29 APRIL 1859 : Memphis Daily Appeal

Chancery Sale
OF
2 Valuable Negro Girls

Pursuant to a decree of the Chancery Court at Memphis, rendered November Term, 1858, in the case of William and Mary Braswell and Elizabeth Braswell vs. Benjamin Askew and D.M. Sanderlin, I will on Wednesday, June 1st, 1859,
In front of my office, in the city of Memphis, proceed to sell to the highest bidder for Cash,

TWO VALUABLE NEGRO GIRLS,
ANN AND HARRIETT,

Sale at 11 o’clock A.M.

JOHN C. LANIER
Clerk and Master

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