Levied Upon the Property of Moses Brock and Margaret Calvit

SHERRIFF’S SALE

William Townsend to Margaret Calvert, William Brock, Moses Brock, et al; fi fa on bond.
     By virtue of the above stated writ of fieri facias to me directed, from the honorable the circuit court of Hinds county, I will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, for gold or silver.
     On the 1st Monday, 6t day of April next, within the hours prescribed by law, before the door of the court house of said county, in the town of Raymond, one negro girl slave, named Rebecca; which was levied upon us as the property of Margaret Calvet and Moses Brock.
                                                          DANIEL THOMAS, Sh’ff
March 20th                                                              11---3t fee 12

Moses Brock, was born 8 Sept 1808, a son of William Brock and his wife Charlotte. Between 1817 and 1820, William and Charlotte moved their family from Chesterfield County, SC and migrated to Mississippi settling in what is now Hinds County, Mississippi.

On 15 February 1838, Moses A. Brock married Margaret Calvit. Margaret was the widow of John Calvit who passed away in January 1835. She was born Margaret Six, daughter of Phillip Six and Charlotte Selser.  This marriage was the second marriage for both Moses and Margaret with Moses previously married to Celia Goodwin, deceased.

Moses and Margaret had 7 children before her death in March 1860.

A fieri facias or fi fa  is a writ directed by the Court to a Sheriff to take action. In this case William Townsend has won a judgement forcing Moses Brock and his wife Margaret Calvit along with Moses’ father William Brock to sale a negro girl slave named Rebecca. I really don’t see any reason why William Brock, Moses’ father was named.

After the death of Margaret in 1860, Moses married Eliza E. Boren. Moses died sometime before 1880 and Eliza died in August 1880.

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1. "Sherriff's Sale - Female Negro Slave," Legal Notice, South Western Farmer, Raymond, Hinds County, Mississippi, 20 March 1840, Page 2, Column 2.
2. 1850 U. S. Census, Hinds County, Mississippi, population schedule, Hinds County, Mississippi, Page 114/178B (stamped), Line 24, Dwelling 881, Family 881, Household of Moses BROCK; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 February 2011); citing  National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 372.
3. 1860 U. S. Census, Hinds County, Mississippi, population schedule, Utica PO, Hinds County, Mississippi, Page: 680; Line 23, Dwelling 370, Family 390, Household of M.[Moses] BROCK; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 4 March 2013); citing  National Archives Microfilm M653 Roll 582.
4. 1870 U. S. Census, Hinds County, Mississippi, population schedule, Township 3, Hinds County, Mississippi, Page 441B, Line 21, Dwelling 169, Family 181, Household of Moses BROCK Sr; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 March 2013); citing National Archives M593_730.
5. Hinds County Chancery Court, MS, Mississippi, Probate Court Estates, Old Series,, Probate Folder#744: , William Brock; FHL Film #1749977.
6. Shirley Sowell, [E-MAIL FOR PRIVATE USE], to Charles Purvis, e-mail, 6 June 2007, "Interesting Note," Shirley Sowell, Moses Brock Family; privately held by Charles Purvis, [E-MAIL &  ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Thomasville, NC 27360.
7. Mississippi, Hines County, Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935, Marriage Book 2, p. 91, Moses Brock to Margaret Calvit, 15 February 1838; www.ancestry.com, Jackson, Mississippi.