Receipt from Willis Liggan to Thomas Jefferson, 26 October 1822

Receipt from Willis Liggan

Octob. 26. 22.

Recieved of Th: Jefferson twenty Dollars, on loan; which I promise to repay

Willis Liggan

MS (DLC); in TJ’s hand, signed by Liggan; endorsed by TJ: “Liggon Willis. rect & Note.”

Willis Liggan (Liggon; Ligon) was living in 1820 in Nelson County, where he owned five slaves. He worked as a millwright for both TJ and Thomas Eston Randolph in 1822. By 1830 Liggan resided in Albemarle County and owned six slaves (MB description begins James A. Bear Jr. and Lucia C. Stanton, eds., Jefferson’s Memorandum Books: Accounts, with Legal Records and Miscellany, 1767–1826, 1997, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Second Series description ends , 2:1389, 1390; DNA: RG 29, CS, Nelson Co., 1820, Albemarle Co., 1830; Vi: Albemarle Co. Chancery Causes, case 1831-037; Vi: RG 78, Legislative Petitions, Albemarle Co. [9 Dec. 1834]).

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Source Project: Jefferson Papers
Title: Receipt from Willis Liggan to Thomas Jefferson, 26 October 1822
Author: Liggan, Willis (Liggon, Ligon)
Recipient: Jefferson, Thomas
Date: 26 October 1822

Reference

Cite as: “Receipt from Willis Liggan to Thomas Jefferson, 26 October 1822,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-19-02-0069. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 19, 16 September 1822 to 30 June 1823, ed. J. Jefferson Looney et al. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022, p. 95.]