Administrator's sale: the Burleson County farm of the late C. S. Walden, and an enslaved man
26 January 1854 · Texas Ranger (Washington, Tex.)
Named here: Charles S Walden, James Reynolds, J. M. Norris, Caldwell, Gen. T. D. Wooldridge and W. F. & J. F. Grant (neighbouring plantations)
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NOTICE.—There will be sold at the court house door in the town of Caldwell, in Burleson county, on the first Tuesday in February next, on a credit of twelve months, a valuable Brazos bottom farm, consisting of two hundred acres well improved, and 160 acres in a good state of cultivation, situated in Burleson county, between the plantations of Gen. T. D. Wooldridge and W. F. & J. F. Grant—good title. At the same time, a valuable negro man, about thirty years of age, on a like credit. Terms.—Note with approved security, with a mortgage on the property.
There is now on the place for sale, corn, hogs, horses, oxen, farming utensils, blacksmith's tools, 8 bales cotton, &c. &c., which will be sold on the premises on the 13th day of January next, on a credit of twelve months. For particulars apply to James Reynolds, on the place, (the late residence of C. S. Walden) or J. M. Norris, Caldwell.
JAMES REYNOLDS, Adm'r.
January 1, 1854.—25-tds.
Citation: James Reynolds, administrator, "Notice" (sale of the farm and property of the late C. S. Walden, Burleson County), dated 1 January 1854, Texas Ranger (Washington, Tex.), 26 January 1854 (vol. 5, no. 27), p. 3, col. 2; image, The Portal to Texas History (Texas Digital Newspaper Program), University of North Texas Libraries (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth48765/m1/3/).
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| Person | Fact | Document says | Tree says | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles S Walden | Residence | "the late residence of C. S. Walden": a farm in the Brazos bottom, Burleson County, between the plantations of Gen. T. D. Wooldridge and W. F. & J. F. Grant | no residence | new |
| Charles S Walden | Death | "the late residence", sold by his administrator, 1854 | no death date | agrees with the administrator's notice of 1853 (died by May 1853) |
| Charles S Walden | Enslaved people | his estate sold "a valuable negro man, about thirty years of age": an enslaved man, unnamed, whom Walden had held in slavery | — | new (context) |
| James Reynolds | Administrator | sold the estate's farm, the man held in slavery, and the crops, stock and tools; was living "on the place" | in the tree as the husband of Sarah Walden, Charles's sister, with no dates or places | context (identification probable; see notes) |