The James Simons Account Book, 1838-1854, contains financial information for Mrs. Harleston Simons in account with James Simons. Accounts include payments made for shoes, clothing, slave badges, and wages for enslaved persons. The names of the enslaved persons are written as Martha, Billy, John, Sammy, Annette, Lydia, Charlotte, and Richard.
A bill of sale for seven enslaved persons sold to William H. Sinkler for $3,200 by James Sinkler, Charles Sinkler, William Sinkler and Richard Manning, the executors of the estate of William Sinkler.
A bill of sale for forty-five named enslaved persons and their values sold to William H. Sinkler from James Simons, executor of the estate for James Sinkler. The total cost for the enslaved persons is $18,500.
A notice for an estate sale by Thomas M. Hume for a "Prime Gang of Sixty-two Negroes" documenting their name, age, and qualifications. The enslaved persons come from the estate of the late James Sinkler. Qualifications include "prime," "ploughman," "carpenter," "field hand," "sickly," and "three fingers off."
