Kentucky Estate Manuscript w/ 5 named Slaves Including One Who is "Very Old"

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Kentucky estate Includes five slaves with one who is “very old”
Russell Martin, John Patty (1768 - 1833), and George Brown prepared this inventory of the estate of Alan Richardson for the Franklin County court. The county seat of Franklin county is the state capital of Frankfort. The inventory of Richardson’s estate included five slaves six horses 11 cattle 28 sheep 36 hogs and a variety of crops furniture and household goods.
The appraisers assigned a value of 00 to Richardsons five slaves and approximately 0 to the remainder of his personal property. Elizabeth Richardson, his widow and likely his administratrix, Add a note at the end of the inventory, “In addition to the above inventory there is to be added two hundred and ten dollars cash left on hand by the descendent.” Therefore, apart from his real property, Richardson slaves comprised just over 2/3 of his estate at his death.
[Slavery] Manuscript document signed, inventory of estate of Alan Richardson, August 27, 1818, Franklin County, Kentucky 2PP., 7.5” x 12.25”. Expected folds; general toning; small loss on one margin slightly affecting one word; very good.
Excerpts
“In obedience to an order of the worshipful the county court of Franklin directing us to appraise the personal estate and slaves of Alan Richardson dec'd we whose names are here to subscribe being first duly sworn have made the following inventory and appraisment thereof viz. This 27th of August 1818”
“One Negro man called [Snove?]0
One do called Sampson 200
One do called Solomon very old
One Negro woman calls Phoebe 550
One Negro boy called Solomon 500“
Allen Richardson married Elizabeth Jones Payne in 1811 in Franklin County Kentucky. In 1810, he lived in Franklin County and owned three slaves.