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				State Library of Florida, Florida Collection, BR0215            
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				Announcement with the date and time of a slave sale near Tallahassee by Charles S. Sibley, a Commissioner in Chancery appointed by the Superior Court of the Middle District of Florida. The sale was to take place on a plantation known as the Fauntleroy Place. The slaves are identified by name in the notice.            
          Date
									1842
								
							  Format
Coverage
Subjects
Geographic Term
            	                Sale on Wednesday, June 29.
Commissioner's
Sale.
In pursuance of a decree made at April
Term, 1842, of the Superior Court of the Middle District of Flo-
rida, in and for the County of Leon sitting in Chancery, made in a
certain cause between Joseph Chaires, Executor of Ben
Chaires, deceased, Petitioner for the foreclosure of a Mortgage,
and Robert H. Berry, descendant, and by virtue of the ex-
ecution issued to me to enforce said decree, I shall, on the 29th
day of June, 1842, at the Plantation called the Fauntleroy
Place, on the public road leading from Tallahassee to Block-
er's Cross Road, in said county Leon, within legal hours, pro-
ceed to sell at public outcry [to the] highest bidder for cash, the
following
Slaves
included in said Mortgage, viz:
Charles, Shine, Edmund Mitchell, Ed-
mund Roberts, Moses, Jame Joe, Phoebe,
Delia, Henry, Harriet, Carter, Fanny,
May, Ann, Tom, Sarah, Charles, Molly,
Kate, Lindon, March, John, Alexander,
Graywood, Lary, G-[tear], Newton, Cuffe,
Castelo, Silla, Dilly [tear], Ginny, Sarah,
Beck, Nancy, Patie [tear] inah, Sally, Ana,
Henrietta, Betsey, [tear] rah, Priscilla, Jim,
Victoria and Adam [tear] nd issue after 20th
April, 1840.
Charles S. Sibley,
Commissioner in [tear] cery, and Elisor in said case
Appointed by [tear] of said Court to make said sale.
Tallahassee, May 27, 1842.
Commissioner's
Sale.
In pursuance of a decree made at April
Term, 1842, of the Superior Court of the Middle District of Flo-
rida, in and for the County of Leon sitting in Chancery, made in a
certain cause between Joseph Chaires, Executor of Ben
Chaires, deceased, Petitioner for the foreclosure of a Mortgage,
and Robert H. Berry, descendant, and by virtue of the ex-
ecution issued to me to enforce said decree, I shall, on the 29th
day of June, 1842, at the Plantation called the Fauntleroy
Place, on the public road leading from Tallahassee to Block-
er's Cross Road, in said county Leon, within legal hours, pro-
ceed to sell at public outcry [to the] highest bidder for cash, the
following
Slaves
included in said Mortgage, viz:
Charles, Shine, Edmund Mitchell, Ed-
mund Roberts, Moses, Jame Joe, Phoebe,
Delia, Henry, Harriet, Carter, Fanny,
May, Ann, Tom, Sarah, Charles, Molly,
Kate, Lindon, March, John, Alexander,
Graywood, Lary, G-[tear], Newton, Cuffe,
Castelo, Silla, Dilly [tear], Ginny, Sarah,
Beck, Nancy, Patie [tear] inah, Sally, Ana,
Henrietta, Betsey, [tear] rah, Priscilla, Jim,
Victoria and Adam [tear] nd issue after 20th
April, 1840.
Charles S. Sibley,
Commissioner in [tear] cery, and Elisor in said case
Appointed by [tear] of said Court to make said sale.
Tallahassee, May 27, 1842.
Title
Public notice for a slave sale on June 29, 1842 near Tallahassee
            Subject
Slavery
            Description
Announcement with the date and time of a slave sale near Tallahassee by Charles S. Sibley, a Commissioner in Chancery appointed by the Superior Court of the Middle District of Florida. The sale was to take place on a plantation known as the Fauntleroy Place. The slaves are identified by name in the notice.
