Thanks for sharing. Dorothy Subject: WM. D. Turner Document >OK > >Sorry that it has taken several days for me to get back to all of you. > >I had so many requests, that I decided to send this copy to everyone in hopes >that you can share your knowledge on where it might have come from. A note >with it states that it is Virginia Slave Document 1853-1854 from the King & >Queen County, VA. The document appears to a taken from a County record book or >from the records of a tax census. >Also there is a copy of a note as follows: > > King & Queen C.H., VA >Miss Olvy ? July 15/79 (1879?) > According to promise and thinking that you would like to hear from me and >as free liesure moments present themselves I will now drop you a few lines. >hoping that when you get them that they may find you Enjoying your self as >much as you were the day I saw you down at the sea. > Admep (?) Jno B. Watkins > King & Queen CH > King & Queen Co., > Virginia > > > > >The document is cut off here. It translates: >1853, May 17 Wm. D. Turner > self 21 1 > Slaves over 16 Milley 1 1 > 12 & 16 2 > 1 horse $50, 5 cattle & hogs $25., > 1 buggy $25, 1 clock $1, 1 gun $10. > silver plate $20. household & Kt, $75 > interest in vessel $250 >========= > 17 Benj H. Turner > Self 21 1 > 1 horse $100, 1 buggy $40 > watch $90, household & kt $25 > (There is more to this but it was cut off) >The woman selling it said that she got it in an estate sale in West Virginia >along with other pages from the same book. She said that the documents were >wrapped in the note from Watkins. > >The other side of the paper is the complete listing of a Todd family. This >slave record includes many more slave names, 31 total. > >My plans are to share copies with other Genealogy newsletters. > > >What do all of you make of this? > >LaDonna