Estate Inventory of John Drayton, Free African American, Charleston, SC, 1843

"Inventory of the Personal Property and Effects of John Drayton deceased a free man of Color viz One mahogany bedstead valued at $6 one chest of Carpenter's tools $12 One meat safe $6 one mahogany Table $4 one plain Settee $2 one mahogany frame Looking Glass $3 one dozen cane bottom chairs $3 one bird cage .75 one empty chest $1.50 Fras C. Desverney, William T. Catto, James Buck Depd 20 June 1843