsaw $2 | |
| June 4 | 8.37 | Paid a/c of Capt. Leset | |
| June 25 | 0.47 | Paid postage 20 ¾ C. (Aug 3.) Postage 27 c | |
| 634.11 | [Total] | ||
| 1829 | |||
| $0.40 | paid postage of letters from Savannah | ||
| 0.75 | Pd Shadrach 50 cents; paid Negro 25 cents | ||
| $89.48 | Pd tax for the years 1827 & 1828 | ||
| Oct 24 | $20.00 | Pd Tyrone 10 drs; Pd Shadrach 10 drs | |
| Nov 3 | $1.68 | Pd half of my exp. In Savannah | |
| $15.00 | Pd for bacon hogs for plantation use | ||
| Nov 24 | $3.62 | Pd my expense to Savannah | |
| Dec 4 | 3.5 | Pd Shadrach’s expense to Savannah | |
| Dec 17 | $0.65 | Pd postage for 3 letters | |
| 1830 | |||
| Jany 12 | $1,884.23 | Pd a/c current of Bulloch & Dunwody up to this date | |
| Feb 11 | $650.00 | Pd note due to Mrs. E. Walthour with interest to date | |
| Jan 1 | $350.00 | Pd Wm. Q. Baker for overseeing 1829 | |
| $14.97 | Pd. a/c of Capt Boles | ||
| Commissions on $634.11 debts paid | |||
| Commisions on $1967.00 Cr. | |||
| $2601.12 at 2 ½ per cent | 65 | ||
| Balance due the Estate | 1267.89 | ||
| [Total] | 1967 | ||
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| [Debits] | |||
| $4.01 | Pd a/c of Dunham & Leonard | ||
| March 8 | $45.68 | Pd the tax of 1829 | |
| Feb 4 | $24.31 | Pd /c of G.W. Walthour | |
| $0.48 | Pd postage | ||
| March 4 | $3.00 | Pd. expense to Savannah in part | |
| May 17 | $1.23 | Pd. a/c of E. Baker C.C.O. | |
| June 24 | $5.00 | Pd a/c of G.W. Walthour | |
| June 26 | $5.00 | Pd Old Nanny | |
| Aug | $15.12 | Pd a/c of Capt Leset | |
| $0.28 | Pd postage | ||
| Feby 2 | $31.68 | Pd a/c of Wm. Q. Baker | |
| $612.52 | Pd E. Molyneux as per receipt | ||
| $3,806.54 | Total | ||
| Commissions on $3806.54 debts paid | |||
| Commissions on $3609.25 credits | |||
| $7415.79 = at 2 ½ per cent = | 185.39 | ||
| $3,806.54 | |||
| Balance due the Estate | $885.20 | ||
| Total | $4,877.14 | ||
| [Debits] | |||
| 1830 | 1.25 | Paid negro man Pompey | |
| Sept 20 | 1.75 | Paid clerk of the Court | |
| Nov 27 | 0.6 | Paid postage to date | |
| Dec | 3.5 | Paid expense to Savannah | |
| Dec 29 | 0.85 | Paid postage 10 c. Paid for ??? twine 75 c. | |
| 1831 | |||
| Feby 12 | 45.99 | Paid tax of 1830 | |
| Feby 12 | 0.1 | Paid postage 10 c | |
| Feby 18 | 5 | Paid Binah by direction of E. Molyneux | |
| Feby 18 | 3.25 | Paid expense to Savannah | |
| Feby 28 | 350 | Paid Wm. Q. Baker for overseeing 1830 | |
| March 2 | 10.18 | Paid R.S. Baker’s a/c | |
| April 18 | 14.2 | Paid a/c of D. Stetson | |
| 436.68 | Amount carried forward | ||
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| [Debits] | |||
| 1831 | 436.68 | Amount brought forward | |
| April 18 | 10.75 | Paid Abraham a negro man | |
| 1830 | |||
| Dec 29 | 8.43 | Paid a/c of G.W. Walthour | |
| 1831 | |||
| April 25 | 40.35 | Paid a/c of Dunham & Leonard | |
| April 25 | 17.4 | Paid a/c of Thomas Bacon | |
| April 20 | 3.25 | paid for advertising sale of estate | |
| April 27 | 15.62 | paid a/c of Wm. Wilson | |
| June 3 | 15.17 | Paid a/c of D. Stetson in full | |
| May 13 | 11.75 | Paid a/c of Capt L. Boles | |
| May 13 | 2 | Paid old Nanny | |
| 1830 | |||
| Feby | 2571.14 | Paid E. Molyneux agent for J.H. Hargreaves as per receipt | |
