Sonner Jacob (1 results)

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 5 documents, various sizes (largest sheet, 13 x 8 ½ inches). Very good. Toned, creased at folds. One document cut at top margin (see images). Jacob Sonner was a first-generation German American farmer, landowner and slave owner in Strasburg. He also served as the Shenandoah County constable. After the death of his first wife, Rebecca Copenhaver, he married Catherine Hiser. These documents relate to the estate of Jacob Sonner after his death in 1837. Only one document is signed by him, dated March 9, 1827, for the sum of $66.67, to Joseph Strother, Trustee of the estate of Susannah (Copenhaver) Clevenger. Verso with docketing dated Aug. 20, 1838, stating that Daniel Stikley, Jacob Sonner's executor, paid the principal and interest in full. Signed Benjamin Clevenger, witnessed and signed by Philip Williams. A physician's bill (1837) for attendance, prescription, medicine, blister, etc. docketing to verso signed by Wright Gatewood, county clerk and commissioner, and the recipient, Thomas J. Miller (this document has a cut at top margin). Tuition bill by John Dosh for teaching Henry, Mary Ann and William Sonner (Jacob's children), from Oct. 1832 to March 1836, dated Feb. 1839. Signed by Levi Crabills and John Dosh. Folio sheet by Joseph D. Bloss, Jacob Sonner's son-in-law for shoe making and repair 1836-37. (Bloss was a soldier and shoemaker in Strasburg, Va.). Includes detailed accounts of the type of shoe, repair, dates and the names of the persons the shoes are made for. These include Jacob Sonner's children, wife and slaves. Making 1 pair Monroe shoes with counters pr your son Samuel. To making 1 pair with counters pr your black Eaviline. To patching 1 shoe at 6 & underlaying 8 pr your black girl. Document is signed by Joseph Zea, justice of peace and countersigned by Joseph D. Bloss, dated January 31, 1839. The final document dated Aug. 26, 1837, is a list of property (last will and testament) of Jacob Sonner, by his executor Daniel Stikley, appraised by Wright Gatewood, Joseph Zea and Jas. Wattson. These include livestock, household items and slaves: "One Bay Mare seventy dollars. one white cow fifteen dollars" one Negro Woman Eviline [?] three hundred and fifty dollars, one Negro child Elizabeth two hundred dollars, one negro child George two hundred dollars, one negro child Regina one hundred dollars one negro child James fifty dollars - signed by Wright Gatewood and Catherine Sonner, her X mark. [Shenandoah County, Virginia - History] [Slavery - United States].