According to the advertisement published in The Randolph Citizen newspaper in Huntsville, Missouri, on December 20th, 1860, and by virtue of an order of the Randolph County Court, made at the November 29th term, 1860, the undersigned administrator of the Estate of John McCully, will sell at auction to the highest bidder before the courthouse door in the city of Huntsville, Missouri, on the first day of January, 1861, three valuable slaves, namely: Nelson, aged 31 years; Bell, aged 19 years; and Sam, aged 13 years. The Administrator, William McCully, offered twelve months credit, with bond and approved security required.