1844 Kentucky Will- Slaves, Levi Todd

Last will and testament of Thomas Bates, dated 1844 in Madison County, Kentucky. The document is signed by Levi Todd, believed by the consignor to be a relative of Mary Todd Lincoln (we could not establish a connection). In the will, Bates leaves eight named "negroes" to various members of his family.

Condition as shown. 2pp.

[Civil War, Union, Confederate, Abolition, Slavery, Abolitionist, African-American, Paper Ephemera, Letter, Abraham Lincoln]