Estate Settlement of David Lewis, including two "Indian boys" and an effort to sell an enslaved man named Jerry

Item

Identifier
5.3.a,b,c,d,e,f,g
Creator
Probate Court; Smith, Elias, 1804-1888; Lewis, David, 1814-1855; Lewis, Duritha, 1813-1878; Young, Brigham, 1801-1877; Deseret News
Contributor
Reeve, W. Paul; Parshall, Ardis E.
Title
Estate Settlement of David Lewis, including two "Indian boys" and an effort to sell an enslaved man named Jerry
Date
1855-11-03
Description
The settlement of the estate of David Lewis which included three enslaved people and two "Indian boys" and his widow Duritha Trail Lewis's effort to sale an enslaved man named Jerry and Brigham Young's response.
Source
Utah Territory, Probate Court Records, Salt Lake County, Series 1621, Reel 1, Box 1, Folder 41, Utah Division of Archives and Records Service, Salt Lake City, Utah; Judge Elias Smith to George Alley and E. P. Duzette, November 6, 1855, Utah Territory, Probate Court Records, Salt Lake County, Series 1621, Reel 1, Box 1, Folder 41, Utah Division of Archives and Records Service, Salt Lake City, Utah; Schedule of Property of David Lewis, deceased, Utah Territory, Probate Court Records, Salt Lake County, Series 1621, Reel 1, Box 1, Folder 41, Utah Division of Archives and Records Service, Salt Lake City, Utah; Duritha Lewis, Slave Registration, Utah Territory, Third District, Probate Court Records, Series 373, Reel 6, Box 5, Folder 11, Utah Division of Archives and Records Service, Salt Lake City, Utah; Brigham Young to Duritha Lewis, January 3, 1860, Brigham Young Office Files, CR 1234 1, Reel 27, Box 19, Folder 1, Church History Library, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah; Brigham Young to Duritha Lewis, March 31, 1860, Brigham Young Office Files, CR 1234 1, Reel 27, Box 19, Folder 5, Church History Library, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah.
"Drowned," Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah), June 19, 1861, 8.
Table Of Contents
Document: 5.3; Sub-documents: a,b,c,d,e,f,g