The Enslaved & Enslavers

 

As the descendant of slaveholders, I feel I have a responsibility to share documents and information I find about the enslaved in my genealogy research.  Some are from my own ancestors; some are from allied families, neighbors, or simply something I've stumbled upon.

I participate in the Beyond Kin Project, The Slave Name Roll Project and, of course, I'm writing about the enslaved and enslavers here on my blog. I welcome comments, questions, and am happy to share information. 

Please note that many of these posts include information about several family members and most include names of the enslaved.

 

Ainsworth, Leon or Liam - Hempstead County, Arkansas - including Walker Cheatham 

Leonard Wade Anderson - Prince Edward County, Virginia - including Mary Watkins Morton.  20 Enslaved named.

Baker, Joseph - Montgomery County, Virginia - including Henry Honaker, Charles Baker, David Sayers, James Crockett, Thompson Sayers.

Berger, Allison - Pittsylvania County, Virginia - including George T Berger, Nilla Luck Dickerson. Includes location of the slave cemetery.

Bingham, Thomas - Georgetown and Marlboro, South Carolina - including Susanna Pledger Bingham, Nancy Bingham Thomas, Elizabeth Bingham Thomas .

Bingham, Thomas - Halifax County, Virginia and Randolph County, North Carolina - including wife Eleanor Chisholm Luck Bingham, sons William Bingham of Choctaw County, Mississippi and Elijah Bingham of Coweta County, Georgia.  

Boisseau, Mary - Dinwiddie and Sussex Counties, Virginia - including Molly Pettway 

Bourn, William - Grayson County, Virginia; Surry County, North Carolina; Wilkes County, North Carolina  - including Milly McKenny, Nancy Caplin, William McKenny, David McKenny, Gideon E McKenny, Fountain McKenny, Polly McKenny, Stephen Bourn, Jonathan Thomas, Jesse McKenny, John Blair, Martha "Patsey" Mays, Martin Dickenson, Thomas Hale, Frances Bourn, Stephen Hale, Celia Bourn, Robert Johnstone, William Bourn, Mary Polly Johnstone, Violet Johnson, Celia Johnson     UPDATED

Boyd, George - Halifax County, Virginia - including Sarah Boyd Hopson, Walter Boyd, Joshua Boyd, Irby Boyd, Wilmuth Irby Boyd, George Boyd Jr, Edward Boyd, Harrison Boyd, Tabitha Boyd.

Bradley, Arthur - Sumter County, South Carolina - including Margaret Frierson Bradley. Includes the Estate Division of Negroes including names of enslaved.

Bradley, James - Salem, Black River, South Carolina; Kingstree, Williamsburg County, South Carolina; Sumter County, South Carolina; Lee County, South Carolina; Murry County, Georgia; Hempstead County, Arkansas; Greene County, Mississippi; Marion County, South Carolina; Conecuh County, Alabama - including Samuel Bradley, Mary Margaret Witherspoon, Elizabeth Mary Gordon, Mary Stewart Bradley, Samuel Wilson, Sarah Bradley, William Wilson, James Bradley MD, Samuel James Bradley, Anna Adeline LaCoste, Martha J Bradley, James Edmund Wilson, Roger Bradley, Martha Mitchell, Mary Gordon Bradley, Wright Wall, Elizabeth Bradley, David Witherspoon.  Including many wills and appraisals with names of the enslaved, some in family groups, with surnames and occupations. 

Brockinton / Brockington, William Scriven - Williamsburg County, South Carolina - includes Louisa Eliza Robinson

Chandler, Amos - Sumter County, South Carolina

Chandler, William and family - Halifax County, Virginia; Madison County, Alabama; Randolph County, North Carolina; Lowndes and Oktibbeha Counties, Mississippi - including  Elizabeth Blanchard Chandler, son William Chandler, Susannah Chandler Lax, William Lax, Joel Lax, Benjamin Lax, Frederick Chandler, Luke Randolph Chandler, Hartwell Chandler, Hardaway Chandler, Elizabeth Chandler, Robert Chandler, Willis Chandler, Rowena Chandler Williams, Philip Edington, Angeline Chandler.

Coles, Isaac - Pittsylvania County, Virginia - including Edward Carrinton, Walter Carrington, William Carrington, Paul Carrington, Robert T Coles. Also names of his father's, John Coles, enslaved.

