Legal document recording the lien on the property of a Benjamin Sherrod, for which debts "the above named goods and chattels" are to be delivered to the court and the square at the appointed time for public auction. Named are enslaved persons: "Jim Cithy Jacob, Mariah Lowesa Rose Little Jacob Nelson Bradford Nelly Wyate Elvira Linsy Arly Ishell George Elijah Black Jim Amey David Thomas Arch Sandy Stephen." 8 1/4 x 11 1/2 in. (sight), framed to14 1/4 x 17 3/4 in. (unexamined outside frame, creasing, toning).

Enslaver Benjamin Sherrod (1777-1847) was one of the early settlers of Lawrence County. Sherrod became a wealthy planter and a promoter of the Tuscumbia, Courtland, and Decatur Railroad. The 1840 U.S. Federal Census indicates that he enslaved 353 men, women, and children.