Enslaved Ancestor File

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Surname	First Name	Plantation	Owner Last Name	Owner First Name	Date of Record	More Info
HARRISON	NED	BERKELEY	HARRISON	BENJAMIN	1820	+
First Name NED Plantation BERKELEY Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name BENJAMIN Date of Record 1820 Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name BENJAMIN Date of Record 1820 Info & Sources Member Charles City Baptist Church listed in roll begun ca 1820. The Book of Ye Records of the Baptist Church in Charles City Begun The First Satureday in September 1792, unpublished typescript Jacquelin G. Pomeroy, Charles City County Richard M. Bowman Center for Local History Archives. (Listed in the record as Ned H.)
HARRISON	BRAXTON	BERKELEY	STARKE	POWHATAN	1865	+
First Name BRAXTON Plantation BERKELEY Owner Last Name STARKE Owner First Name POWHATAN Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name STARKE Owner First Name POWHATAN Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a person dependent on government rations at Fort Monroe, Va. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997). (Former owner appears in the record as P. Stocks, rather than Dr. Powhatan Starke.)
HARRISON	EDMUND	BERKELEY	STARKE	POWHATAN	1865	+
First Name EDMUND Plantation BERKELEY Owner Last Name STARKE Owner First Name POWHATAN Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name STARKE Owner First Name POWHATAN Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a person dependent on government rations at Fort Monroe, Va. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997). (Former owner appears in the record as P. Stocks, rather than Dr. Powhatan Starke.) A Major Edmund Harrison from Charles City -- possibly the same person -- was enlisted in the 37th U.S. Colored Infantry, Co. F 21 MAY 1864 at Norfolk. He was described in the muster roll as 18 years old, 5'8" tall
HARRISON	MILLIE	BERKELEY	STARKE	POWHATAN	1865	+
First Name MILLIE Plantation BERKELEY Owner Last Name STARKE Owner First Name POWHATAN Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name STARKE Owner First Name POWHATAN Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a person dependent on government rations at Fort Monroe, Va. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997). (Former owner appears in the record as Dr. Stocks, rather than Dr. Powhatan Starke.)
HARRISON	ARMISTEAD	BERKELEY	STARKE	POWHATAN	1865	+
First Name ARMISTEAD Plantation BERKELEY Owner Last Name STARKE Owner First Name POWHATAN Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name STARKE Owner First Name POWHATAN Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a person dependent on government rations at Fort Monroe, Va. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997). (Former owner appears in the record as Dr. Stocks, rather than Dr. Powhatan Starke.)
HARRISON	NANCY	RIVERSIDE	HARRISON	WILLIAM M.	1865	+
First Name NANCY Plantation RIVERSIDE Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name WILLIAM M. Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name WILLIAM M. Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as an indigent freedman at Downey Farm, Va. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997).
HARRISON	MARY ANN	BERKELEY	ORGAIN	MRS.	1852	+
First Name MARY ANN Plantation BERKELEY Owner Last Name ORGAIN Owner First Name MRS. Date of Record 1852 Owner Last Name ORGAIN Owner First Name MRS. Date of Record 1852 Info & Sources Baptised by Rev. William T. Leavell, Rector of Westover Parish, 30 MAY 1852, William T. Leavell, Diary and Private Register, Library of Virginia Archives, Accession No. 21352.
HARRISON	OLIVER	FARMERS REST	HARRISON	THOMAS, DR.	1932	+
First Name OLIVER Plantation FARMERS REST Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name THOMAS, DR. Date of Record 1932 Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name THOMAS, DR. Date of Record 1932 Info & Sources Obituary of his daughter, Mary Ann Harrison Davis, states that according to family oral tradition he was born at Berkeley Plantation and was a son of Pres. William Henry Harrison. He was the only slave owned by Dr. Thomas Harrison taken to Marengo County, AL where he established Faunsdale Plantation. Dr. Harrison was not related to the Harrisons of Berkeley. Charles City County Richard M. Bowman Center for Local History Archives.
HARRISON	LIZZY	EDGEWOOD - HARRISON'S MILL	ROWLAND		1862	+
First Name LIZZY Plantation EDGEWOOD - HARRISON'S MILL Owner Last Name ROWLAND Owner First Name Date of Record 1862 Owner Last Name ROWLAND Owner First Name Date of Record 1862 Info & Sources Listed as a runaway female slave age 32 who left July 6, 1862. Undated report filed pursuant to Act of March 28, 1863 by Francis W. Ware, Charles City Commissioner of Revenue, Auditor of Public Accounts: Runaway and Escaped Slaves, Receipts and Reports, 1863, Library of Virginia Archives. Children who left at the same time William age 11, Louisa F. age 8 and George age 3 probably were her children and probably also carried the Harrison surname.
HARRISON	LEN	BUCKLAND	WILLCOX	JAMES M.	1862	+
First Name LEN Plantation BUCKLAND Owner Last Name WILLCOX Owner First Name JAMES M. Date of Record 1862 Owner Last Name WILLCOX Owner First Name JAMES M. Date of Record 1862 Info & Sources Listed as a runaway male slave age 53 who left in July 1862. Undated report filed pursuant to Act of March 28, 1863 by Francis W. Ware, Charles City Commissioner of Revenue, Auditor of Public Accounts: Runaway and Escaped Slaves, Receipts and Reports, 1863, Library of Virginia Archives. A 21 year-old LEN HARRISON, who was born in Charles City County opened an account (5071) with the Freedmans Bank July 17, 1873 and listed his father as Henry of Charles City and his mother as Dolly (deceased). This second LEN may be related to the first.
HARRISON	BOB	BERKELEY	HARRISON	BENJAMIN	1783	+
First Name BOB Plantation BERKELEY Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name BENJAMIN Date of Record 1783 Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name BENJAMIN Date of Record 1783 Info & Sources Black Loyalist described as 21, likely fellow, B. Pioneers, formerly a servant to Benjamin Harrison, James River, left him in 1779. Graham Russell Hodges, ed., The Black Loyalist Directory, African Americans in Exile After the American Revolution (Garland Pub.: New York: 1996) p. 166.
HARVEY	JOHN	BERKELEY	HARRISON	BENJAMIN	1828	+
First Name JOHN Plantation BERKELEY Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name BENJAMIN Date of Record 1828 Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name BENJAMIN Date of Record 1828 Info & Sources One of the slaves mentioned in various deeds mortgaging all of the slaves and property at Berkeley. Deed of 13 MAY 1828, Charled City Deed Book No. 7, pg. 295.
HARWOOD	NANCY	TEDDINGTON	LIGHTFOOT	WILLIAM H.	1837	+
First Name NANCY Plantation TEDDINGTON Owner Last Name LIGHTFOOT Owner First Name WILLIAM H. Date of Record 1837 Owner Last Name LIGHTFOOT Owner First Name WILLIAM H. Date of Record 1837 Info & Sources Inventory and appraisement of the estate of William H. Lightfoot of Sandy Point, taken on 15 DEC 1837, recorded in Charles City County Will Book No. 4, pp 281-84. Nancy Harwood was described as "diseased" and valued at $200.
HARWOOD - GOLDMAN	ELIZA	TEDDINGTON	BAYLOR	RICHARD	1869	+
First Name ELIZA Plantation TEDDINGTON Owner Last Name BAYLOR Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1869 Owner Last Name BAYLOR Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1869 Info & Sources Horace Goldman and his wife Eliza have been linked to Teddington based on the fact that both were born in Essex County and were married at Sandy Point were other slaves with the same surname (Goulman) and birthplace have been identified. Horace Goldman, a 40 year-old, single male laborer, born in Essex County was married 30 OCT 1869 at Sandy Point by John Smith to Eliza Harwood. Charles City County Marriage Book 2, 7, 4. Note - this name could be HOWARD and Eliza could be ELIZA HOWARD listed in this register as the mother of a daughter named Margaret. Horace was the son of John and Rachel Goldman. Eliza Harwood was a 30 year-old single female, born in Essex County who was the daughter of Osley Harwood. When the family appears in the 1870 Census of Charles City County the name appears as Golden.
HEMINGS	BETTY	THE FOREST	WAYLES	JOHN	1780 ca	+
First Name BETTY Plantation THE FOREST Owner Last Name WAYLES Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1780 ca Owner Last Name WAYLES Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1780 ca Info & Sources Epps family slave born ca 1735 who was acquired by John Wayles upon his marriage to Martha Epps in 1746. Betty was the mother of 12 to 14 children, one of whom was the well known Sally Hemmings. For sources concerning these children and their birth dates see Cynthia H. Burton, Jefferson Vindicated, Fallacies, Omissions,and Contradictions in the Hemings Genealogical Search (2005).
HEMINGS	MARTIN	THE FOREST	WAYLES	JOHN	1780 ca	+
First Name MARTIN Plantation THE FOREST Owner Last Name WAYLES Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1780 ca Owner Last Name WAYLES Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1780 ca Info & Sources Son of Betty Hemings born in 1755. For sources concerning these children and their birth dates see Cynthia H. Burton, Jefferson Vindicated, Fallacies, Omissions,and Contradictions in the Hemings Genealogical Search (2005).
HEMINGS	MARY	THE FOREST	WAYLES	JOHN	1780 ca	+
First Name MARY Plantation THE FOREST Owner Last Name WAYLES Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1780 ca Owner Last Name WAYLES Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1780 ca Info & Sources Daughter of Betty Hemings born in 1753. For sources concerning these children and their birth dates see Cynthia H. Burton, Jefferson Vindicated, Fallacies, Omissions,and Contradictions in the Hemings Genealogical Search (2005).
