1847--Arthur Parker Manumits Enslaved Family and Others
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Title
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1847--Arthur Parker Manumits Enslaved Family and Others
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Date
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May 1847
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Formatted date
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1847-05-01
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Event type
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Manumission
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Description
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The will of Arthur Parker, brother of Richard Parker, states that Jim, his wife and four children may be freed when Jim earns enough from hire. His heirs, two daughters Hannah and Mary Parker, were shown to own 10-11 slaves according to the 1839-1843 tax lists in Boone County. Numbers drop to 2 slaves, then 1 slave by 1853. Jim, Jennie and their children (Morgan, Erastus, Joseph, Jim, Arthur, Robert, Doctor and Silas) were manumitted at Boone County Court, May term, 1847.
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Participant
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African American(s): Arthur; Doctor; Jack; Jane; Jim; Jim; Joseph; Morgan; Rastus; Robert
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unknown, Arthur [5]
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unknown, Doctor [3]
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unknown, Jack [15]
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unknown, Jane [40]
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unknown, Jim [12]
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unknown, Jim [13]
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unknown, Joseph [6]
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unknown, Morgan
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unknown, Rastus
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unknown, Robert [10]
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Slave holder(s): Parker, Arthur
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Parker, Arthur
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Bibliographic citation
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Greenup County, Kentucky Will Book 3, pages 167, 168, 170, 225, 406-9
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Kentucky Probate Records, 1727-1990
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Guardian and Final Estate settlements 1843 and 1847
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Will, Inventory, Sale and Settlement of the Estate of Arthur Parker
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Boone County Will Book D, page 56
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Boone County Will Book E, page 344
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Boone County Court Orders, Book E, 1843-1848, page 306
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Items with "Participant in: 1847--Arthur Parker Manumits Enslaved Family and Others"
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| Parker, Arthur |
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| unknown, Arthur [5] |
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| unknown, Doctor [3] |
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| unknown, Jack [15] |
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| unknown, Jane [40] |
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| unknown, Jim [12] |
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| unknown, Jim [13] |
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| unknown, Joseph [6] |
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| unknown, Morgan |
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| unknown, Rastus |
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| unknown, Robert [10] |
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| unknown, Ryal |
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| unknown, Silas [2] |
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| unknown, Washington [6] |
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| unknown, William [20] |
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