Negros
given by Charles Meriwether to William Douglas Meriwether, December 30, 1830
Nelson 1791
Peggy 1797
James 1798
Ben 1800
Billy 1805
Polly 1806
Nick 1807
John 1809
Jannet 1815
Flora 1815
Winefred 1816
Barbara 1816
Sandy 1819
Nelson 1822
Betsy 1823
Primus 1824
Stephen 1825
Lucky 1828
Thomas 1829
Jane 1830
Charles 1826
I give to my son William Douglas Meriwether the above names twenty-one negros as witness my hand this 30th day of December 1830.
Charles Meriwether
Source: Meriwether Papers, University of North Carolina, Wilson Library, donated by Margaret Meriwether McCuddy of Adairville, KY in 1950.
William Douglas Meriwether (1809-1878) was the son of Dr. Charles Meriwether and his third wife, Mary Walton, who came to western Kentucky in 1809. William would have reached the age of 21 on November 27, 1830, the month previous to this gift. H never married and died at his home "Meriville" in Todd Co., Kentucky.