HEMINGS	NANCE	THE FOREST	WAYLES	JOHN	1780 ca	+
First Name NANCE Plantation THE FOREST Owner Last Name WAYLES Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1780 ca Owner Last Name WAYLES Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1780 ca Info & Sources Son of Betty Hemings born in 1761. For sources concerning these children and their birth dates see Cynthia H. Burton, Jefferson Vindicated, Fallacies, Omissions,and Contradictions in the Hemings Genealogical Search (2005).
HEMINGS	ROBERT	THE FOREST	WAYLES	JOHN	1780 ca	+
First Name ROBERT Plantation THE FOREST Owner Last Name WAYLES Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1780 ca Owner Last Name WAYLES Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1780 ca Info & Sources Son of Betty Hemings born in 1762. For sources concerning these children and their birth dates see Cynthia H. Burton, Jefferson Vindicated, Fallacies, Omissions,and Contradictions in the Hemings Genealogical Search (2005).
HEMINGS	JAMES	THE FOREST	WAYLES	JOHN	1780 ca	+
First Name JAMES Plantation THE FOREST Owner Last Name WAYLES Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1780 ca Owner Last Name WAYLES Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1780 ca Info & Sources Son of Betty Hemings born in 1765. For sources concerning these children and their birth dates see Cynthia H. Burton, Jefferson Vindicated, Fallacies, Omissions,and Contradictions in the Hemings Genealogical Search (2005).
HEMINGS	THENIA	THE FOREST	WAYLES	JOHN	1780 ca	+
First Name THENIA Plantation THE FOREST Owner Last Name WAYLES Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1780 ca Owner Last Name WAYLES Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1780 ca Info & Sources Daughter of Betty Hemings born in 1767. For sources concerning these children and their birth dates see Cynthia H. Burton, Jefferson Vindicated, Fallacies, Omissions,and Contradictions in the Hemings Genealogical Search (2005).
HEMINGS	CRITTA	THE FOREST	WAYLES	JOHN	1780 ca	+
First Name CRITTA Plantation THE FOREST Owner Last Name WAYLES Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1780 ca Owner Last Name WAYLES Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1780 ca Info & Sources Daughter of Betty Hemings born in 1769. For sources concerning these children and their birth dates see Cynthia H. Burton, Jefferson Vindicated, Fallacies, Omissions,and Contradictions in the Hemings Genealogical Search (2005).
HEMINGS	PETER	THE FOREST	WAYLES	JOHN	1780 ca	+
First Name PETER Plantation THE FOREST Owner Last Name WAYLES Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1780 ca Owner Last Name WAYLES Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1780 ca Info & Sources Son of Betty Hemings born in 1770. For sources concerning these children and their birth dates see Cynthia H. Burton, Jefferson Vindicated, Fallacies, Omissions,and Contradictions in the Hemings Genealogical Search (2005).
HEMINGS	SALLY	THE FOREST	WAYLES	JOHN	1780 ca	+
First Name SALLY Plantation THE FOREST Owner Last Name WAYLES Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1780 ca Owner Last Name WAYLES Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1780 ca Info & Sources Daughter of Betty Hemings born in 1773. For sources concerning these children and their birth dates see Cynthia H. Burton, Jefferson Vindicated, Fallacies, Omissions,and Contradictions in the Hemings Genealogical Search (2005).
HEMINGS	JOHN	THE FOREST	WAYLES	JOHN	1780 ca	+
First Name JOHN Plantation THE FOREST Owner Last Name WAYLES Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1780 ca Owner Last Name WAYLES Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1780 ca Info & Sources Son of Betty Hemings born in 1776. For sources concerning these children and their birth dates see Cynthia H. Burton, Jefferson Vindicated, Fallacies, Omissions,and Contradictions in the Hemings Genealogical Search (2005).
HEMINGS	LUCY	THE FOREST	WAYLES	JOHN	1780 ca	+
First Name LUCY Plantation THE FOREST Owner Last Name WAYLES Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1780 ca Owner Last Name WAYLES Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1780 ca Info & Sources Daughter of Betty Hemings born 1777. For sources concerning these children and their birth dates see Cynthia H. Burton, Jefferson Vindicated, Fallacies, Omissions,and Contradictions in the Hemings Genealogical Search (2005).
HENDERSON	LUCY	EPPES ISLAND	EPPES	RICHARD	1865	+
First Name LUCY Plantation EPPES ISLAND Owner Last Name EPPES Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name EPPES Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a destitute freedman at Fort Monroe. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997). Note a two-month old child of Archie and Lucy Henderson, named Mary Jane Henderson, died AUG 1872 at Longwood, home of Dr. Peter Gay. The notation indicates she was born in Nottoway County. If this is the same Lucy Henderson it suggest the family may have migrated back to Charles City County. Charles City County Register of Deaths 1853-1896.
HENDERSON	FANNY	EPPES ISLAND	EPPES	RICHARD	1865	+
First Name FANNY Plantation EPPES ISLAND Owner Last Name EPPES Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name EPPES Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a destitute freedman at Fort Monroe. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997).
HENDERSON	HANNAH	EPPES ISLAND	EPPES	RICHARD	1865	+
First Name HANNAH Plantation EPPES ISLAND Owner Last Name EPPES Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name EPPES Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a destitute freedman at Fort Monroe. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997).
HENDERSON	MARY	EPPES ISLAND	EPPES	RICHARD	1865	+
First Name MARY Plantation EPPES ISLAND Owner Last Name EPPES Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name EPPES Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a destitute freedman at Fort Monroe. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997).
HENDERSON	ALBERT	EPPES ISLAND	EPPES	RICHARD	1865	+
First Name ALBERT Plantation EPPES ISLAND Owner Last Name EPPES Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name EPPES Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a destitute freedman at Fort Monroe. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997).
HENDERSON	CORNELIUS	EPPES ISLAND	EPPES	RICHARD	1865	+
First Name CORNELIUS Plantation EPPES ISLAND Owner Last Name EPPES Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name EPPES Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a destitute freedman at Fort Monroe. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997).
HILL	ROBERT	BERKELEY	STARKE	POWHATAN	1848	+
First Name ROBERT Plantation BERKELEY Owner Last Name STARKE Owner First Name POWHATAN Date of Record 1848 Owner Last Name STARKE Owner First Name POWHATAN Date of Record 1848 Info & Sources Slave valued at $200 and alotted to Elizabeth C. Orgain (wife of Powhatan B. Starke) in Surry County Chancery case 1848-002 William Allen, etc. vs. Mary M. Orgain, etc.
HILTON	CHLOE	WEYANOKE	DOUTHAT	ELEANOR	1844	+
First Name CHLOE Plantation WEYANOKE Owner Last Name DOUTHAT Owner First Name ELEANOR Date of Record 1844 Owner Last Name DOUTHAT Owner First Name ELEANOR Date of Record 1844 Info & Sources Baptised by Rev. William T. Leavell, Rector of Westover Parish, 14 JULY 1844. William T. Leavell Diary and Private Register 1840-1899, Library of Virginia Archives, Accession. No. 21352.
HILTON	LUCY BERRY	WEYANOKE	DOUTHAT	ELEANOR	1844	+
First Name LUCY BERRY Plantation WEYANOKE Owner Last Name DOUTHAT Owner First Name ELEANOR Date of Record 1844 Owner Last Name DOUTHAT Owner First Name ELEANOR Date of Record 1844 Info & Sources Baptised by the Rev. William T. Leavell, Rector of Westover Parish, 14 JULY 1844, William T. Leavell, Diary and Private Register 1840-1899, Library of Virginia Archives, Accession. No. 21352.
HILTON	MOSES	WEYANOKE	DOUTHAT	ELEANOR	1866	+
First Name MOSES Plantation WEYANOKE Owner Last Name DOUTHAT Owner First Name ELEANOR Date of Record 1866 Owner Last Name DOUTHAT Owner First Name ELEANOR Date of Record 1866 Info & Sources Articles of Agreement for the sharecropping of Weyanoke Farm were executed between seven freedmen and Fielding Douthat 07 MAR 1866, and approved by the local agent of the Freedmen's Bureau. Among the freedmen were Moses Hilton and his wife Agnes. Original, National Archives, photocopy Charles City County Richard M. Bowman Center for Local History Archives.
HILTON	ESAU	WEYANOKE	DOUTHAT	ELEANOR	1834	+
First Name ESAU Plantation WEYANOKE Owner Last Name DOUTHAT Owner First Name ELEANOR Date of Record 1834 Owner Last Name DOUTHAT Owner First Name ELEANOR Date of Record 1834 Info & Sources An infant slave named Esau Hilton, belonging to Mrs. Douthat, was baptised at Weyanoke by Rev. A. Norris 30 NOV 1834. Westover Parish Vestry Book and Register 1833-1859, Record of Colored Baptisms.
HILTON	AARON	KITTIEWAN	SELDEN	WILLIAM	1995	+
First Name AARON Plantation KITTIEWAN Owner Last Name SELDEN Owner First Name WILLIAM Date of Record 1995 Owner Last Name SELDEN Owner First Name WILLIAM Date of Record 1995 Info & Sources At the turn of the century, Aaron Hilton was described as a Charles City landmark and authority on the care of sheep whose advice was sought by neighboring farmers on all occations. The account also states that he followed his young master Robert Selden through the Civil War and that he had "an air about him which suggests his early associations with gentlemen of culture. Anonymous, "The Planter's Pride in his Slaves," Vol. XXIII, No. 4, April 1915, pp 225-26, William and Mary Quarterly (First Series). Dr. Selden owned Kittiewan Plantation which is a neighbor to Weyanoke Plantation where Hilton probably was born and spent his early years. His house site is on the National Register of Archeological Landmarks. Katherine E. Harbury & Robert L. Jolley, Archeological Investigations at the Hilton Site (44CC356), (1995) Virginia Dept. of Historic Resources. An infant AARON HILTON, owned by Dr. Minge of Upper Weyanoke (probably the same man) was baptised 04 Feb. 1838 at Weyanoke. Westover Vestry Book and Register.
