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event name: Appraisal of Moses
location: Residence of Simon Sommers
Identifier: EV_1196
first name: Moses
age: Child
physical description: Boy
event type: Appraisal
event date: 1836-00-00
value: 150
notes: Appraisal year based on Sommers' death
source: "Commissioner's Report and Partition of Simon Sommers Estate, 4 January 1838 (copy). As found in Peter French et al. vs William Whaley et al. Case 1856-010." 1838. Fairfax County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1753-1911. Library of Virginia. Local Government Records Collection, Fairfax County Circuit Court Records. https://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/case_detail.asp?CFN=059-1856-010 (accessed 11 October 2024).
place: Hotch Potch
place type: Plantation
appraised person: Moses Bennet
enslaver: Simon Sommers