George Washington Papers

II., 10 December 1754

II.

Memorandum

[10 December 1754]

A Division of the Negros made, and agreed to between Colo. George Lee and the Brothers of the deceasd Majr Lawrence Washington the 10th day of December Anno Domini 1754–1

Colo. Lee &ca part The Estates part
Old Moll £25 Phebe £35
Lawrence 60 Peter 60
Ben 40 Pharrow 40
 
Will 40 Abram 40
Frank 40 Couta 40
Barbara 40 Nell 40
Moll 25 Sall 25
Milly 20 Bella 20
Hannah 15 Barbara 15
Penny 10 Anteno 10
Will 10 Sando als Dicer 10
Nan 15 Aaron 15
Nan 31 Judah 35
James 40 Ned 40
Dula 40 Camero 40
Dublin 40 Sambo 40
Acco 40 Sando 40
Harry 40 Scipio 35
Roger 40 Tomboy 40
Grace 40 Lett 40
Phillis 40 Jenny 40
Kate 40 Judah 40
Ceasaer 25 Tom 15
Farrow—1 Month Old—
Charles—4–7½ high
Doll 3–4 Do
Sue 2–11½ Do
George 3–7½ Do
Lydia 3–5½ Do
Murreah 5 Months Old
Glasgow---------
Phill f[eet] I[nches]
Tom 4–1 high
Prince 3–7½ Do
Betty 3–1 Do
Lucy 4–1 Do
Sam 2–9 Do
Tom 4 Months Old
Tobey 1 Month Old
31 31

ADS, ViHi (photostat).

1. The total of the figures in the two columns amounts to £1,511. It should be noted that no value is assigned to the children whose names appear at the end of each column of this list. The 1753 account for Lawrence Washington’s estate showed slaves in Fairfax County (at Mount Vernon) worth £963 and slaves on Lawrence’s lands in Frederick County worth £554, for a total of £1,517 (Fairfax County Will Book B, no. 1, p. 117). With the exception of the slave Acco, the last 19 names in the left-hand column are the same slave names that appear in the lease of Mount Vernon from George and Ann Lee to GW, 17 Dec. 1754.

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    “II., 10 December 1754,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-01-02-0115-0003. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Colonial Series, vol. 1, 7 July 1748 – 14 August 1755, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983, pp. 229–230.]