HOG	SALLY	BERKELEY	HARRISON	BENJAMIN	1781	+
First Name SALLY Plantation BERKELEY Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name BENJAMIN Date of Record 1781 Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name BENJAMIN Date of Record 1781 Info & Sources Slave listed in an appraisement of the Estate of Benjamin Harrison, V, a Signer of the Declaration of Independence, taken JULY 1781 and recorded in Charles City County Will Book No. 1, p 408. Sally Hog is listed as age 15 and valued at 35 pounds sterling.
HOLMES	CORNELIUS	RIVERSIDE	HARRISON	WILLIAM MORTIMER	1894	+
First Name CORNELIUS Plantation RIVERSIDE Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name WILLIAM MORTIMER Date of Record 1894 Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name WILLIAM MORTIMER Date of Record 1894 Info & Sources According to the 17 AUG 1894 depositions of his slave wife Nelly White Holmes and her brother Cyrus White, Cornelius Holmes was a slave owned by Sandy Irby when he married Nelly White, according to slave custom. He was later acquired by her owner William M. Harrison. Holmes left with McClellan's army in 1862 and enlisted in the U.S. Navy serving on the Brandywine. Following his discharge from the Navy Holmes settled in Norfolk where he lawfully married a woman named Emma who successfully claimed his widow's pension. U.S. Navy Widow's #50749
HOPPER	MOLLY	BERKELEY	HARRISON	BENJAMIN	1820	+
First Name MOLLY Plantation BERKELEY Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name BENJAMIN Date of Record 1820 Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name BENJAMIN Date of Record 1820 Info & Sources Member Charles City Baptist Church listed in roll begun ca 1820. The Book of Ye Records of the Baptist Church in Charles City Begun The First Satureday in September 1792, unpublished typescript Jacquelin G. Pomeroy, Charles City County Richard M. Bowman Center for Local History Archives.
HOPPER	JACK	BERKELEY	HARRISON	BENJAMIN	1841	+
First Name JACK Plantation BERKELEY Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name BENJAMIN Date of Record 1841 Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name BENJAMIN Date of Record 1841 Info & Sources Rev. Leavell, Rector of Westover Church, conducted a funeral service for Jack Hopper and two other servants at Berkeley MAY 1841. William T. Leavell, Diary and Private Register, Library of Virginia Archives, Accession No. 21352.
HOPPER	HENRY	BERKELEY	HARRISON	BENJAMIN	1851	+
First Name HENRY Plantation BERKELEY Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name BENJAMIN Date of Record 1851 Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name BENJAMIN Date of Record 1851 Info & Sources Son of a slave who was buried at Berkeley by Rev. Leavell, Rector of Westover Church JUN 1851. William T. Leavell, Diary and Private Register, Library of Virginia Archives, Accession No. 21352.
HOW	THOMAS	SHIRLEY	CARTER	CHARLES	1820	+
First Name THOMAS Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name CHARLES Date of Record 1820 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name CHARLES Date of Record 1820 Info & Sources Member Charles City Baptist Church listed in roll begun ca 1820. The Book of Ye Records of the Baptist Church in Charles City Begun The First Satureday in September 1792, unpublished typescript Jacquelin G. Pomeroy, Charles City County Richard M. Bowman Center for Local History Archives.
HOW	BETSY	SHIRLEY	CARTER	HILL	1841	+
First Name BETSY Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1841 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1841 Info & Sources Births of children recorded in Slave Record Book - Births 1822-1864, container 92, Shirley Plantation Collection 1650-1888, Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations, Series K, microfilm. Mother of Abbey, Julia and Alexander.
HOW	ABBEY	SHIRLEY	CARTER	HILL	1841	+
First Name ABBEY Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1841 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1841 Info & Sources Birth recorded in Slave Record Book - Births 1822-1864, container 92, Shirley Plantation Collection 1650-1888, Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations, Series K, microfilm. Daughter of Betsy.
HOW	JULIA	SHIRLEY	CARTER	HILL	1843	+
First Name JULIA Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1843 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1843 Info & Sources Birth recorded in Slave Record Book - Births 1822-1864, container 92, Shirley Plantation Collection 1650-1888, Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations, Series K, microfilm. Daughter of Betsy.
HOW	ALEXANDER	SHIRLEY	CARTER	HILL	1844	+
First Name ALEXANDER Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1844 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1844 Info & Sources Birth recorded in Slave Record Book - Births 1822-1864, container 92, Shirley Plantation Collection 1650-1888, Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations, Series K, microfilm. Son of Betsy. Could be the same person as Alexander Howard.
HOW	SALLY	SHIRLEY	CARTER	HILL	1843	+
First Name SALLY Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1843 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1843 Info & Sources Birth of son recorded in Slave Record Book - Births 1822-1864, container 92, Shirley Plantation Collection 1650-1888, Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations, Series K, microfilm. Mother of Phil. Could be the same person as Sally Howard.
HOW	PHIL	SHIRLEY	CARTER	HILL	1843	+
First Name PHIL Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1843 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1843 Info & Sources Birth recorded in Slave Record Book - Births 1822-1864, container 92, Shirley Plantation Collection 1650-1888, Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations, Series K, microfilm. Son of Sally.
HOWARD	BEHANNOB	SHIRLEY	CARTER	HILL	1865	+
First Name BEHANNOB Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a person dependent on government rations at Fort Monroe, Va. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997).
HOWARD	VIRGINIA	SHIRLEY	CARTER	HILL	1865	+
First Name VIRGINIA Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a person dependent on government rations at Fort Monroe, Va. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997).
HOWARD	BETSY	TEDDINGTON	BAYLOR	RICHARD	1854	+
First Name BETSY Plantation TEDDINGTON Owner Last Name BAYLOR Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1854 Owner Last Name BAYLOR Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1854 Info & Sources The mother of a daughter named Sally who was born 22 JAN 1854 at Sandy Point. List of Slave Births and Deaths at Sandy Point, Baylor Family Papers, 1662-1962 Mss1B3445eFA2, Virginia Museum of History & Culture, Richmond, VA.
HOWARD	SALLY	TEDDINGTON	BAYLOR	RICHARD	1854	+
First Name SALLY Plantation TEDDINGTON Owner Last Name BAYLOR Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1854 Owner Last Name BAYLOR Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1854 Info & Sources Daughter of Betsy who was born 22 JAN 1854 at Sandy Point. List of Slave Births and Deaths at Sandy Point, Baylor Family Papers, 1662-1962 Mss1B3445eFA2, Virginia Museum of History & Culture, Richmond, VA.
HOWARD	ELIZA	TEDDINGTON	BAYLOR	RICHARD	1854	+
First Name ELIZA Plantation TEDDINGTON Owner Last Name BAYLOR Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1854 Owner Last Name BAYLOR Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1854 Info & Sources The mother of a daughter named Martha who was born 08 SEP 1854 at Sandy Point. List of Slave Births and Deaths at Sandy Point, Baylor Family Papers, 1662-1962 Mss1B3445eFA2, Virginia Museum of History & Culture, Richmond, VA. Listed as a runaway female slave age 28 who left with McClellan's army when it retreated from Berkeley about August 17, 1862. Undated report filed pursuant to Act of March 28, 1863 by Francis W. Ware, Charles City Commissioner of Revenue, Auditor of Public Accounts: Runaway and Escaped Slaves, Receipts and Reports, 1863, Library of Virginia Archives.
HOWARD	MARTHA	TEDDINGTON	BAYLOR	RICHARD	1854	+
First Name MARTHA Plantation TEDDINGTON Owner Last Name BAYLOR Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1854 Owner Last Name BAYLOR Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1854 Info & Sources Daughter of Eliza who was born 08 SEP 1854 at Sandy Point. List of Slave Births and Deaths at Sandy Point, Baylor Family Papers, 1662-1962 Mss1B3445eFA2, Virginia Museum of History & Culture, Richmond, VA.
HOWARD	SALLY	SHIRLEY	CARTER	HILL	1841	+
First Name SALLY Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1841 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1841 Info & Sources Birth of daughter recorded in Slave Record Book - Births 1822-1864, container 92, Shirley Plantation Collection 1650-1888, Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations, Series K, microfilm. Mother of Iris. Could be the same person as Sally How.
HOWARD	IRIS	SHIRLEY	CARTER	HILL	1841	+
First Name IRIS Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1841 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1841 Info & Sources Birth recorded in Slave Record Book - Births 1822-1864, container 92, Shirley Plantation Collection 1650-1888, Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations, Series K, microfilm. Daughter of Sally.
HOWARD	ALEXANDER	SHIRLEY	CARTER	HILL	1894	+
First Name ALEXANDER Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1894 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1894 Info & Sources Alexander Howard was an affiant in the widows pension application of Eliza Tarrer Hulett, 26 APR 1894. Pension file No. 11878 of Eliza Hulet widow of Siah Hulett alias Carter, Seaman, USS Commodore Barney, National Archives, Washington, D.C. He stated that he was raised on Hill Carters plantation along with the claimant and her husband. Like them he moved to Bermuda Hundred for a time after the war and then on to Philadelphia. Could be the same person as Alexander How.
HUBBARD	JACK	SHIRLEY	CARTER	CHARLES	1807	+
First Name JACK Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name CHARLES Date of Record 1807 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name CHARLES Date of Record 1807 Info & Sources Inventory and Appraisement of the slaves of Charles Carter at Shirley taken 07 MAR 1807. Charles City County Will Book 1, p. 720. Jack Hubbard was valued at $335.
