Farmer Rents Slave for One Year, then Renews Rental for Another Year

With this promissory note, Marion F. Todd agreed to rent the slave Irvine for $102.50 for the year 1860 from the estate of Durrett White. Todd also agreed to feed and house the slave and to provide him with a list of specified clothing. In December 1860, he agreed to rent Irvine for another year for $107.50.

[SLAVERY.] Marion F. Todd, Autograph Document Signed, Promissory Note, January 2, 1860, Madison County, Kentucky. 2 pp., 8" x 6". Expected folds; very good.

Complete Transcript
$102 50 On or before the 25 Dec next I promise to pay N Gentry & J M Shackelford Exrs of Durrett White decd One hundred and two dollars & 50 cents for the hire of a negro boy named Irvine from now until that time. I agree to treat said boy humanely give him good diet & lodging and for his next summer wear give him two shirts and 2 pair pants & for winter wear two more new shirts of good strong cotton a good new Jones sack coat two new pair Jones pants & vest with sleeves 2 pair socks, good new parr of slogg boots, a good hat and a mackinaw blanket worth $3.00 & return him at the end of the time well clothed. Jany 2d 1860. Marion F. Todd

[verso:]
[Endorsement:]
Recd Dec 8 1860 One hundred and two dollars & 50 cents on this note
                                                                        J M Shackelford

[Extension:]
I have this day hired the within named boy Irvine from J M Shackelford & N Gentry Exrs of D White decd for the 1 Jany to the 25 Dec 1861, and I agree to pay them therefor on the latter day One hundred and seven dollars and 50 cents and I agree to treat him in the same manner and give him during the year the same clothing &c as is stipulated in the within note for the hire of said boy for 1860. December 26 1860
                                                                        Marion F. Todd

[Endorsement:]
Paid Jany 16 1862
                                                                        J M Shackelford

Marion F. Todd (1825-1898) was born in Kentucky. About 1851, he married Amanda J. Simmons (1833-1901) in Madison County, Kentucky. In 1860, he was a farmer in Madison County with $4,800 in real estate and $3,500 in personal property.

James M. Shackelford (1812-1867) was born in Richmond, Kentucky. In 1836, he married Priscilla L. Culbertson (1814-1844) in Sangamon County, Illinois, and they had four children. In 1846, he married Melissa Walker (1815-1863) in Madison County, Kentucky, and they had four children. In 1860, he was the clerk of the Madison County Court, and he owned one slave.

Durrett White (1798-1858) was born in Kentucky. He married Lucy Clark in 1801, and they had a son, Durrett White (1829-1862). In 1835, he married Mary White (1799-1857). He died in Richmond, Kentucky.

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