1808, Sojourner Truth, Probate

Title

1808, Sojourner Truth, Probate

Description

The inventory of the estate of Charles Hardenbergh (1765-1808) was taken on May 12, 1808, and filed with the Surrogate of Ulster County on January 2, 1810.

Page 5 of the inventory lists four enslaved persons who were part of the estate of Charles Hardenbergh. The following is a transcript of their names and the monetary values assigned to them by the inventory:

"Negro slave Sam $100
Negro wench Bett $1
Negro wench Isabella $100
Negro boy Peet $100"

The name Isabella refers to Sojourner Truth (Isabella was her birth name). Bett refers to her mother, Betsey Baumfree. Peet likely refers to Sojourner Truth's brother Peter.

The inventory does not state the ages of these enslaved individuals, but according to The Narrative of Sojourner Truth, at the time of Charles Hardenbergh's death, she was nine years old: "Isabella and Peter, her youngest brother, remained, with their parents, the legal property of Charles Ardinburgh till his decease, which took place when Isabella was near nine years old." (Narrative of Sojourner Truth, p. 17)

Identifier

NJS-EVE-00037

Event Type

Legal: Probate

Action Status

Completed

Date

May 12, 1808

Preceding Event

1808, Sojourner Truth, Will

Following Event

1808, Sojourner Truth, Sale

Source

Sojourner Truth. Narrative of Sojourner Truth. Edited by Olive Gilbert. Battle Creek, MI: Review and Herald Office, 1884.

Inventory of the estate of Charles Hardenbergh, deceased. Inventoried 1808-05-12, filed 1810-01-02. Ulster County, NY, Surrogate's Office.

Primary Participant

Sojourner Truth (c. 1797-1883)

Primary Participant Description

Negro wench Isabella

Freedom Status

Enslaved

Enslaver

Charles Hardenbergh (1765-1808)

Age

Child

9

Witness

Peter LeFever

Lewis Hardenbergh

Currency

dollar

Price

100

Judge

Daniel Broadhead Jr.

Source Resource

https://records.njslavery.org/api/items/1626

Source Site

https://records.njslavery.org/s/doc/page/home

Sex

Female

Contributor

Jesse Bayker