RE: Powhatan County Chancery Cause 1861-001, William C. Netherland vs EXRS of Isham Ball
This case settles the estate of Isham Ball and divides his 19 slaves among 6 groups of heirs. The slaves were appraised, divided into lots and “drawn” by/to individual heirs. Some heirs received slaves worth more than the value of their inheritance while other received slaves worth less than the inheritance value. Can someone help me understand exactly how this division of people was accomplished? Were the slaves appraised then sold and each heir just given cash? Or did this receiving high value slaves pay back cash to the estate? Was there a routine procedure for this? Thank you for your help.
Vanessa Crews
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