Cooper, Fleet - Sampson County, North Carolina - including John, Jacob and Daniel Cooper;  Sarah Scott

Crawley, David - Halifax County, North Carolina - including Sandy Crawley, Marion Sandy Crawley.

Daniel, James - Halifax County, North Carolina - including West Daniel, Patsey Daniel, Elizabeth Daniel.

Daniel, Matilda - Halifax County, North Carolina - including Margarett Daniel, Emily Heath, Eliza Skelton, Maria Daniel, Amanda Daniel.

Daniel, Smith C - Sumter County, South Carolina - including Thomas Freeland, John Savage, Eliza Skinner, Olivia Skinner, William Daniel

Daniel, William - Cumberland County, Virginia - including Elizabeth Watkins Daniel; William, Judith, William Pride, Hezekiah, Rhonda, John and Benjamin Daniel;  Mary and John Nelson, Sarah Womack, Elizabeth Fuqua

Daniel, Willis - Halifax County, North Carolina - including Harriette Daniel and Judith Daniel.

Davis, Samuel - Pittsylvania County, Virginia - including Sarah, John, Wilmoth and Susannah David; Elizabeth Kearby 

Decherd / Dechard, Peter Spyker - Virginia; Franklin County, Tennessee; McLennan County and Anderson County, Texas - including John Walton Holder, Frances Henrietta Holder, and more, including the names of many enslaved.  

Deckard, Charles - Franklin County, Tennessee; McLennan County, Texas; Anderson County, Texas; Okmulgee County, Oklahoma - including Jane Holder, Samuel Deckard, Charity Ricks, Alfred Deckard, Jane Knott, Henry Knott, Ellen Brisco and more.

Degraffenried - Chester County, South Carolina; Lowndes County, Mississippi; Fayette County, Kentucky; Bossier and Caddo Parishes, South Carolina - including Allen DeGraffenried, Sr; Allen Degraffenreid, Jr; Regina Degraffenried; Thomas Garton Blewett; Cecily Degraffenried; John McCaw; Tscharner Degraffenried; Mary Eaton Johnson; Paulina Degraffenried; James B Pickett; James Blair Gilmer; Sallie Allen Pickett; Robert Campbell Cummings; Sarah Degraffenried; Richard Evans Kennedy; Robert Degraffenried; Solomon Muldrow.

Dillard, Thomas - Pittsylvania County, Virginia - including Thom Dillard, Jr and James Dillard

Dupree, Hannah Hill - Greensville County, Virginia

Easley, Robert - Halifax County, Virginia - including Daniel B Easley, William Easley, Sarah Barksdale, John S Easley, Colonel Beverly Barksdale, James S Easley.  

Easter, John - Halifax County, Virginia - including Lucy and Nancy Brown.

English, Joshua - Sumter County, South Carolina; Hempstead County, Arkansas; Kershaw County, South Carolina; Lancaster County, South Carolina - including Robert English, Elizabeth Wilson, Mary Jane Bradley, Martha Mills English, John Gamble McFaddin, James English, Ann Prudence Darrington, Alfred English, Sarah Ann English, James Cureton Doby, James Doby, Joseph Doby.  Including many wills and appraisals with names of the enslaved, some in family groups, with surnames and occupations.  

Estes, Abraham III - King and Queen, Spotsylvania counties of Virginia; Chester County, South Carolina; Bourbon, Mongomery and Henry counties of Kentucky  -  including Richard Estes, Thomas Estes, Fielding Estes, Elijah Estes, James Higgins and Nancy Townsend Estes Higgins.

Estes, Benjamin - Spotsylvania, Bedford, Pittsylvania, Albemarle, Dinwiddie counties of Virginia; Haywood County, Tennessee; Granville County, North Carolina; Simpson County, Mississippi - including Joel Estes, Triplett Estes, William Estes, Edward Estes.

Faris, Eliza Jane - Pittsylvania, Henry and Campbell Counties, Virginia

Gosney, Benjamin - Culpeper County and Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Includes location of the slave cemetery. [note: Benjamin Gosney and Charles Henry Gosney are brothers.]

Gosney, Charles Henry - Culpeper County and Pittsylvania County, Virginia - including Anna Heynor / Hanor, Henry Gosney, Gabriel Gosney, Mary Polly Gosney, Lemuel Shelton, Lewis Gosney, Sarah Sally Gosney, Chesley Noell, William Gosney, Susan Sucky Gosney. [note: Charles Henry Gosney and Benjamin Gosney are brothers.] 

