Minerva Kezia Sacket

Minerva Kezia Sacket, daughter of Augustus Sacket and Minerva Camp, was born in New York State^G on 12 April 1804.^1,2 She died aged 47 in North Carolina^G on 1 August 1851¹ and was buried at the First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina^G.^3,4 She married in Rutherford County, North Carolina^G, on 4 June 1822, Samuel Greenlee, son of James Ephraim Greenlee and Mary Mitchell.^1,5,6 Samuel was born in Burke County, North Carolina^G, on 26 January 1783.³ He died aged 65 in Morganton^G on 23 May 1848 and was buried at the First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Morganton^G.^3,7
     In 1850 Minerva was living in Morganton^G and was recorded in the census as Minerva K Greenlee, aged 44 and born in New York. Living with her were her children, Samuel, 22, Emily, 21, Elizabeth, 17, Alexander, 15, and George, 13. Minerva owned real estate valued at $12,000 and each of her children owned real estate valued at $4,500. The family also owned 22 slaves, ten of whom, five males aged from four months to 38 years and five females aged from five to 60, were assigned to Minerva. Samuel owned eight slaves, Emily one, Ephraim one, and Alexander two.^8,9
     The administrator of Minerva's estate drew up an inventory of items of personal estate sold on 8, 9, and 10 December 1851 on 12 months' credit. Sale proceeds totalled $5,492, and included the sale of slaves: negro boy Bob $690, negro boy Adam, wife and child $1,215, negro boy George $501, negro woman Leah and child $653, girl Laurah $290, girl Narcissa $705, and boy Harris $100.
     Minerva's husband Samuel had died intestate three years earlier. At the time of Minerva's death, a committee formed after Samuel's death was still evaluating his estate. The committee reported on 17 July 1851 that $33,673 had been collected from debtors and $11,155 paid to creditors, leaving a balance of $22,518 in the hands of the administrators of his estate.
     Among the papers concerning Samuel's estate is a numbered list of his 59 slaves. In respectful recognition of their part in the history of the Sackett family, the list is reproduced below, together with the administrators' further explanatory comments.