James R. Burchatt
- Name
- James R. Burchatt
- Race
- White
- Record(s) Seen In
- Inventory, Appraisements, and Sales Book 3
- Page and Line Number
- IAS3: PP. 421
- Date(s) Seen in Records
- IAS3: September 1st, 1860
- Additional Information
- James is the adopted son of Jacob Murray.
- Jacob Murray
- In the will of Jacob Murray, an enslaved man named Alexander was allowed "to hire himself out, from year to year," and was allowed "to receive, and to make use of his own wages, as he pleases provided he shall conduct himself in a proper and orderly manner." Jacob Murray directed that his wife and his adopted son, James R. Burchatt, "shall each bind themselves to pay an equal amount, towards his support, if it shall become necessary."
- Alexander
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