7 pages, 7 3/4 x 12 1/4 in. String-bound manuscript document (creasing, some separations at creases including back page fully separated along horizontal crease, few chips to edges and corners, toning). Inventory and appraisement of the personal estate of Benjamin Hallack of Bourbon County, KY pursuant to an order of the county court at their May term, 1823. Docketed verso and recorded June 2024.

37 enslaved persons appear in this inventory, 29 of whom are listed under the names of various beneficiaries; one of whom is listed separately, to be sold; and 7 of whom are listed separately still, having sued for their freedom. A 19-year-old enslaved woman named Lucinda, along with her infant child, is given a value of 450 dollars. Among the 7 persons having sued for freedom are 30-year-old Amy, 16-year-old Delia, 11-year-old Charles, 9-year-old Eliza, 7-year-old Killy, 4-year-old Lubis, and 2-year-old Washington, collectively listed as being worth 1,750 dollars.

In the Federal Census of 1810, Benjamin Hallack (1765-1823) is recorded as enslaving 16 persons in Stoner, Bourbon County, KY. By the time of the 1820 census, that number had grown to 21.