Wiley Turner died in 1851 in Lowndes County Alabama. The first inventory of his personal property, including those enslaved on his plantation, took place in 1852. You can see a list of names, ages and “value” in this post – Joe Turner in the 1852 Estate File of Wiley Turner.

The second inventory was taken in 1856 when Wiley Turner’s oldest daughter Mary J Hunter had reached the age of 21.  She picked lot #6, which is highlighted in red below.  Click the images of the inventory on the right to enlarge for reading.

Lowndes County

To the Hone. E.H. Cook Judge of Probate for said County.

“The undersigned commissioners appointed by your honor to divide the real and personal Estate of the late Wiley Turner deceased under an order of the 20 January 1856 so that Mary J. a daughter and heir at law of said deceased now the wife of Clinton Hunter could get her part set off to her under said order. Beg leave to report that they met at the plantation  of said deceased. and after first being duly sworn accepted to said ? and valued said slaves separately and then placed them with same other property in six lots of as nearly equal value as possible as follows,”

Lot #1

1. Austin – a man
2. Bill Tyus – a man
3. Henry Turner – a man
4. Ben a man
5. Adam – a man
6. Henry – a man
7. Martha – a woman
8. Mary – a woman
9. Peter – a child
10. Mary Ellen – a woman
11. Edmond – a boy
12. Washington – a child
13. Betsy woman – a woman
14. Peggy – a girl
15. Caroline – a girl
16. Adaline – a child
17. Phillis – a woman

Lot #2

1. Henry May – a man
2. Jim Swipes – a man
3. Robin – a man
4. Joe – a man
5. Big Jess – a man
6. Robin – a man
7. Rachel Clary – a woman
8. Cherry – a woman
9. Prince – a boy
10. Louisa – a girl
11. Eliza – a girl
12. Minerva – a woman
13. Emeline – a woman
14. Ellen Bullock – a woman
15. Jack – a man
16. Old Rachel – a woman

Lot #3

1. Jess – a man
2. Wilson – a man
3. Washington – a man
4. Cary – a man
5. Fed – a man
6. Carter – a boy
7. Clary – a girl
8. Freeman – a boy
9. Harrison – a boy
10. Julia – a girl
11. Albert – a boy
12. Fanny – a girl
13. Lucy – a woman
14. George – a boy
15. Alice – a girl

Lot #4

1. Mat – a man
2. John – a man
3. Tony – a man
4. George Mims – a man
5. Sam – a man
6. Isaac – a man
7. Mariah – a woman
8. Ellen – a woman
9. Mose – a boy
10. Siller – a girl
11. Old Hannah – a woman
12. Eliza – a girl
13. Abigail – a girl
14. Emma – a girl
15. Hagar – a girl
16. Frank – a boy

Lot #5

1. Andrew – a man
2. Nelson – a man
3. Lloyd – a man
4. Lewis – a man
5. Bill Camel – man
6. Charles – a boy
7. Fanny – a woman
8. Thomas – a child
9. Margaret – a woman
10. Amy – a woman
11. Rachel – a woman
12. Sylvia – a woman
13. Milly – a girl
14. Hardy – an old man
15. A B Turner

Lot #6

1. Abram – a man
2. Lewis Tyus – a man
3. Charles – a man
4. Jim Pot – a man
5. Alfred – a man
6. William – a boy
7. Mariah Hopkins – a woman
8. Louisa – a girl
9. Deller – a girl
10. Ransome – a boy
11. Henrietta – a child
12. Lucy Patten – a woman
13. Liddy – old woman
14. Leah – a woman
15. Sarah Ann – a child
16. Nelly – a woman
17. Jane – a girl

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The pages from Wiley Turner’s file included here came from Ancestry.com.