            Source
State Library of Florida, Florida Collection, BR0215
            Date
1842
            Format
broadsides (notices)
            Language
eng-US
            Type
Text
            Identifier
flc_br0215
            Coverage
Territorial Florida (1821-1845)
            Geographic Term
Tallahassee (Fla.)
                    Leon County (Fla.)
                    Blocker's Cross Road (Fla.)
            Thumbnail
/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/flc_br0215.jpg
            Display Date
published 1842
            ImageID
flc_br0215_01
            topic
Slavery and Race Relations
            Subject - Corporate
Superior Court of the Middle District of Florida
            Subject - Person
Berry, Robert H.
                    Chaires, Benjamin
                    Chaires, Joseph
                    Sibley, Charles S.
            Transcript
Sale on Wednesday, June 29.
Commissioner's
Sale.
In pursuance of a decree made at April
Term, 1842, of the Superior Court of the Middle District of Flo-
rida, in and for the County of Leon sitting in Chancery, made in a
certain cause between Joseph Chaires, Executor of Ben
Chaires, deceased, Petitioner for the foreclosure of a Mortgage,
and Robert H. Berry, descendant, and by virtue of the ex-
ecution issued to me to enforce said decree, I shall, on the 29th
day of June, 1842, at the Plantation called the Fauntleroy
Place, on the public road leading from Tallahassee to Block-
er's Cross Road, in said county Leon, within legal hours, pro-
ceed to sell at public outcry [to the] highest bidder for cash, the
following
Slaves
included in said Mortgage, viz:
Charles, Shine, Edmund Mitchell, Ed-
mund Roberts, Moses, Jame Joe, Phoebe,
Delia, Henry, Harriet, Carter, Fanny,
May, Ann, Tom, Sarah, Charles, Molly,
Kate, Lindon, March, John, Alexander,
Graywood, Lary, G-[tear], Newton, Cuffe,
Castelo, Silla, Dilly [tear], Ginny, Sarah,
Beck, Nancy, Patie [tear] inah, Sally, Ana,
Henrietta, Betsey, [tear] rah, Priscilla, Jim,
Victoria and Adam [tear] nd issue after 20th
April, 1840.
Charles S. Sibley,
Commissioner in [tear] cery, and Elisor in said case
Appointed by [tear] of said Court to make said sale.
Tallahassee, May 27, 1842.
            Commissioner's
Sale.
In pursuance of a decree made at April
Term, 1842, of the Superior Court of the Middle District of Flo-
rida, in and for the County of Leon sitting in Chancery, made in a
certain cause between Joseph Chaires, Executor of Ben
Chaires, deceased, Petitioner for the foreclosure of a Mortgage,
and Robert H. Berry, descendant, and by virtue of the ex-
ecution issued to me to enforce said decree, I shall, on the 29th
day of June, 1842, at the Plantation called the Fauntleroy
Place, on the public road leading from Tallahassee to Block-
er's Cross Road, in said county Leon, within legal hours, pro-
ceed to sell at public outcry [to the] highest bidder for cash, the
following
Slaves
included in said Mortgage, viz:
Charles, Shine, Edmund Mitchell, Ed-
mund Roberts, Moses, Jame Joe, Phoebe,
Delia, Henry, Harriet, Carter, Fanny,
May, Ann, Tom, Sarah, Charles, Molly,
Kate, Lindon, March, John, Alexander,
Graywood, Lary, G-[tear], Newton, Cuffe,
Castelo, Silla, Dilly [tear], Ginny, Sarah,
Beck, Nancy, Patie [tear] inah, Sally, Ana,
Henrietta, Betsey, [tear] rah, Priscilla, Jim,
Victoria and Adam [tear] nd issue after 20th
April, 1840.
Charles S. Sibley,
Commissioner in [tear] cery, and Elisor in said case
Appointed by [tear] of said Court to make said sale.
Tallahassee, May 27, 1842.
Chicago Manual of Style
Public notice for a slave sale on June 29, 1842 near Tallahassee. 1842. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/212336>, accessed 4 November 2025.
MLA
Public notice for a slave sale on June 29, 1842 near Tallahassee. 1842. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/212336>
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