| March 24 | 608.96 | Paid E. Molyneux agent as per receipt | |
| April 5 | 306.75 | Paid a/c of Bulloch & Dunwody | |
| Sept 30 | 5?.?4 | Paid a/c of Bulloch & Dunwody to date [NOTE: amount smudged] | |
| Dec 13 | 334.66 | Paid a/c of J.S. Bulloch to date | |
| 1831 | |||
| Jany 23 | 1390.53 | Paid E. Molyneux agent as per receipt | |
| Feb 17 | 114.25 | Paid a/c of J.S. Bulloch to date | |
| March 10 | 613.07 | Paid E. Molyneux agent as per receipt | |
| July 1 | 20 | Paid Mrs. Elliott’s carpenter Bob | |
| July 18 | 0.8 | Paid postage | |
| July 20 | 21 | Paid for one yoke of steers | |
| 6595.81 | |||
| Commissions on $6595.81 | 6595.81 | ||
| Commisions on $8079.04 | |||
| $14674,85 at 2 ½ per cent | 366.87 | ||
| Balance due the estate | 2001.56 | ||
| Total | $8,964.24 | ||
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| [Debits] | |||
| 1831 | |||
| Dec 6 | 3.68 | paid postage 1.00 & pd a/c of E. Baker, Clk $2.68 | |
| Dec 6 | 0.55 | Pd for drawing tooth 25 c & pd postage 30 c | |
| 1832 | |||
| Feby 17 | 160.5 | Pd a/c Doctor McConnell, by Dft on Jos. Cumming | |
| Feby 17 | 104.03 | Pd a/c of Dunham & Leonard by Dft on Jos. Cumming | |
| Feby 17 | 17.55 | Pd balance of Dunham & Leonards a/c with cow hides | |
| Feby 17 | 18.75 | Pd a/c of G.W. Walthour by Dft on Jos. Cumming | |
| March 5 | 350 | Pd Wm. Q. Baker for overseeing the year 1831 by a draft on Jos. Cumming | |
| March 27 | 106 | Pd a/c Doctor Harris & Harden by dft on J. Cumming | |
| March 4 | 400 | Pd E. Molyneux Agt, as pr ret | |
| March 17 | 44.98 | Pd A/c Jos. Cumming, Factor | |
| Apr 5 | 0.9 | Pd postage to date | |
| Apr 23 | 50 | Pd McAlister & Bulloch Attys | |
| Jany 6 | 700.63 | Pd E. Molyneux agt as per ret. | |
| Feby 15 | 1047 | Pd E. Molyneux Agt, as pr ret | |
| Feby 15 | 63.03 | Pd balance of J. Cumming’s a/c | |
| Apr 21 | 9.62 | Pd a/c of Capt L. Boles | |
| Apr 28 | 12 | Pd July for a steer | |
| May 8 | 2.65 | Pd Jos. Cumming | |
| May 31 | 5 | Pd for 10 yds Oznabrig at 12 ½ per yd $1.25 | |
| June 9 | 0.3 | Pd postage to date | |
| July 1 | 36.3 | Pd Tax for the year 1831 | |
| Commissions on $3129.73 debts paid | 3129.73 | ||
| Commissions on 2830.41 credits | |||
| $5960.14 at 2 ½ per cent | 149 | ||
| 3275.73 | |||
| Sept 3, 1832 balance due the estate | 1553.24 | ||
| Total | $4,831.97 | ||
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| [Credits] | |||
| 1828 | |||
| Sept 2 | 1344.25 | By cash in hand at the death of Mr. Hargreaves | |
| Nov. 12 | 195.07 | By balance from Maxwell & King for the crop of 1827 | |
| 1829 | |||
| April 13 | 12.5 | By cash from ?T? Quarterman for 20 bushels rough rice | |
| April 13 | 3.18 | By this amount charged in D.R. Perry’s a/c | |
| July 29 | 12 | By cash from Sam | |
| 400 | By cash in part from Bulloch & Dunwody for the crop of 1828 | ||
| 1967 | Amount carried forward | ||
| [Page 908] | |||
| Amount brought forward: | 1967 | ||
| Balance due the estate: $1267.89 | |||
| I certify the foregoing account to him has been examined | |||
| by the Clerk and sanctioned by the Court of Ordinary. | |||
| E. Baker CCO | |||
| [Credits] | |||
| 1829 | |||
| Sept 7 | $1,267.89 | Balance due the Est. this day | |
| Oct 5 | $15.00 | Cash from Sam | |
| Aug 28 | $150.00 | Cash from Bulloch & Dunwody | |