HULETT	JOHN	SHIRLEY	CARTER	HILL	1888	+
First Name JOHN Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1888 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1888 Info & Sources Father of Siah, Martin and Sarah. Named in the 02 APR 1888, Richmond, VA Marriage License of Martin Hewlett. John is presumed to have been a Shirley plantation slave because his wife and children lived there, but it is possible he was a slave on another plantation.
HULETT	MARTIN	SHIRLEY	CARTER	HILL	1845	+
First Name MARTIN Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1845 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1845 Info & Sources Birth recorded in Slave Record Book - Births 1822-1864, container 92, Shirley Plantation Collection 1650-1888, Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations, Series K, microfilm. Son of Molly Tin. Martin Hulett (also spelled Hewlett) was a son of John Hewlett and a brother to Siah Hulett Carter and Sarah Hulett Christian. He is named in the widow's pension application of his sister-in-law. U.S. Navy Survivor's #4542. Martin Hewlett was enlisted in the U.S. Navy 18 JUL 1863 on the James River. He was described as 20 years old
HULETT - CHRISTIAN	SARAH	SHIRLEY	CARTER	HILL	1865	+
First Name SARAH Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Sarah Hulett Christian was a sister of Martin Hulett and Siah Hulett Carter. She was married to Edward "Ned" Christian with who she had five children (Robert, Molly, Jacob, Alice and Lillian) born at Shirley Plantation. Family Bible Record, Charles City County Richard M. Bowman Center for Local History Archives. The family Bible record lists her birth as 09 MAY 1829. She was listed as a person dependent on government rations at Fort Monroe, Va. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997). She was also an affiant in her sister-in-laws widows pension application. U.S. Navy Survivors #4542.
HULETT- CARTER	SIAH	SHIRLEY	CARTER	HILL	1885	+
First Name SIAH Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1885 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1885 Info & Sources Siah Hulett Carter was a son of John Hulett and Molly Saunders and a brother (or half brother) of Martin and Sarah Hulett. At the end of the Civil War he married Eliza Tarrer, another Shirley Plantation slave. When Siah was enlisted in the U. S. Navy 19 MAY 1862 aboard the Monitor he was given the name Siah Carter. For the remainder of his life Siah used the last name Carter while his wife called herself Mrs. Hulett. Siah Carter received a military pension and following his death when his widow tried to obtain widow's benefits she had to prove that the man she buried as Siah Hulett was the same man as Siah Carter. The pension file includes affidavits of several former Shirley slaves. Navy Survivor's #4542. When enlisted Siah was described as 24 years old
HUNT	HENRY		HARDYMAN	LITTLEBERRY	1790	+
First Name HENRY Plantation Owner Last Name HARDYMAN Owner First Name LITTLEBERRY Date of Record 1790 Owner Last Name HARDYMAN Owner First Name LITTLEBERRY Date of Record 1790 Info & Sources Listed in an Inventory and Appraisement of the estate of Littleberry Hardyman recorded 21 AUG 1790. Charles City County Will Book No. 1, p. 18. Henry Hunt was valued at 30 pounds sterling.
HUNT	RICHARD		HARDYMAN	LITTLEBERRY	1790	+
First Name RICHARD Plantation Owner Last Name HARDYMAN Owner First Name LITTLEBERRY Date of Record 1790 Owner Last Name HARDYMAN Owner First Name LITTLEBERRY Date of Record 1790 Info & Sources Listed in an Inventory and Appraisement of the estate of Littleberry Hardyman recorded 21 AUG 1790. Charles City County Will Book No. 1, p. 18. Richard Hunt was valued at 60 pounds sterling.
HUNT	JOSEPH		HARDYMAN	LITTLEBERRY	1790	+
First Name JOSEPH Plantation Owner Last Name HARDYMAN Owner First Name LITTLEBERRY Date of Record 1790 Owner Last Name HARDYMAN Owner First Name LITTLEBERRY Date of Record 1790 Info & Sources Listed in an Inventory and Appraisement of the estate of Littleberry Hardyman recorded 21 AUG 1790. Charles City County Will Book No. 1, p. 18. Joseph Hunt was valued at 75 pounds sterling.
HUNT	HANNAH		HARDYMAN	LITTLEBERRY	1790	+
First Name HANNAH Plantation Owner Last Name HARDYMAN Owner First Name LITTLEBERRY Date of Record 1790 Owner Last Name HARDYMAN Owner First Name LITTLEBERRY Date of Record 1790 Info & Sources Listed in an Inventory and Appraisement of the estate of Littleberry Hardyman recorded 21 AUG 1790. Charles City County Will Book No. 1, p. 18. Hannah Hunt was valued at 40 pounds sterling.
HUNT	BEN	CEDAR HILL	HARRISON	JOHN H.	1865	+
First Name BEN Plantation CEDAR HILL Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name JOHN H. Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name JOHN H. Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a destitute freedman at Downey Farm, Va. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997).
HUNT	JUDY	CEDAR HILL	HARRISON	JOHN H.	1865	+
First Name JUDY Plantation CEDAR HILL Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name JOHN H. Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name JOHN H. Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a destitute freedman at Downey Farm, Va. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997).
HUNT	LOUISA	CEDAR HILL	HARRISON	JOHN H.	1865	+
First Name LOUISA Plantation CEDAR HILL Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name JOHN H. Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name JOHN H. Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a destitute freedman at Downey Farm, Va. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997).
HUNT	BETSY	WESTOVER	BYRD	WILIAM	1814	+
First Name BETSY Plantation WESTOVER Owner Last Name BYRD Owner First Name WILIAM Date of Record 1814 Owner Last Name BYRD Owner First Name WILIAM Date of Record 1814 Info & Sources Listed in an Appraisement of slaves belonging to Col. Byrd's Estates at Westover taken in DEC 1814. Charles City County Will Book No. 2, pp 367-68. Hunt was valued at $300.
IRBY	DANIEL		IRBY	FRAS	1815	+
First Name DANIEL Plantation Owner Last Name IRBY Owner First Name FRAS Date of Record 1815 Owner Last Name IRBY Owner First Name FRAS Date of Record 1815 Info & Sources Member Charles City Baptist Church enrolled Association 1815. Also listed in roll begun ca 1820 as owned by JOHN IRBY. The Book of Ye Records of the Baptist Church in Charles City Begun The First Satureday in September 1792, unpublished typescript Jacquelin G. Pomeroy, Charles City County Richard M. Bowman Center for Local History Archives.
IRBY	DANIEL		CREW	PETER	1839	+
First Name DANIEL Plantation Owner Last Name CREW Owner First Name PETER Date of Record 1839 Owner Last Name CREW Owner First Name PETER Date of Record 1839 Info & Sources Peter Crew was charged in 1839 with allowing his slave Daniel Irby "to trade as a free person," meaning that that Crew allowed him to live on his own as if a free person. Crew was found guilty and fined $39.00 Charles City County Records, Library of Virginia Archives, Ended Causes, Box 11, BC#1044786.
JACKSON	LEWIS	BERKELEY	HARRISON	BENJAMIN	1800 ca	+
First Name LEWIS Plantation BERKELEY Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name BENJAMIN Date of Record 1800 ca Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name BENJAMIN Date of Record 1800 ca Info & Sources Member of Charles City Baptist Church excommunicated and restored before 1810. The Book of Ye Records of the Baptist Church in Charles City Begun the First Satureday in September 1792, unpublished typescript Jaquelin G. Pomeroy, Charles City County Richard M. Bowman Center for Local History Archives.
JACKSON	MARY	SHIRLEY	CARTER	CHARLES	1864	+
First Name MARY Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name CHARLES Date of Record 1864 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name CHARLES Date of Record 1864 Info & Sources Listed as a person dependent on government rations at Fort Monroe, Va. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997).
JACKSON	MARY	SHIRLEY	CARTER	CHARLES	1813	+
First Name MARY Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name CHARLES Date of Record 1813 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name CHARLES Date of Record 1813 Info & Sources Member of Charles City Baptist Church enrolled before 1813. Also listed in roll begun ca 1820. The Book of Ye Records of the Baptist Church in Charles City Begun The First Satureday in September 1792, unpublished typescript Jacquelin G. Pomeroy, Charles City County Richard M. Bowman Center for Local History Archives.
JACKSON	CUTTY	SHIRLEY	CARTER	CHARLES	1820	+
First Name CUTTY Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name CHARLES Date of Record 1820 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name CHARLES Date of Record 1820 Info & Sources Member Charles City Baptist Church listed in roll begun ca 1820. The Book of Ye Records of the Baptist Church in Charles City Begun The First Satureday in September 1792, unpublished typescript Jacquelin G. Pomeroy, Charles City County Richard M. Bowman Center for Local History Archives.
JACKSON	PARRY	SHIRLEY	CARTER	CHARLES	1810 ca	+
First Name PARRY Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name CHARLES Date of Record 1810 ca Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name CHARLES Date of Record 1810 ca Info & Sources Member Charles City Baptist Church enrolled before 1810 and excommunicated. The Book of Ye Records of the Baptist Church in Charles City Begun The First Satureday in September 1792, unpublished typescript Jacquelin G. Pomeroy, Charles City County Richard M. Bowman Center for Local History Archives.
JACKSON	ALMINA	SHIRLEY	CARTER	HILL	1865	+
First Name ALMINA Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a person dependent on government rations at Fort Monroe, Va. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997).
JACKSON	JENNIE	SHIRLEY	CARTER	HILL	1865	+
First Name JENNIE Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a person dependent on government rations at Fort Monroe, Va. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997).
