Sophia Coffee
Mattie
Davis Lucas & Mita Holsapple Hall. "The Pioneers of the
Republic." A History of Grayson County, Texas, c1936. pg.37
The Coffee's owned slaves, as did all the plantation owners of this section. The following bill of sale is of interest:
"February
3, 1838
Fort
Smith Arkansas
BILL OF SALE - Negro
Know all men by these presents, that
I, John Rogers, of Fort Smith, for and in consideration of the sum of
eight hundred dollars to me in hand paid, the receipt of which I do
hereby adknowledge to have received to my full satisfaction,
Have this day bargained, sold and delivered unto Sophia Coffee, late of Texas, a a negro man named Lewis,
aged about twenty years. I do hereby warrant said negro man to be
slave for life, and sound in body and mind, and I do also warrant the
title of said slave to the said Sophia Coffee, her heirs and assigns,
against all legal claims whatsoever.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this third day of February 1838.
John Rogers." |
Slave Records
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