Hairston, Samuel (@1722-1782) - Campbell County Virginia. His will naming enslaved.

Hairston, Samuel (1755-1834) - Bedford, Franklin, Henry counties in Virginia including his will and estate appraisal of his enslaved. Also includes Robert Hairston, William Hairston MD, Samuel Hairston, Amy Taylor, Lucy Estes, Prudence Callaway, Elizabeth Hairston Woods, Judith Sparrell Saunders.

Harvey, William - Campbell County and Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Includes location of the slave cemetery.

Haynes, Thomas - Bedford County, Virginia. Appraisement of his estate naming 20 enslaved.

Heath, Abraham - Surry County, Virginia and Warren County, Georgia - including John Heath, Sally Chappell, Benjamin Heath, William Heath, Polly Clower, Stephen B Clower, Linney Clower, Green Clower, Abraham H Clower, Adam Heath, Elizabeth Heath, Polly Heath, Frances B Highfield, Richard Heath, Abraham Heath, Abraham Heath Chappell, Winnifred Cotton Heath

Hix, James - Pittsylvania County, Virginia - including Frances Hix

Holder, John Walton - Clark County, Kentucky; Franklin County, Tennessee - including Carine Frances Penn, Colonel John Charles, Holder, Frances Holder, Jane Holder and more, including the names of many enslaved.

Hudson, Nicholas - Amelia County, Virginia - Inventory of Enslaved

Irby, William - Halifax County, Virginia 

Irby, William "James" - Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Jeffries / Jefferies, John Randolph and James Boyd - Kershaw and Union counties, South Carolina; Marshall County, Mississippi - including many enslaved by name and age.

Jeffries, Thomas - Union County, South Carolina; Marshall County Mississippi; Okmulgee County, Oklahoma - including the enslaved families of Cornelius, Thomas and Ritter Jeffries:  Joseph Jeffries, Betty and Bettie Jeffries, John Jeffries, Annie Garrett, Bettie Theresa Jeffries, Arvie Anderson, Verna Lee Anderson and many more.

Jones, Benjamin - Culpeper and Henry counties, Virgina - census data and final estate inventory of his enslaved 

Jones, Jackson "Jack" - Virginia, Chambers, Lowndes and Dallas Counties, Alabama; Okmulgee County, Oklahoma - including the enslaved family of Jack Jones: Ceaser Jones, Charlotte Jones, Lydia "Liddy" Clark, Wyett and Delia Butts, Mark Jones, Caroline Walker, Eliza Jones Ratchford, William Ratchford,  Squire Jones, Fannie Owen and more  

Jones, John - Richmond County, Virginia - 1815 Will naming 17 enslaved.

Jones, Willis - Henry County, Virginia; Chambers County, Alabama - including many enslaved

Jordan, Branch - Frederick County, Virginia and Wilkinson County, Mississippi - including Clement Townsend, Samuel Jordan, Frances Brady, Sydney Brandow, Doc R.M. Jordan, Jane Jordan, E.C. Jordan

Keels, George W - Williamsburg County, South Carolina - including Julia Susannah Keels

Keels, George W - Williamsburg County and Sumter County, South Carolina - including Isaac Keels, John Keels, Daniel Keels, Samuel Keels, Samuel Maxwell, Morgan Saab and more.  Many, many enslaved listed by name and some in family groups.

Mayes, Joshua - Prince George and Greensville Counties, Virginia - including Hannah Hill Dupree, Joel Mayes, Peter Mayes, Elizabeth Warren Mayes, Lewis Mayes, Michael Warren Mayes, Joshua Pritchard Mayes, Rebekah Hill, Drury Mayes

McFaddin, John - Sumter County, South Carolina  - including John, Thomas, Sarah and Robert McFaddin. Includes the Estate Division of Negroes including names of enslaved.

McMuldrow / Muldrow, John - Darlington District, South Carolina - including Matthew Ellison Muldrow, Simon Muldrow, Agness Witson, Mary Bigham, 

Mitchell, James - Amelia County, Virginia - Inventory of Enslaved

Moye, Thomas - Halifax County, North Carolina - including Willie Waller, William Waller, Penny Waller, Rebeckah Waller, Elizabeth Moye.

Muldrow / Muldrew, Dr. Robert - Sumter County, South Carolina - including Margaret Frierson Bradley Muldrow, George Cooper Muldrow, Jane M Muldrow, Margaret Frierson, William J Muldrow, Sarah J Plowden, Warren A Muldrow.  