JACKSON	WILLIAM	SHIRLEY	CARTER	HILL	1865	+
First Name WILLIAM Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a person dependent on government rations at Fort Monroe, Va. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997).
JACKSON	HILL	SHIRLEY	CARTER	HILL	1865	+
First Name HILL Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a person dependent on government rations at Fort Monroe, Va. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997).
JACKSON	AMOSAN	SHIRLEY	CARTER	HILL	1865	+
First Name AMOSAN Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a person dependent on government rations at Fort Monroe, Va. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997).
JACKSON	ROBERT COX	WEYANOKE	DOUTHAT	ELEANOR	1844	+
First Name ROBERT COX Plantation WEYANOKE Owner Last Name DOUTHAT Owner First Name ELEANOR Date of Record 1844 Owner Last Name DOUTHAT Owner First Name ELEANOR Date of Record 1844 Info & Sources Baptised by Rev. William T. Leavell, Rector of Westover Parish, 14 JULY 1844. William T. Leavell, Diary and Private Register 1840-1899, Library of Virginia Archives, Accession. No. 21352.
JACKSON	MARY	TEDDINGTON	BAYLOR	RICHARD	1862	+
First Name MARY Plantation TEDDINGTON Owner Last Name BAYLOR Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1862 Owner Last Name BAYLOR Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1862 Info & Sources Listed as a runaway female slave age 23 who left with McClellan's army when it retreated from Berkeley about August 17, 1862. Undated report filed pursuant to Act of March 28, 1863 by Francis W. Ware, Charles City Commissioner of Revenue, Auditor of Public Accounts: Runaway and Escaped Slaves, Receipts and Reports, 1863, Library of Virginia Archives.
JACKSON	HANNAH	TEDDINGTON	BAYLOR	RICHARD	1865	+
First Name HANNAH Plantation TEDDINGTON Owner Last Name BAYLOR Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name BAYLOR Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a destitute freedman at Fort Monroe. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997).
JACKSON	FANNY	SHIRLEY	CARTER	HILL	1850	+
First Name FANNY Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1850 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1850 Info & Sources Birth recorded in Slave Record Book - Births 1822-1864, container 92, Shirley Plantation Collection 1650-1888, Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations, Series K, microfilm. Daughter of Mary Sampson.
JACKSON	PHILL	SHIRLEY	CARTER	HILL	1857	+
First Name PHILL Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1857 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1857 Info & Sources Birth recorded in Slave Record Book - Births 1822-1864, container 92, Shirley Plantation Collection 1650-1888, Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations, Series K, microfilm. Son of Mary Sampson.
JACKSON	CAROLINE	KENNONS	WILSON	JOHN	1865	+
First Name CAROLINE Plantation KENNONS Owner Last Name WILSON Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name WILSON Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a destitute freedman at Downey Farm, Va. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997).
JACKSON	CHRISTIANNA	KENNONS	WILSON	JOHN	1865	+
First Name CHRISTIANNA Plantation KENNONS Owner Last Name WILSON Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name WILSON Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a destitute freedman at Downey Farm, Va. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997).
JACKSON	CORNELIUS	KENNONS	WILSON	JOHN	1865	+
First Name CORNELIUS Plantation KENNONS Owner Last Name WILSON Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name WILSON Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a destitute freedman at Downey Farm, Va. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997).
JACKSON	EDMUND	KENNONS	WILSON	JOHN	1865	+
First Name EDMUND Plantation KENNONS Owner Last Name WILSON Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name WILSON Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a destitute freedman at Downey Farm, Va. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997).
JACKSON	ELVEY	KENNONS	WILSON	JOHN	1865	+
First Name ELVEY Plantation KENNONS Owner Last Name WILSON Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name WILSON Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a destitute freedman at Downey Farm, Va. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997).
JACKSON	HENRY MOLER	KENNONS	WILSON	JOHN	1865	+
First Name HENRY MOLER Plantation KENNONS Owner Last Name WILSON Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name WILSON Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a destitute freedman at Downey Farm, Va. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997).
JACKSON	EDMUND	WESTOVER	BYRD	WILLIAM	1814	+
First Name EDMUND Plantation WESTOVER Owner Last Name BYRD Owner First Name WILLIAM Date of Record 1814 Owner Last Name BYRD Owner First Name WILLIAM Date of Record 1814 Info & Sources Listed in an Appraisement of slaves belonging to Col. Byrd's Estates at Westover taken in DEC 1814. Charles City County Will Book No. 2, pp 367-68. Jackson was valued at $400.
JACKSON	PEGGY	WESTOVER	BYRD	WILLIAM	1814	+
First Name PEGGY Plantation WESTOVER Owner Last Name BYRD Owner First Name WILLIAM Date of Record 1814 Owner Last Name BYRD Owner First Name WILLIAM Date of Record 1814 Info & Sources Listed in an Appraisement of slaves belonging to Col. Byrd's Estates at Westover taken in DEC 1814. Charles City County Will Book No. 2, pp 367-68. Jackson was valued at $200.
JACKSON	JOHN	SHIRLEY	CARTER	HILL	1850s	+
First Name JOHN Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1850s Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1850s Info & Sources Name included in a list of slaves in Slave Record Book - Births 1822-1864, container 92, Shirley Plantation Collection 1650-1888, Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations, Series K, microfilm.
JARRETT	JOANNA	WESTOVER	SELDEN	JOHN	1864	+
First Name JOANNA Plantation WESTOVER Owner Last Name SELDEN Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1864 Owner Last Name SELDEN Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1864 Info & Sources Named as a housekeepter in Selden's Diary. John A. Selden Diary in Selden Family Papers 1811-1868, Virginia Museum of History and Culture.
JASPER	AGNES	GREENWAY	TYLER	JOHN	1876	+
First Name AGNES Plantation GREENWAY Owner Last Name TYLER Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1876 Owner Last Name TYLER Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1876 Info & Sources Died 10 JUL 1876, at the age of 82. She was a cook and born at Greenway. Charles City County Register of Deaths 1853-1896.
JEFFERSON	THOMAS		MOSS	RUBIN	1856	+
First Name THOMAS Plantation Owner Last Name MOSS Owner First Name RUBIN Date of Record 1856 Owner Last Name MOSS Owner First Name RUBIN Date of Record 1856 Info & Sources Male slave of Rubin Moss died at Parkin of pneumonia 29 JUN 1856 at age of 1 year 6 months. Charles City County Register of Deaths 1853-1896.
JEFFERSON	TOM	SHIRLEY	CARTER	HILL	1863	+
First Name TOM Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1863 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1863 Info & Sources Listed as a runaway male slave age 27 and a blacksmith who left with the gun boats in July 1863. Undated report filed pursuant to Act of March 28, 1863 by Francis W. Ware, Charles City Commissioner of Revenue, Auditor of Public Accounts: Runaway and Escaped Slaves, Receipts and Reports, 1863, Library of Virginia Archives.
JEFFERSON	ANNIE	RIVER EDGE	WILLCOX	EDWARD	1865	+
First Name ANNIE Plantation RIVER EDGE Owner Last Name WILLCOX Owner First Name EDWARD Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name WILLCOX Owner First Name EDWARD Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a destitute freedman at Fort Monroe. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997). Note former owner appears in the record as "Dr."
JEFFERSON	MARIA	RIVER EDGE	WILLCOX	EDWARD	1865	+
First Name MARIA Plantation RIVER EDGE Owner Last Name WILLCOX Owner First Name EDWARD Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name WILLCOX Owner First Name EDWARD Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a destitute freedman at Fort Monroe. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997). Note former owner appears in the record as "Dr.
JEFFERSON	ALLEN	RIVER EDGE	WILLCOX	EDWARD	1865	+
First Name ALLEN Plantation RIVER EDGE Owner Last Name WILLCOX Owner First Name EDWARD Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name WILLCOX Owner First Name EDWARD Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a destitute freedman at Fort Monroe. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997). Note former owner appears in the record as "Dr."
JEFFERSON	IRA	SHIRLEY	CARTER	HILL	1860	+
First Name IRA Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1860 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1860 Info & Sources Birth recorded in Slave Record Book - Births 1822-1864, container 92, Shirley Plantation Collection 1650-1888, Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations, Series K, microfilm. Son of Bibbiana Jefferson.
JERRY	FRANK	BERKELEY	HARRISON	BENJAMIN	1813	+
First Name FRANK Plantation BERKELEY Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name BENJAMIN Date of Record 1813 Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name BENJAMIN Date of Record 1813 Info & Sources Member of Charles City Baptist Church baptised before the Association of 1813. The Book of Ye Records of the Baptist Church in Charles City Begun the First Satureday in September 1792, unpublished typescript Jaquelin G. Pomeroy, Charles City County Richard M. Bowman Center for Local History Archives.
JERRY	FRANK	COLESVILLE	CLARK	JOHN	1813	+
First Name FRANK Plantation COLESVILLE Owner Last Name CLARK Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1813 Owner Last Name CLARK Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1813 Info & Sources Member of Charles City Baptist Church enrolled before 1813. The Book of Ye Records of the Baptist Church in Charles City Begun The First Satureday in September 1792, unpublished typescript Jacquelin G. Pomeroy, Charles City County Richard M. Bowman Center for Local History Archives.
JETT	JACK	TEDDINGTON	BAYLOR	RICHARD	1854	+
First Name JACK Plantation TEDDINGTON Owner Last Name BAYLOR Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1854 Owner Last Name BAYLOR Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1854 Info & Sources Slave born in Essex County who died at Sandy Point 22 OCT 1854 at the age of 50 or 55. Husband of Clara. List of Slave Births and Deaths at Sandy Point, Baylor Family Papers, 1662-1962 Mss1B3445eFA2, Virginia Museum of History & Culture, Richmond, VA.
