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List of enslaved people owned by Mary Narcissa Brahan Coffee (1817-1893), widow of John Donelson Coffee (1815-1837), just before her marriage to Dr. James Young in 1850, and their valuations. This was one of several documents prepared in Panola County, Mississippi. The property was to be divided between Mary’s son, John D. Coffee, Jr., to be put in trust, and her brother, John Coffee Brahan, who will control the other part on Mary’s behalf. Included in the property were the following enslaved people:

John Coffee’s share: Barbary, 39 years old; Josiah, 22; Peter, 17; Mary Ann, 12; Betty, 10; Alfred, 4; Andrew, 15; William, 11; Maria, 39; John Amp, 10.

Mary Coffee’s share: Sylvia, 47; Kiah, 27; Augustus, 24; John Bundy, 19; Srah Elizabeth, 13; Charlotte, 19; Erskine, 12; Mary Clarke, 7; Milley, 5.

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sc.0027.001_010.001

Date

1850

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Coffee, Mary Narcissa Brahan, 1817-1893.

List of enslaved people belonging to Mary Brahan Coffee, 1850

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