Muldrow / Muldrew, George Cooper - Sumter County, South Carolina and Hempstead County, Arkansas - including Sarah Adaline McFaddin Muldrow

Muldrow / Muldrew, Robert Boyd - Sumter County, South Carolina - including Janette Leonora Montgomery

Muldrow / Muldrew, Warren Arthur - Sumter and Williamsburg Counties, South Carolina and Hempstead County, Arkansas - including Martha Ann Brockington / Brockinton. Includes enslaved names, ages and Freedmen's Bureau document.

Muldrow / Muldrew, William James Wilson - Sumter County, South Carolina - including Mary Elizabeth Montgomery

Murdock, John - Marlboro District, South Carolina - including his wife Jennet and sons John, Daniel, Alexander Murdock; daughter Ann McColum.  * 112 enslaved

Mustain, Jesse - Pittsylvania County, Virginia - including Thomas Mustain, Polly Brewis / Bruce.  Includes location of the slave cemetery.

Nash, Asa - Rutherford County, Tennessee; Brazos County, Texas; Robertson County, Texas; Creek County, Oklahoma; Ogmulgee County, Oklahoma - including his descendants and enslavers.

Nash, John Bolin - Rutherford County, Tennessee; Brazos County, Texas - including Ferguson, West, Cloyd, Tate and more. Including also many enslaved.

Nelson, John - Henrico and Halifax Counties, Virginia and Maury County, Tennessee - including Mary Daniel Nelson, Elizabeth Uland, Polly and Abram Trible, Sally and Charles Powel, Nancy and William Powel;  Matthew, William D, James, John, and Pleasant Nelson.

Nelson, John - Following his enslaved also connected to Daniel J Estes in Maury County, Tennessee **Part 1

Nelson, John - Following his enslaved also connected to Daniel J Estes in Maury County, Tennessee **Part 2

North, Abraham - Bedford County, Virginia; Haywood County, Tennessee, . Division of his 13 enslaved including purchasers.  Included: Benjiman Robinson, David Jones, William Miller, William Rucker, Davis North, John North, Nancy Austin. UPDATED

Penick, William - Amelia County and Prince Edward County, Virginia - including Judith Walker, Sarah Baker, Penick, Francis Saunders, Samuel Saunders

Porter, Alexander Lee - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and Grayson County, Texas - including Almira Rich, Dr John Henry Porter, Edward Cage Townsend, Elesa Douse, Adele Justine Townsend, George Douse  

Ricks, Abraham - Halifax County, North Carolina; Colbert and Franklin Counties, Alabama; Anderson County, Texas - including Isaac Ricks, Charity Ricks and more.

Rowland, John Carrington - Pittsylvania County, Virginia - including Lottie Shelton. Includes location of the slave cemetery.

Saunders, Samuel - Buckingham County, Virginia - including Elizabeth Moseley, Francis Saunders, Sarah Baker Penick, William Penick, Judith Walker.

Scott, Nehemiah - Sampson County, North Carolina - Including Sarah Scott Cooper

Somerville - St Mary's County, Maryland - includes enslavers Henry Vernon Somerville, his brother William C Somerville and their father William Somerville.  These are Certificates of Freedom for African Americans named Somerville - some include bills of sale and manumission dates.

Somerville / Somervell, John I - St Mary's County, Maryland; Baltimore, Maryland; Adams County, Mississippi - including Susanna Clarke, John Somerville II, William Somerville and spouse Elizabeth Anna Hebb, Margaret Somerville, George Clark Somerville, Elizabeth Somerville and spouse George Plater IV, William Clarke Somerville, Henry Vernon Somerville and spouse Rebecca Tiernan, Ann Rebecca Somerville and her spouse Joseph Waters, Agnes Somerville and spouse William Shields, Charles Tiernan Somerville, John Rousby Plater. Includes wills, Certificates of Freedom and much more regarding many Enslaved.

