According to the advertisement published in The Randolph Citizen newspaper in Huntsville, Missouri, on December 20th, 1860, a Negro Boy is for Sale by authority of an order of the Randolph County Court. The undersigned Administrator of the Estate of Edward Ancell will offer at public sale on the 1st day of January next, a negro boy named “Cesar,” about seven years old, and in good health. The terms are cash in hand, as set by Administrator John S. Ancell.