Valuable Sale of Property on Long Credit.

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Notice of several hundred acres of property in Lauderdale, Limestone and Madison Counties, AL for sale, including several dozen slaves with some of the Lauderdale properties, by the Hon. John McKinley.

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An advertisement by John McKinley for several hundred acres in Lauderdale, Limestone and Madison Counties, Alabama for sale, as well as several dozen slaves with the Lauderdale County properties, for sale.

Note: John McKinley (1780-1852) was a Virginia native and trustee of the Cypress Land Co. which founded the town of Florence, in Lauderdale County, in 1818. He was also a lawyer, chief justice of the Lauderdale County court as well as a US Supreme Court Justice (1838-1852). McKinley moved to Florence from Huntsville in 1819 then back to Huntsville in 1825. In Florence his home was located at the intersection of Seminary Street and Veterans' Drive. The John McKinley Federal Building in Florence is named after him.

Source

The Democrat (Huntsville, AL) Friday, July 29, 1825, p. 4.

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Newspapers.com

Date

1825-07-29

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Enslaved People

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“Valuable Sale of Property on Long Credit.,” Shoals Black History, accessed May 1, 2024, https://shoalsblackhistory.omeka.net/items/show/819.

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