Somerville / Somervell, John II - St Mary's County, Maryland; Halifax and Granville Counties, North Carolina; Mecklenburg County, Virginia; Hardeman County, Tennessee; Tipton County, Tennessee; Dallas County, Arkansas - including Frances Anderson Taylor, Mary Goodloe Somerville and spouse George Tarry Taylor, William Alexander Somerville and spouse Helen R Claiborne, Catherine Taylor Somerville and spouse Maj Nathaniel Green, Willis Lewis Somerville and spouse Mary Ann Terrill Martin, Thomas Taylor Somerville and spouse Mary Agnes Siler, Joseph John Somerville III and spouse Susan Ann Taylor, George Clark Somerville, Richard Bullock Somerville and spouse Elizabeth Taylor Hunt, Robert Park Somerville.  Includes will, deeds and African American family groups.

Stapler, Thomas - Jackson County, Georgia and Madison County, Alabama - including Ruth Ann Storey, Sarah Owen, Mary Hutchinson, Frances Rogers, Rachael Strickland, Nancy Rogers, Mary Rogers; Amos, John, Robert, Thomas and William Stapler; Nancy Norman, Elizabeth Whitacre, Sarah White; Thomas, William, Amos, Joseph and John Stapler;

Stone, Richard - Lunenburg County, Virginia - including Elizabeth and James Pulliam, Susannah and John Lester, Letty and Peter Winn, Ann and Phillipa Snead, Minor Wilkes, William Cockerham, Ann Stone Townsend

Tembty, Hening - Halifax County, North Carolina - including Pegg Reddick

Terry, Benjamin - Pittsylvania County, Virginia - including Elizabeth Irby Terry;  Nathaniel, Benjamin, Peter, Joseph, Robert, Sarah, and Mary Terry;  Keziah Murphy, Livinia King and Grace Terry, Elizabeth Buckingham

Townsend, Clement - Virginia; Wilkinson County, Mississippi - including Frances A Townsend and her children, Benjamin H Lewis, William L Lewis, William Stewart, Branch Jordan.   James Townsend, Edward Cage Townsend, Elesa Douse, George Douse, Eliza Puckett, Adele Justine Townsend, Dr John Henry Porter, Alexander Lee Porter, Almira Rich.  Other locations: New Orleans, Louisiana; Mecklenburg County, NC; Grayson County, Texas

Townsend, Mariah - Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Townsend, Richard Stone - Lunenburg County, Virginia - including Francis Jordan Townsend and more.

Townsend, Wilcher Jordan Levenworth - Henry and Campbell Counties, Virginia

Walker, Judith - Cumberland County, Virginia - including William Penick, Sarah Baker Penick, Francis Saunders, Samuel Saunders

Walton, John - Hanover County, Virginia - including George, John, Jesse, Simeon, Edward , Robert, William, Newell Walton;  Mary Baker, Elizabeth Wadkins, Frances and Mizapina Walton

Walton, William - Prince Edward County, Virginia.  31 Enslaved named.

Watkins, Christopher - Anson County, North Carolina - including Elizabeth Pride and Mary Jane Thomas 

Watkins, Francis - Prince Edward County, Virginia - including Agnes Woodson.  31 Enslaved named. Includes photos of the plantation.

Watkins, Joel - Prince Edward and Amelia Counties, Virginia - including Silas, Joel, Philip and Samuel Watkins;  Rhoda Gresham, Elizabeth Walker

Watkins, Thomas - Henrico County, Virginia.  31 Enslaved named. 

Watson, Abner - Prince Edward County Virginia and Rockingham County, North Carolina - including Mary Price, Benjamin B Watson, Joseph Watson, Frederick W Watson, Susan Elizabeth Watson.

Watson, John - Prince Edward County and Henrico County, Virginia - including Elizabeth Watson, John Walker, Drury Watson, John Watson, Josiah Watson, Joseph Watson, Fanny Wade, Mary "Polly" Nelson, Sarah "Sally" Allen, Ann Allen, and all their children, plus some grandchildren.  132 Enslaved named with some mothers indicated.   

Watson, John Allen - Prince Edward County, Virginia.  6 Enslaved named.

Whitaker, Wilson C - Halifax County, North Carolina - including Agnes A Whitaker, Montgomery Whitaker, Ferdinand Whitaker, Thaddeus E Whitaker, Theodore S Whitaker, Ann O Whitaker, Sarah P Whitaker. 70 Enslaved, many in family groups.

Whitehead, Richard - Amherst and Pittsylvania Counties, Virginia - including Andrew J Whitehead, Pency Camden. Includes location of the slave cemetery.

Wray, Mary - Rockingham County, North Carolina - including William Nelson, Ann Nelson, Permelia Wray.

Yancy, Mary - Lunenburg County, Virginia