| Dec 30 | $500.00 | Cash from Bulloch & Dunwody | |
| 1830 | |||
| Jany 12 | 1884.23 | Cash from Bulloch & Dunwody in part of the crop of 1828 | |
| Jany 1 | 26.87 | Cash from Wm. Q. Baker for Sundries | |
| 4.81 | Cash from M. Jones for work by Tyrone | ||
| 12 | Cash from Wm. Jones for work by Tyrone | ||
| 8.4 | Cash from J. Ham for work by Tyrone | ||
| 20 | Cash from J. Quarterman for work by Sam | ||
| 45.75 | Cash from N. Varnedoe for work by Tyrone | ||
| 942.18 | Cash being amt. Of sales of a part of the personal property sold at auction the 2d Feby 1830 | ||
| 4877.14 | Amount carried forward | ||
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| Amount brought forward: $4877.14 | |||
| Balance due the estate at this date: Sept 6, 1830 | |||
| 885.2 | |||
| I certify that the foregoing account was examined by the Clerk | |||
| and sanctioned by the Court of Ordinary. | |||
| E. Baker, CCO | |||
| [Credits] | |||
| 1830 | |||
| Sept 6 | 885.2 | Balance due the Est. this day | |
| Feby 9 | 2571.14 | By ?neat? Amount of 33 bales white cotton of the crop of 1829, delivered E. Molyneux agent for J.H. Hargreaves | |
| March 24 | 608.96 | By neat amt of 11 bales stained & 3 of white cotton, crop of 1829, delivered E. Molyneux agent | |
| March 10 | 1227.4 | By neat amt. Of 10 whole & 12 half barrels rice & 15 bales of cotton, of the crop of 1829, sold by Bulloch & Dunwody | |
| 5292.7 | Amount carried forward | ||
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| [Credits] | |||
| 1831 | |||
| 5292.7 | By amount brought forward | ||
| Jany 29 | 617.94 | By neat amt of 10 bales cotton sold by ?G? Bulloch, crop of 1830 | |
| Jany 23 | 1390.53 | By neat amt. Of 22 bales cotton delivered to E. Molyneux agent, crop of 1830 | |
| March 10 | 613.07 | By neat amt. Of 8 bales white & 11 bales stained cotton, of the crop of 1830, delivered to E. Molyneux agent | |
| Feby 28 | 500 | By cash from W.Q. Baker for Peter sold to him by the direction of E. Molyneux | |
| April 5 | 550 | By cash from G.W. Walthour for Sam sold to him by the direction of E. Molyneux agent | |
| 8964.24 | |||
| E.E. Thos. Mallard Exor | |||
| 5 Sept 1831 | |||
| State of Georgia, Liberty County } I Elijah Baker, clerk of the | |||
| Court of Ordinary for said County, do hereby certify that the | |||
| foregoing accounts have been duly approved of by the Court | |||
| of Ordinary for said County and that the foregoing has been | |||
| truly copied from the books of my office. | |||
| 26 Dec. 1831 | E. Baker, CCOLC | ||
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| Errors Excepted | |||
| [Credits] | |||
| 1831 | 17.55 | By cowhides to Dunham & Leonard | |
| 400 | By cash from Mr. Blake – for Harry | ||
| 613.8 | By amt sales of ten bales cotton sold by Jos. Cumming Factor | ||
| 1.43 | By interest 11 days on $584.65 | ||
| Jany 6 | 700.65 | By amt of 12 bales cotton delivered E. Molyneux agt | |
| Jany 6 | 1047 | By amt of 15 bales white and 8 bales stained cotton delivered to E. Molyneux Agt | |
| June 9 | 50 | By cash from E. Molyneux | |
| Sept 5 | 2001.56 | Brought forward | |
| 4831.97 | |||
| Errors Excepted | |||
| Thomas Mallard, Exor | |||
| Sept 3, 1832 balance due the estate | |||