An inventory and appraisement of the estate of Edmund Wilkinson died 28th Sept, 1858
Mecklenburg County, NC

We the undersigned appointed by the county court of Mecklenburg have appraised the property as above stated.

Rich B. Baptist, Adm             David H. Shelton   
of Edmund Wilkinson 
County Court
Feb of 1859

The foregoing inventory and appraisement of the Estate of Edmund Wilkinson died was this day returned into court and ordered to be recorded.

Listed are his nine slaves.

1 negro boy Clem 13 years old           $1000.00
1 negro girl Harriet 16 years old        1000.00
1 negro girl Pamelia                      650.00
1 negro girl Helen                        500.00
1 negro boy Meredith                     1100.00
1 negro man Henderson                     900.00
1 negro woman May                         400.00
1 negro girl Ann  (unsound) 

We the Undersigned appointed by the county court of Mecklenburg have appraised the property as above stated.

                                   David H. Shelton
                                   Louis Johnson

Contributed by: Vermay Taylor, 12 Mar 2001.
Source: Mecklenburg Will Book 19, pages 408-409