A small torn slip recording a levy, the seizure of a debtor’s goods to satisfy a judgment, made by James Anderson on the property of Moses Nelson: some cattle and hogs, a clock, a hand mill, a grindstone, household and kitchen furniture, and “all the goods and chattels belonging to the said Moses Nelson.” The abbreviation after Anderson’s name looks like “Cb.” and probably stands for constable, the officer who carried out a justice of the peace’s judgments; the word after “Nelson” looks like “saying,” perhaps meant for “viz.” (namely).
Levy by James Anderson, constable, on the property of Moses Nelson, with a list of goods sold to James Roach – undated, about 1820s
Transcription notes: spelling, capitalization and punctuation follow the original. Words in [square brackets] are editorial notes; [?] marks an uncertain reading and [illegible] marks words that could not be read.
Leved [levied] on by James Anderson Cb. [constable?] the property of Moses Nelson saying [viz.?] Some Cattle & some hogs one Clock one hand mill one grind Stone house hold & kitchen furniture & all the goods and Chattles belonging to the said Moses Nelson
[Back:]
two Decanters to James Roach $0.20
one Lot of Books to James Roach 5.00
one Clock ditto 4.00
[Total] $9.20
About the original
The back lists what James Roach bought when the goods were sold: two decanters for 20 cents, a lot of books for $5 and the clock for $4, $9.20 in all.
The slip is not dated. A Moses Nelson was paid twice by the estate of Charles Roach in the 1823 settlement, and James Anderson bought at the 1821 Charles Roach sale and sold his own household goods to James Roach in 1825 (that bill of sale is in Folder d), so the levy probably dates from about the 1820s. The paper does not say whose debt it satisfied or how Moses Nelson was related to the other Nelsons in these papers.
Source: Levy by James Anderson, constable, on the property of Moses Nelson, with a list of goods sold to James Roach. Roach Family Papers (#346), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, Box 1, Folder b (Inventories, Wills, and Estates, 1783–1868). Collection guide. Digitized folder: ECU Digital Collections, 0346-b1-fb.
Images courtesy of East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University. View in ECU Digital Collections: 35993.
Part of the Roach Family Papers collection on East Carolina Roots.
