By far, the most valuable “item” sold from Matthew Peel’s estate was “Negro man Sampson.” Ransom Hinnant paid $200 for him at auction on 28 February 1861.

Sampson was likely the 59 year-old male listed as Peel’s sole slave in the 1860 slave schedule of Kirbys district, Wilson County.

On 7 August 1866, Sampson Hinnant and Mary Boykin registered their marriage with a Wilson County justice of the peace.

Estate of Matthew Peel, Wilson County North Carolina Estate Files 1663-1979, http://www.familysearch.org