Friend of Friends Friday: A True Account of the Sales of the Negroes Belonging to the Estate of Skelton Hardgraves Decd

Skelton Hardgrave (or Hardgraves) was the son of my 6th-great-grandparents Francis Hardgrave and  Sarah Greer. The slaves which belonged to his estate were sold on 18 December 1830.

Madison County, Tennessee Wills, 1825-1835, Vol. 1, pages 233-234. Available from Tennessee, Probate Court Books, 1795-1927 on FamilySearch.

A True account of the sales of the negroes belonging to the estate of Skelton Hardgraves Decd  December 18^th 1830
According to advertisement and the decree of the county court of Madison County Tennessee
I now offer for sale to the highest bidder on a credit of twelve months the purchaser giving hand and approved security for negroes thare names as follows to wit:
Stephen seven or eight years old, Henry eight or nine years old Mariah eighteen or nineteen months old Franklin five or six months old --
Burwell Butler one boy Stephen  - -   $250 -
Burwell Butler one boy Henry   - - - -   282
Henry Read one girl Mariah    -  -  -  -   90
Francis Hardgrave one boy Franklin - - 50
                                        Amount $672
I do certify that the above is a just and true statement of the sale of the property belonging to the estate of Skelton Hardgraves Decd, given from under my hand this 19^th December 1830
                                                                           John Barnett