| Name | Age | Color or Race | Sex | Role in document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zelphia Nixon | Female | other | ||
| Nancy Eleas Ann Pegg | Female | other | ||
| Frederick Pegg | Male | other | ||
| Dempsey Brown | Male | guardian of grantee | ||
| James C. Nixon | a minor | Male | grantee | |
| Jesse H. Nixon | a minor | Male | grantee | |
| Zelphia Ann Nixon | a minor | Female | grantee | |
| Elizabeth Jones | Female | grantee | ||
| William Jones | Male | grantee | ||
| Sarah Sutherland | Female | grantee | ||
| Joseph Sutherland | Male | grantee | ||
| Alexander H. Lindsay | Male | grantee | ||
| Thomas James Collett | Male | former owner | ||
| Nancy King | Female | former owner | ||
| Rachel | Black ("negro") | Female | enslaved | |
| Esau | Black ("negro") | Male | enslaved | |
| Gabriel | Black ("negro") | Male | enslaved | |
| Mary | Black ("negro") | Female | enslaved | |
| Rose | Black ("negro") | Female | enslaved | |
| Peter | Black ("negro") | Male | enslaved | |
| Jesse | Black ("negro") | Male | enslaved | |
| Eliza | probably adult | Black ("negro") | Female | enslaved |
| Henry | probably child | Black ("negro") | Male | enslaved |
| Commissioner Shubal G. Coffin | Male | administrator of grantor | ||
| Commissioner John Dorsett | Male | administrator of grantor | ||
| Commissioner Grafton Gardner | Male | administrator of grantor |
“Written Agreement”. When Thomas James Collett died, he transferred nine enslaved people to his daughter Nancy King. The enslaved are listed as Rose, Rachel, Eliza, Esau, Henry, Gabriel, Peter, Mary and Jesse. The Commissioners dutifully assigned a value to each enslaved person. Rose--$350, Rachel--$475, Eliza--$700, Esau--$635, Henry--$200, Gabriel--$750, Peter--$600, Mary--$400, and Jesse--$500, for a total of $4600. The document was signed January 7, 1852, presented in the Davidson County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions February 1852 and registered June 8, 1852.