JETT	CLARA	TEDDINGTON	BAYLOR	RICHARD	1854	+
First Name CLARA Plantation TEDDINGTON Owner Last Name BAYLOR Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1854 Owner Last Name BAYLOR Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1854 Info & Sources Wife of Jack who was born in Essex County who died at Sandy Point 22 OCT 1854 at the age of 50 or 55. List of Slave Births and Deaths at Sandy Point, Baylor Family Papers, 1662-1962 Mss1B3445eFA2, Virginia Museum of History & Culture, Richmond, VA.
JOHNSON	THOMAS		VAUGHN	JAMES	1828	+
First Name THOMAS Plantation Owner Last Name VAUGHN Owner First Name JAMES Date of Record 1828 Owner Last Name VAUGHN Owner First Name JAMES Date of Record 1828 Info & Sources Slave named Thomas granted his freedom by the will of James Vaughn. Identification of his surname comes from listing in the Personal Property Tax List of 1830 and from a Grand Jury Presentment issued to Johnson in Nov. 1845 for remaining in the Commonwealth after emancipation. Charles City County Will Book 2, pg. 467.
JOHNSON	BETSY	RIVERVIEW - DOGHAM	ROYAL	JOHN	1813	+
First Name BETSY Plantation RIVERVIEW - DOGHAM Owner Last Name ROYAL Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1813 Owner Last Name ROYAL Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1813 Info & Sources Member Charles City Baptist Church enrolled between Association of 1813 and Association of 1819 and excommunicated. The Book of Ye Records of the Baptist Church in Charles City Begun The First Satureday in September 1792, unpublished typescript Jacquelin G. Pomeroy, Charles City County Richard M. Bowman Center for Local History Archives.
JOHNSON	EDMUND	KITTIEWAN	SELDEN	WILLIAM	1850	+
First Name EDMUND Plantation KITTIEWAN Owner Last Name SELDEN Owner First Name WILLIAM Date of Record 1850 Owner Last Name SELDEN Owner First Name WILLIAM Date of Record 1850 Info & Sources Baptised by Rev. William T. Leavell, Rector of Westover Parish, 25 AUG 1850, William T. Leavell, Diary and Private Register, Library of Virginia Archives, Accession No. 21352.
JOHNSON	FANNY	SHERWOOD FOREST	TYLER	JOHN	1851	+
First Name FANNY Plantation SHERWOOD FOREST Owner Last Name TYLER Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1851 Owner Last Name TYLER Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1851 Info & Sources Sherwood Forest housekeeper whose death is described in a letter from Julia Gardner Tyler to her mother 02 JUL 1851. Tyler Family Papers, Swem Library, College of William & Mary.
JOHNSON	EDWARD		CHRISTIAN	JOHN	1801	+
First Name EDWARD Plantation Owner Last Name CHRISTIAN Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1801 Owner Last Name CHRISTIAN Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1801 Info & Sources John Christian emancipated Edward Johnson who was described as a slave who had belonged to Robert C. Warren of New Kent and who came to be the property of Christian's wife Mary Warren Christian, by deed of 16 APR 1801. Edward Johnson was described as residing in Richmond. Thus, Edward Johnson may never have lived in Charles City County. Charles City County Deed Book 4, p. 548.
JOHNSON	WILLIAM	TEDDINGTON	BAYLOR	RICHARD	1853	+
First Name WILLIAM Plantation TEDDINGTON Owner Last Name BAYLOR Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1853 Owner Last Name BAYLOR Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1853 Info & Sources Father of a daughter named Catherine who was born in Essex County and who died at Sandy Point 08 NOV 1853 at the age of 4. Also father of a daughter named Ellen who had been born in Essex County and who died at Sandy Point 08 FEB 1854 at the age of 6. Also father of a son named Tom who was born in Essex County and who died at Sandy Point 17 OCT 1854 at the age of 2. Also husband of Louisa a slave born in Essex County who died at Sandy Point 09 dec 1854 at the age of 30. List of Slave Births and Deaths at Sandy Point, Baylor Family Papers, 1662-1962 Mss1B3445eFA2, Virginia Museum of History & Culture, Richmond, VA. Listed as a runaway male slave age 50 who left with McClellan's army when it retreated from Berkeley about August 17, 1862. Undated report filed pursuant to Act of March 28, 1863 by Francis W. Ware, Charles City Commissioner of Revenue, Auditor of Public Accounts: Runaway and Escaped Slaves, Receipts and Reports, 1863, Library of Virginia Archives.
JOHNSON	CATHERINE	TEDDINGTON	BAYLOR	RICHARD	1853	+
First Name CATHERINE Plantation TEDDINGTON Owner Last Name BAYLOR Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1853 Owner Last Name BAYLOR Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1853 Info & Sources Daughter of William Johnson who was born in Essex County and who died at Sandy Point 08 NOV 1853 at the age of 4. List of Slave Births and Deaths at Sandy Point, Baylor Family Papers, 1662-1962 Mss1B3445eFA2, Virginia Museum of History & Culture, Richmond, VA.
JOHNSON	ELLEN	TEDDINGTON	BAYLOR	RICHARD	1854	+
First Name ELLEN Plantation TEDDINGTON Owner Last Name BAYLOR Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1854 Owner Last Name BAYLOR Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1854 Info & Sources Daughter of William Johnson who had been born in Essex County and who died at Sandy Point 08 FEB 1854 at the age of 6. List of Slave Births and Deaths at Sandy Point, Baylor Family Papers, 1662-1962 Mss1B3445eFA2, Virginia Museum of History & Culture, Richmond, VA.
JOHNSON	TOM	TEDDINGTON	BAYLOR	RICHARD		+
First Name TOM Plantation TEDDINGTON Owner Last Name BAYLOR Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record Owner Last Name BAYLOR Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record Info & Sources Son of William who was born in Essex County and who died at Sandy Point 17 OCT 1854 at the age of 2. List of Slave Births and Deaths at Sandy Point, Baylor Family Papers, 1662-1962 Mss1B3445eFA2, Virginia Museum of History & Culture, Richmond, VA.
JOHNSON	LOUISA	TEDDINGTON	BAYLOR	RICHARD	1854	+
First Name LOUISA Plantation TEDDINGTON Owner Last Name BAYLOR Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1854 Owner Last Name BAYLOR Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1854 Info & Sources Slave born in Essex County who died at Sandy Point 09 DEC 1854 at the age of 30. Wife of William. List of Slave Births and Deaths at Sandy Point, Baylor Family Papers, 1662-1962 Mss1B3445eFA2, Virginia Museum of History & Culture, Richmond, VA.
JOHNSON	ABRAM	SHIRLEY	CARTER	HILL	1854	+
First Name ABRAM Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1854 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1854 Info & Sources Birth recorded in Slave Record Book - Births 1822-1864, container 92, Shirley Plantation Collection 1650-1888, Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations, Series K, microfilm. Son of Betsy Lyons, recorded as dead.
JONES	JUDY	BERKELEY	HARRISON	BENJAMIN	1781	+
First Name JUDY Plantation BERKELEY Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name BENJAMIN Date of Record 1781 Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name BENJAMIN Date of Record 1781 Info & Sources Slave listed in an appraisement of the Estate of Benjamin Harrison, V, a Signer of the Declaration of Independence, taken JULY 1781 and recorded in Charles City County Will Book No. 1, p 408. Judy Jones is listed as 30 years old and valued at 25 poounds sterling. Member of Charles City Baptist Church baptised between the Associations of 1813 and 1815. Also listed in roll begun ca 1820. The Book of Ye Records of the Baptist Church in Charles City Begun the First Satureday in September 1792, unpublished typescript Jaquelin G. Pomeroy, Charles City County Richard M. Bowman Center for Local History Archives.
JONES	CHRISTIANNY	RIVERVIEW - DOGHAM	ROYAL	JOHN	1813	+
First Name CHRISTIANNY Plantation RIVERVIEW - DOGHAM Owner Last Name ROYAL Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1813 Owner Last Name ROYAL Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1813 Info & Sources Member Charles City Baptist Church enrolled between Association of 1813 and Association of 1819. Also listed in roll begun ca 1820 as belonging to BUTLER. The Book of Ye Records of the Baptist Church in Charles City Begun The First Satureday in September 1792, unpublished typescript Jacquelin G. Pomeroy, Charles City County Richard M. Bowman Center for Local History Archives.
JONES	HENRY		IRBY	H.	1820	+
First Name HENRY Plantation Owner Last Name IRBY Owner First Name H. Date of Record 1820 Owner Last Name IRBY Owner First Name H. Date of Record 1820 Info & Sources Member Charles City Baptist Church listed in roll begun ca 1820. The Book of Ye Records of the Baptist Church in Charles City Begun The First Satureday in September 1792, unpublished typescript Jacquelin G. Pomeroy, Charles City County Richard M. Bowman Center for Local History Archives. (Owner's name spelled as Earbey in the record.)
JONES	FRANK	BERKELEY	HARRISON	BENJAMIN	1820	+
First Name FRANK Plantation BERKELEY Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name BENJAMIN Date of Record 1820 Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name BENJAMIN Date of Record 1820 Info & Sources Member Charles City Baptist Church listed in roll begun ca 1820. The Book of Ye Records of the Baptist Church in Charles City Begun The First Satureday in September 1792, unpublished typescript Jacquelin G. Pomeroy, Charles City County Richard M. Bowman Center for Local History Archives.
