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Probate courts -- Mississippi -- Hancock County

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Sam White probate court report

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS717f
Scope and Content

This collection consists of a handwritten copy of a report made to the probate court of Hancock County, Mississippi, in 1853. In it, the guardian of Thomas Doby's children, Sam White, states the approximate date and place of death of two of Doby's children, Raphael and Eliza. White also reports the "death by accidental burning" of a slave child, Octave, who belonged to the Doby children.

Dates: February 1853