Raynors HCA 2015-11
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/3/2015
An antebellum Alabama Cotton Plantation expense account/ledger being probate document, 8pp. legal folio, settling Joseph Dixon' half share with Robert A. McTyer, both originally from South Carolina, for the operation of their cotton plantation located in Barbour County, Alabama from late 1851 to March 1853. At that time these men formed a partnership and agreed to purchase land in Alabama in order to run a cotton plantation. They were successful in their search, but unfortunately Dixon was somehow killed while overseeing the management of their newly purchased plantation on Sept. 7, 1852. Work, though, continued throughout 1852 and into 1853 and apparently the plantation was very successful. These records show many lucrative transactions related to cotton production along with numerous slave and overseer related entries. Several entries also show expenses for building a cotton gin and house to shelter the machinery. Entitled, "Exhibit B" this document enumerates the many successful money transactions related to the their plantation beginning with the travel expenses involved in locating a suitable plantation through March 1853 after the cotton gin is built and installed. A great detailed look at the successful operation of an Alabama cotton plantation through its many expense account transactions. Bound with two red silk ribbons. Minor soiling, and fold splits, else VG
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