JONES	PETER	BERKELEY	HARRISON	BENJAMIN	1820	+
First Name PETER Plantation BERKELEY Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name BENJAMIN Date of Record 1820 Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name BENJAMIN Date of Record 1820 Info & Sources Member Charles City Baptist Church listed in roll begun ca 1820. The Book of Ye Records of the Baptist Church in Charles City Begun The First Satureday in September 1792, unpublished typescript Jacquelin G. Pomeroy, Charles City County Richard M. Bowman Center for Local History Archives. One of the slaves named in various deeds mortgaging all of the slaves and property at Berkeley. Deed of 13 MAY 1828, Charles City Deed Book No. 7, pg. 295.
JONES	BENJAMIN		DULING	THOMAS	1828	+
First Name BENJAMIN Plantation Owner Last Name DULING Owner First Name THOMAS Date of Record 1828 Owner Last Name DULING Owner First Name THOMAS Date of Record 1828 Info & Sources Thomas Duling emancipated "my negro woman Mary and her five children, viz. Candish, Solomon, William, Christopher Columbus and Benjamin." He also emancipated two men Dick and Moses. The emancipated slaves were left all of Dulings property. Charles City County Will Book No. 3, p 349. Mary gave birth to three more children LIGHTFOOT CHARLES, JOHN WASHINGTON, and NATHANIEL EDLOE before she passed away. The Overseer of the Poor bound out WILLIAM HENRY GOIN, LIGHTFOOT CHARLES, SOLOMON, and CHRISTOPHER to WILLIAM FOLKES. Charles City County Minute Book No. 2, pg. 223. In an separate action the Overseer of the Poor bound out BENJAMIN, JOHN WASHINGTON and NATHANIEL EDLOE to WILLIAM FOLKES. Charles City County Minute Book No. 2, p. 223. It appears that all of Mary's children were given different surnames. CANDICE married MOSES GREEN, who is thought to be the same man who was emancipated, but other records claim he was free born.
JONES	MARGARET	WESTOVER	SELDEN	JOHN	1865	+
First Name MARGARET Plantation WESTOVER Owner Last Name SELDEN Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name SELDEN Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a person dependent on government rations at Fort Monroe, Va. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997).
JONES	MARY	WESTOVER	SELDEN	JOHN	1865	+
First Name MARY Plantation WESTOVER Owner Last Name SELDEN Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name SELDEN Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a person dependent on government rations at Fort Monroe, Va. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997).
JONES	BILLY	BERKELEY	HARRISON	BENJAMIN	1781	+
First Name BILLY Plantation BERKELEY Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name BENJAMIN Date of Record 1781 Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name BENJAMIN Date of Record 1781 Info & Sources Slave listed in an appraisement of the Estate of Benjamin Harrison, V, a Signer of the Declaration of Independence, taken JULY 1781 and recorded in Charles City County Will Book No. 1, p 408. Billy Jones is listed as 8 years old and valued at 25 pounds sterling.
JONES	BETSY	CREEK PLANTATION	MINGE	JOHN	1827	+
First Name BETSY Plantation CREEK PLANTATION Owner Last Name MINGE Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1827 Owner Last Name MINGE Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1827 Info & Sources Slave listed in the Inventory and appraisement of the slaves belonging to John Minge taken 05 DEC 1827. Betsy Jones was valued at $275. Listed beneath Betsy in the Inventory is Charles, valued at $250, and listed as Betsy's child. Charles City County Will Book No. 3, pp 341-44.
JONES	BOB	KENNONS	WILSON	JOSIAH	1862	+
First Name BOB Plantation KENNONS Owner Last Name WILSON Owner First Name JOSIAH Date of Record 1862 Owner Last Name WILSON Owner First Name JOSIAH Date of Record 1862 Info & Sources Slave listed in the Inventory and appraisement of the slaves belonging to Josiah C. Wilson taken 21 DEC 1862. Charles City County Chancery Case 1900-0293. Bob Jones was valued at $200. Also listed in a Statement of Allotments of J.C. Wilson's negroes dated 21 FEB 1863 in lot #2 drawn by George W. Vaiden. Charles City County Chancery Case 1868-0080. In this list Jones was valued at $300.
JONES	WILLIAM HENRY	OAK HILL	MAJOR	GEORGE B.	1836	+
First Name WILLIAM HENRY Plantation OAK HILL Owner Last Name MAJOR Owner First Name GEORGE B. Date of Record 1836 Owner Last Name MAJOR Owner First Name GEORGE B. Date of Record 1836 Info & Sources William Henry Jones was born a slave at Oak Hill Plantation 21 SEP 1836. After the war he became a very successful freedman. He died 26 OCT 1910 and his will was the subject of a lawsuit. Testimony in the trial provides information dating back to the time he was a slave. Sarah Mitchell v. Eliza Carroll, et. al., 1920-0482, Charles City County Chancery Cases;List of slave birth dates, Major-Marable Family Papers, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg, box 7 folder 1. During the war William Henry Jones was enlisted in the 37th U. S. Colored Infantry, Co. F. 21 MAY 1864 at Norfolk. He was described in the muster roll as 29 years old, 5'7" tall, with a dark complexion, black hair and eyes. Jones deserted at Wilson's Landing (Fort Pocahontas) while on picket
JONES	AGNES	NORTH BEND	WILLCOX	THOMAS H.	1850	+
First Name AGNES Plantation NORTH BEND Owner Last Name WILLCOX Owner First Name THOMAS H. Date of Record 1850 Owner Last Name WILLCOX Owner First Name THOMAS H. Date of Record 1850 Info & Sources Baptised by Rev. William T. Leavell, Rector of Westover Parish, 25 AUG 1850, William T. Leavell, Diary and Private Register, Library of Virginia Archives, Accession No. 21352. Baptised while attending a funeral at Kittiewan.
JONES	ISOM	TEDDINGTON	LIGHTFOOT	WILLIAM H.	1837	+
First Name ISOM Plantation TEDDINGTON Owner Last Name LIGHTFOOT Owner First Name WILLIAM H. Date of Record 1837 Owner Last Name LIGHTFOOT Owner First Name WILLIAM H. Date of Record 1837 Info & Sources Inventory and appraisement of the estate of William H. Lightfoot of Sandy Point, taken on 15 DEC 1837, recorded in Charles City County Will Book No. 4, pp 281-84. Isom Jones was valued at $600.
JONES	ALFRED		LADD	NEWTON	1862	+
First Name ALFRED Plantation Owner Last Name LADD Owner First Name NEWTON Date of Record 1862 Owner Last Name LADD Owner First Name NEWTON Date of Record 1862 Info & Sources Advertised as a Negro confined in the Military Prisons in Richmond, VA. Richmond Examiner 30 SEP 1862.
JONES	FRANCIS		MORECOCK	THOMAS	1783	+
First Name FRANCIS Plantation Owner Last Name MORECOCK Owner First Name THOMAS Date of Record 1783 Owner Last Name MORECOCK Owner First Name THOMAS Date of Record 1783 Info & Sources Black Loyalist described as 42, stout fellow, formerly the property of Thomas Mocock of Charles City, left him 3 years ago. Graham Russell Hodges, ed., The Black Loyalist Directory, African Americans in Exile After the American Revolution (Garland Pub.: New York: 1996) p. 88.
JONES	DAVY	BERKELEY	ORGAIN	MARY M.	1848	+
First Name DAVY Plantation BERKELEY Owner Last Name ORGAIN Owner First Name MARY M. Date of Record 1848 Owner Last Name ORGAIN Owner First Name MARY M. Date of Record 1848 Info & Sources Slave valued at $450 and alotted to Mary M. Orgain who lived at Berkeley in Surry County Chancery case William 1848-002 Allen, etc. vs. Mary M. Orgain, etc.
JONES	WILLIAM	KITTIEWAN	SELDEN	WILLIAM, DR.	1844	+
First Name WILLIAM Plantation KITTIEWAN Owner Last Name SELDEN Owner First Name WILLIAM, DR. Date of Record 1844 Owner Last Name SELDEN Owner First Name WILLIAM, DR. Date of Record 1844 Info & Sources Runway slave advertisement describes him as 5'10" tall, stout made, of a copper color, about 28 years old, wears a full head of hair. Ran away from E.L. Wright of Tuckahoe, Goochland Co. who had purchased him from Dr. Selden. Likely is the "yellow" William valued at $1,100 alotted to alotted to William A. Selden in Surry County Chancery case 1838-012 John A. Selden, Jr. v. Griffin Orgain & wife. Richmond Enquirer 29 OCT 1844.
JONES	PHILIP	WEYANOKE	DOUTHAT	MRS. MARY	1860	+
First Name PHILIP Plantation WEYANOKE Owner Last Name DOUTHAT Owner First Name MRS. MARY Date of Record 1860 Owner Last Name DOUTHAT Owner First Name MRS. MARY Date of Record 1860 Info & Sources Advertised as a run away by Jordan M. Luck of Ashland, Hanover Co. Slave is described as about 5'5" in height, square made, ginger-cake complexion, good countenance, few teeth, bald head, grey hair, aged about 55. He has made his escape to Mrs. Douthats home where he formerly had a wife. Not certain Philip was a Douthat slave. 13 JUL 1860 Richmond Dispatch.
JONES - MITCHELL	SARAH	OAK HILL	MAJOR	GEORGE B.	1841	+
First Name SARAH Plantation OAK HILL Owner Last Name MAJOR Owner First Name GEORGE B. Date of Record 1841 Owner Last Name MAJOR Owner First Name GEORGE B. Date of Record 1841 Info & Sources Sarah "Sally" Mitchell was born a slave at Oak Hill Plantation 21 JUN 1841. She was a sister of William Henry Jones. Some time after emancipation she moved to Providence, RI. Just preceeding her borther's death she returned to Charles City and was involved in a lawsuit concerning his will. Sarah Mitchell v. Eliza Carroll, et. al., 1920-0482, Charles City County Chancery Cases; List of slave birth dates, Major-Marable Family Papers, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg, box 7 folder 1.
