Elizabeth was valued alongside with her mother Rachel and her sister Ann. All together, a valuation of $600.00 was placed on the family in one appraisement, and a valuation of $650.00 was placed on the family in a later appraisement.
In Common Law Book C, Eliza's mother, Mary, was ordered to prove why her daugher should not have been bound out by the Overseers of the Poor. The court ruled that she would be bound out, and "that the annual services of the said child are worth nothing."
Eliza was listed in the register as having a copper complexion and scars on her right wrist and right thumb. She was 5 feet and 1 inch tall. In Common Law Book D, her appearance was listed in the same manner.
Eliza Cousins, whose alias was Eliza Beasley, was listed as "bright mulatto" and 5 feet 3 inches tall, with a small scar over each eye and a scar on the thumb of her left hand. She previously registered in Rockingham County and Staunton City. The record states that she registered in the Rockingham County clerk's office on February 15, 1841 and in the Hustings Court of Staunton.