St. Inigoes tax assessment, 1804

St. Inigoes tax assessment, 1804

Slavery--Maryland; Slaves--St. Inigoes; Slaves--Taxes; Slave records

This list of enslaved people at St. Inigoes was prepared for purposes of tax assessment in 1804. It lists the names, ages, and scattered physical or health descriptions of the men, women, and children at the Jesuits' St. Inigoes plantation in the early nineteenth century. Comparing this list to other tax assessments, as well as the 1838 sale documents, can help to determine who may have been sold off from St. Inigoes before 1838, and who may not have been sold to Louisiana in 1838.

This document also inventories the personal property kept at the plantation, providing a sense of the material conditions of the farm.

Maryland State Archives

Georgetown Slavery Archive

March 16, 1804

Cory Young

Maryland State Archives

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English

Tax assessments

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A List of the personal property on S^t Inigoes Farm belonging belonging to the Romⁿ. Cath^k. Clergy of the Society of Jesus.

A list of the all the Negroes, March 16 - 1804

 

1^rst The Men over 45.                                      3^dly Men from 14 to 45.

Matthew          dead¹⁸¹⁰           93                    Harry, Consumptive & sickly  33
Tom, blind in one Eye             67                    Jack                                        29
Nace, hip shotten                    63                    Peter   out of state 1810         28
Will a cripple                           63                    Fredrick knows some little         
Charles, with a broken arm    51                   of the Carpenter trade            24
                       ⁵                                               Jim                  ⁵                       22

 

2^dly Women over 36                                        4^thly Women from 14 to 36.

Susanna                                  86                    Ann, dropsical                         29
Cate, always sick & helpless  62                    Jane    out of state 1810         27
Judy                                        55                    Sarah with an absess or
Dorothy, bedrid for life              49 ^{1810 dead}       gathering in her side of
                                                                         some years duration, still bad 26
Suck                ⁵                       46                    Eleonor            ⁴                       17

 

5^thly Negroes from 8 to 14.                              6^thly Negroes under 8

Wat                                          12                    Nel                                           6
Clem                                       12                    Rachael                                   6
Doll                                          11                    Cornelius                                 6
Bibiana                                    12                    Henry  out state 1810             5
Bob                                          10                    Suck                                        4
Sam                                        9                      Luce                                        4
Moses                                     9                      Ann                                          3
Ruth, a [  ] sickly Child            9                      Dick                                         2
Bridget                                     8                      Nace                                       2
Cate                ¹⁰                      8                      Mary                                        1
                                                                        Harry                                       1
                                                                         Ferry   3 months old              

                                                                                                ¹²

                                    Household Furniture

4 good Bedsteds, 3 good Beds, 2 Ditto much worn, 1 Ornabrig bed, ditto 1 pair sheets 1 old Bedsted, all y^e. above Beds & bedsteds only of half size or for one person only as is also ^all our bed furniture which is indeed old, very scanty, and all very much worn, except 2 pairs of sheets 4 Bolsters & 5 pillows, the cases to them are grate worn out. Blankets commonly called matchcoat, moth eaten & little worth 2 small double ones of y^e lowest q^ty in bad condition. 2 small single Country ditto pretty good. 5 flimsy old calico countery ones 2 ^cotton white ditto, pretty good. 7 Old carpet of y^e lowest q^lty 14 ½ by 12 ½ feet 1 old ditto ditto 13 by 11 ½ one old Beaufat, 2 folding walnut Tables, 1 old small maple ditto, 1 little ditto 3 by 2 feet. 3 armed wooden Chairs, 2 common wooden ditto all good. 1 old leather bottomd ditto. 1 good Desk 1 old ragged ^covered one without lock. 4 pairs small cast and irons, 4 pairs of Tongues and shovels, 2 pokers, 1 pair Bellows. 1 Big China bowl, 1 ditto queens ware, 1 little ditto ditto, 1 big 1 little Tumblers, 8 wine glasses, 1 Mettle Teapot 2 ditto queens ware, 5 coffee cups no saucers, 4 Tea cups 3 saucers, 3 old odd saucers, 3 old ditto very small, cups all broken. 1 Tin & 1 Copper Coffee pots, 1 good Decanter & 1 crack’d. 4 Queens ware Dishes 6 Ditto small 2 stew ditto. 13 dining ditto plates, 10 ditto pewter. 6 Breakfast ditto [illegible] Big Terene queens ware, 3 small ditto ditto, 6 soup ditto plates, 5 five Gallon Demijohns, 50 Earthen quart jugs, 30 qrt bottles 5 case Ditto. 2 new Chamber pots, 3 old ditto, 1 [illegible] ditto. 1 Convenience for y^e. sick. Cattle 4 30 - 3  14 - 1 years old 16 - one mare - work Horses 12 - colts 3 [illegible] 10 Oxen. Hogs 25. Sheeps 55.

 

*marginalia  2 new 1 old brass, 2 old japa and tin Candlesticks, Plate 1 ½, which I had forgoten. 2 pairs of new, 2 old pairs snuffers.

 

            A Schedule of our property on S^t Inigo’s Farm which I hereby certify to have been made out by me the subscriber with all possible accuracy;            EE

                                                                                    Sylv^r Boarman

                                                                        S^t Inigo’s - March 16 - 1804

Matthew Simmons Esq^re

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