Moses committed to the Tallapoosa County jail at Dadeville
11 April 1848 · The State Guard (Wetumpka, Ala.)
Named here: Alban W. Willingham, Moses (the man committed to the jail), N. F. Sparks (jailor of Tallapoosa County)
Transcription
COMMITTED to the Jail of Tallapoosa county, at Dadeville, on the 27th of March, a negro man of black complexion about forty or forty five years old and about five feet six inches in height, and says that his name is MOSES, and that he belongs to Albert Willingham, of Coosa county. The owner is requested to come forward, prove his property, pay charges and take him away, or he will be dealt with in terms of the law. N. F. SPARKS, Jailor.
March 28, 1848. 14-3t
Citation: N. F. Sparks, jailor, notice dated 28 March 1848 of a man named Moses committed to the jail of Tallapoosa County at Dadeville, The State Guard (Wetumpka, Ala.), 11 April 1848, p. 3, col. 5 (also 18 April 1848, p. 3); image, Chronicling America, Library of Congress (https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn86050185/1848-04-11/ed-1/?sp=3).
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| Person | Fact | Document says | Tree says | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alban W. Willingham | Enslaver | a man named Moses, about 40 to 45 years old, committed to the Tallapoosa County jail at Dadeville on 27 March 1848, said that he belonged to "Albert Willingham, of Coosa county" | — (the tree has his 1850 slave schedule attached, which lists the people he held by age and sex only) | new |
| Alban W. Willingham | Residence | Coosa County, Alabama, March 1848 | residence 1850, Coosa County, Alabama | agrees (two years earlier) |