District of Mississippi
Port of New Orleans, the 21 day of Nov 1846
I,
D.O. Hincks, collector of the District of Mississippi, do hereby
certify, That the within is a true copy of the original manifest or
list of slaves left on file in this office, and I do further certify
that W. H. Meriwether owner of the said slaves, and Smith, master of
the Steamer Palmetto, have this day made oath in the manner directed in
the ninth section of the act of Congress, passed the second day of
March, 1807, prohibiting the importation of slaves into the United
States. I do hereby authorize the said Master to proceed with the said
slaves, named as within, and being twenty eight in number, to given
under my hand at the Customs House, New Orleans, the day above written.
Signed:
D. O. Hincks
Manifest
of slaves, on board the Steamer Palmetto of _____ berthen _____ tons
whereof Smith is at present Master, bound from the Port of New Orleans,
for the Port of Galveston
| Name |
Sex |
Age |
feet |
inches |
Class |
Shipper or owner |
Residence |
| Peter |
M |
51 |
5 |
11 |
black |
Wm. H. Meriwether |
Texas |
| Mathilda |
F |
48 |
5 |
2 |
yellow |
Wm. H. Meriwether |
Texas |
| Overton |
M |
20 |
5 |
8 |
yellow |
Wm. H. Meriwether |
Texas |
| Lewis |
M |
18 |
5 |
7 |
yellow |
Wm. H. Meriwether |
Texas |
| Peggy |
F |
20 |
5 |
5 |
yellow |
Wm. H. Meriwether |
Texas |
| Ann |
F |
13 |
5 |
4 |
yellow |
Wm. H. Meriwether |
Texas |
| Frances |
F |
10 |
4 |
6 |
yellow |
Wm. H. Meriwether |
Texas |
| Thomas |
M |
8 |
4 |
2 |
yellow |
Wm. H. Meriwether |
Texas |
| Henry |
M |
6 |
4 |
|
yellow |
Wm. H. Meriwether |
Texas |
| Rose |
F |
8 |
4 |
|
yellow |
Wm. H. Meriwether |
Texas |
| Julia |
F |
2 |
2 |
|
yellow |
Wm. H. Meriwether |
Texas |
| Jack |
M |
60 |
5 |
7 |
black |
Wm. H. Meriwether |
Texas |
| Nancy |
F |
58 |
5 |
3 |
black |
Wm. H. Meriwether |
Texas |
| Zachaus |
M |
28 |
5 |
8 |
black |
Wm. H. Meriwether |
Texas |
| Abraham |
M |
23 |
5 |
10 |
black |
Wm. H. Meriwether |
Texas |
| Samuel |
M |
21 |
5 |
9 |
black |
Wm. H. Meriwether |
Texas |
| Nancy Jr |
F |
19 |
5 |
4 |
black |
Wm. H. Meriwether |
Texas |
| Rebecca |
F |
17 |
5 |
3 |
black |
Wm. H. Meriwether |
Texas |
| Isabella |
F |
16 |
5 |
6 |
black |
Wm. H. Meriwether |
Texas |
| Jacob |
M |
51 |
5 |
10 |
black |
Wm. H. Meriwether |
Texas |
| Jacob Jr |
M |
9 |
4 |
|
black |
Wm. H. Meriwether |
Texas |
| Mary Ann |
F |
5 |
3 |
6 |
black |
Wm. H. Meriwether |
Texas |
| Woodson |
M |
2 |
2 |
|
black |
Wm. H. Meriwether |
Texas |
| Mary Jane |
F |
4 |
2 |
6 |
black |
Wm. H. Meriwether |
Texas |
| Sucky |
F |
4 |
2 |
6 |
black |
Wm. H. Meriwether |
Texas |
| David |
M |
7 |
3 |
6 |
black |
Wm. H. Meriwether |
Texas |
| Anderson |
M |
35 |
4 |
10 |
yellow |
Wm. H. Meriwether |
Texas |
| Nicholas |
M |
25 |
4 |
8 |
black |
Wm. H. Meriwether |
Texas |
District
of Mississippi - Port of New Orleans, the 21st day of Nov 1846, Wm. H.
Meriwether, Owner of the slaves named and particularly described in the
above manifest, and Smith Master of the Steamer Palmetto do solemnly,
sincerely and truly ? according to the best of our knowledge and
belief, that the persons above described, were not imported into the
United States, since the first day of January, 1808, and that under the
laws of the State, they are held to service and labor. So help us
God.
Signed:
Wm. H. Meriwether