Lee Robert E. Lee's property confiscated.

[Barrycdog]

Southern Recorder, Aug. 9, 1864 -- page 1

 

[Blessmag]

I presume 'condemned' is also translated confiscated??? Looks like early garage sale to me. Or the estate was left, new occupants sold the contents.

What would be curious to find out is how much all of it sold for. And who sold to. For all we know, it was bought and returned to the family.

 

[John Winn]

The real estate was taken for failure to pay war taxes. Mrs. Lee had attempted to make payment through a representative but the government required the taxes to be paid in person. After the war Lee's son sued and the family was somewhat compensated for the real estate - as the Supremes had ruled that requiring one to pay the tax in person was not legal - but I don't know what happened to the personal property. I'd guess it was just lost.

 

[AndyHall]

"Condemned" is a legal term that, applied to property, means judicially taken from the prior owner and (usually) put up for public auction.

 

[Rebforever]

I presume 'condemned' is also translated confiscated??? Looks like early garage sale to me. Or the estate was left, new occupants sold the contents.

What would be curious to find out is how much all of it sold for. And who sold to. For all we know, it was bought and returned to the family.

With all the destruction the Union army did, it was probably used for kindling.

 

[Rebforever]

Here is an inventory list.

http://docsteach.org/documents/2790...losed&type[]=charts-graphs-data&sortBy=arc_id