JORDAN	HENRY	UPPER WEYANOKE	MINGE	JOHN	1827	+
First Name HENRY Plantation UPPER WEYANOKE Owner Last Name MINGE Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1827 Owner Last Name MINGE Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1827 Info & Sources Slave listed in the Inventory and appraisement of the slaves belonging to John Minge taken 05 DEC 1827. Henry Jordan was valued at $200. Charles City County Will Book No. 3, pp 341-44.
JORDAN	AUSTIN	NORTHWOOD	FERGUSON	AUSTIN	1865	+
First Name AUSTIN Plantation NORTHWOOD Owner Last Name FERGUSON Owner First Name AUSTIN Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name FERGUSON Owner First Name AUSTIN Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a destitute freedman at Downey Farm, Va. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997).
JORDAN	ALEXANDER	NORTHWOOD	FERGUSON	AUSTIN	1865	+
First Name ALEXANDER Plantation NORTHWOOD Owner Last Name FERGUSON Owner First Name AUSTIN Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name FERGUSON Owner First Name AUSTIN Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a destitute freedman at Downey Farm, Va. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997).
JORDAN	CAROLINE	NORTHWOOD	FERGUSON	AUSTIN	1865	+
First Name CAROLINE Plantation NORTHWOOD Owner Last Name FERGUSON Owner First Name AUSTIN Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name FERGUSON Owner First Name AUSTIN Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a destitute freedman at Downey Farm, Va. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997).
JORDAN	MATILDA	NORTHWOOD	FERGUSON	AUSTIN	1865	+
First Name MATILDA Plantation NORTHWOOD Owner Last Name FERGUSON Owner First Name AUSTIN Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name FERGUSON Owner First Name AUSTIN Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a destitute freedman at Downey Farm, Va. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997).
JULIUS	CLARRA	RIVERVIEW - DOGHAM	ROYAL	JOHN	1813	+
First Name CLARRA Plantation RIVERVIEW - DOGHAM Owner Last Name ROYAL Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1813 Owner Last Name ROYAL Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1813 Info & Sources Member Charles City Baptist Church enrolled between Association of 1813 and Association of 1819. Also listed in roll begun ca 1820 as owned by BUTLER. The Book of Ye Records of the Baptist Church in Charles City Begun The First Satureday in September 1792, unpublished typescript Jacquelin G. Pomeroy, Charles City County Richard M. Bowman Center for Local History Archives.
JULIUS	SIMON	RIVERVIEW - DOGHAM	ROYAL	JOHN	1813	+
First Name SIMON Plantation RIVERVIEW - DOGHAM Owner Last Name ROYAL Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1813 Owner Last Name ROYAL Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1813 Info & Sources Member Charles City Baptist Church enrolled between Association of 1813 and Association of 1819. Also listed in roll begun ca 1820 as owned by BUTLER. The Book of Ye Records of the Baptist Church in Charles City Begun The First Satureday in September 1792, unpublished typescript Jacquelin G. Pomeroy, Charles City County Richard M. Bowman Center for Local History Archives.
KEMP	CHRISTOPHER	BERKELEY	HARRISON	BENJAMIN	1843	+
First Name CHRISTOPHER Plantation BERKELEY Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name BENJAMIN Date of Record 1843 Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name BENJAMIN Date of Record 1843 Info & Sources Polly Kemp and her children (Christopher, Stephen, John and Sarah) were emancipated in 1843 by Andrew Johnston, executor of Robert Johnston. The connection, if any, between the Johnstons and the Harrisons of Berkeley is unknown. The deed describes the grantor as "late of the City of Richmond," but at the time of the making of the deeds a resident of Adams County, Illinois. Polly is described in the deed of emancipation as POLLY BURGESS before her marriage to STEPHEN KEMP, a slave belonging to Isaac Davenport of the City of Richmond. The Inventory of Benjamin Harrison V, Signer of the Declaration of Independence lists two slaves by the name Polly Burges, so a connection to Berkeley seems apparent. Christopher Kemp is described in the deed as between fifteen and sixteen years old, not well grown, a dark mulato, one arm injured, with large front teeth. The deed further states that Christopher and his brother Stephen "appear to have been remarkably well brought up." Charles City County Deed Book 9, pp 314-16. Christopher Kemp was a member of the First African Baptist Church and was dismissed by letter 03 JUNE 1849, when he left the state. First African Baptist Church Minutes, microfilm copy Library of Virginia. See Polly Kemp for additional family history.
KEMP	STEPHEN	BERKELEY	HARRISON	BENJAMIN	1843	+
First Name STEPHEN Plantation BERKELEY Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name BENJAMIN Date of Record 1843 Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name BENJAMIN Date of Record 1843 Info & Sources Polly Kemp and her children (Christopher, Stephen, John and Sarah) were emancipated in 1843 by Andrew Johnston, executor of Robert Johnston. The connection, if any, between the Johnstons and the Harrisons of Berkeley is unknown. The deed describes the grantor as "late of the City of Richmond," but at the time of the making of the deeds a resident of Adams County, Illinois. Polly is described in the deed of emancipation as POLLY BURGESS before her marriage to STEPHEN KEMP, a slave belonging to Isaac Davenport of the City of Richmond. The Inventory of Benjamin Harrison V, Signer of the Declaration of Independence lists two slaves by the name Polly Burges, so a connection to Berkeley seems apparent. Stephen Kemp is described in the deed as about fourteen years old, rather small, and a dark mulato. The deed further states that Stephen and his brother Christopher"appear to have been remarkably well brought up." Charles City County Deed Book 9, pp 314-16. Polly Kemp is listed as a 50 year old head of household in the City of Richmond Census of 1850. Also listed are children Stephen, age 19, Sarah E., age 10 and William, age 9. Polly and her children risked being sold back into slavery by remaining in the state after their emancipation. See Polly Kemp for additional family history.
KEMP	JOHN	BERKELEY	HARRISON	BENJAMIN	1843	+
First Name JOHN Plantation BERKELEY Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name BENJAMIN Date of Record 1843 Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name BENJAMIN Date of Record 1843 Info & Sources Polly Kemp and her children (Christopher, Stephen, John and Sarah) were emancipated in 1843 by Andrew Johnston, executor of Robert Johnston. The connection, if any, between the Johnstons and the Harrisons of Berkeley is unknown. The deed describes the grantor as "late of the City of Richmond," but at the time of the making of the deeds a resident of Adams County, Illinois. Polly is described in the deed of emancipation as POLLY BURGESS before her marriage to STEPHEN KEMP, a slave belonging to Isaac Davenport of the City of Richmond. The Inventory of Benjamin Harrison V, Signer of the Declaration of Independence lists two slaves by the name Polly Burges, so a connection to Berkeley seems apparent. John Kemp is described in the deed as about nine years old, rather small, and a lighter color than his siblings. Charles City County Deed Book 9, pp 314-16. Polly Kemp is listed as a 50 year old head of household in the City of Richmond Census of 1850. Also listed are children Stephen, age 19, Sarah E., age 10 and William, age 9. Polly and her children risked being sold back into slavery by remaining in the state after their emancipation. See Polly Kemp for additional family history.
KEMP	WILLIAM	BERKELEY	HARRISON	BENJAMIN	1843	+
First Name WILLIAM Plantation BERKELEY Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name BENJAMIN Date of Record 1843 Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name BENJAMIN Date of Record 1843 Info & Sources Polly Kemp and her children (Christopher, Stephen, John and Sarah) were emancipated in 1843 by Andrew Johnston, executor of Robert Johnston. The connection, if any, between the Johnstons and the Harrisons of Berkeley is unknown. The deed describes the grantor as "late of the City of Richmond," but at the time of the making of the deeds a resident of Adams County, Illinois. Polly is described in the deed of emancipation as POLLY BURGESS before her marriage to STEPHEN KEMP, a slave belonging to Isaac Davenport of the City of Richmond. The Inventory of Benjamin Harrison V, Signer of the Declaration of Independence lists two slaves by the name Polly Burges, so a connection to Berkeley seems apparent. William Kemp is described in the deed as a mulatto between two and three years old, rather small, and a lighter color than his siblings. Charles City County Deed Book 9, pp 314-16. Polly Kemp is listed as a 50 year old head of household in the City of Richmond Census of 1850. Also listed are children Stephen, age 19, Sarah E., age 10 and William, age 9. Polly and her children risked being sold back into slavery by remaining in the state after their emancipation. See Polly Kemp for additional family history.
KEMP	SARAH	BERKELEY	HARRISON	BENJAMIN	1843	+
First Name SARAH Plantation BERKELEY Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name BENJAMIN Date of Record 1843 Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name BENJAMIN Date of Record 1843 Info & Sources Polly Kemp and her children (Christopher, Stephen, John and Sarah) were emancipated in 1843 by Andrew Johnston, executor of Robert Johnston. The connection, if any, between the Johnstons and the Harrisons of Berkeley is unknown. The deed describes the grantor as "late of the City of Richmond," but at the time of the making of the deeds a resident of Adams County, Illinois. Polly is described in the deed of emancipation as POLLY BURGESS before her marriage to STEPHEN KEMP, a slave belonging to Isaac Davenport of the City of Richmond. The Inventory of Benjamin Harrison V, Signer of the Declaration of Independence lists two slaves by the name Polly Burges, so a connection to Berkeley seems apparent. Sarah Kemp is described in the deed as about five years old, a dark mulatto "well looking." Charles City County Deed Book 9, pp 314-16. Polly Kemp is listed as a 50 year old head of household in the City of Richmond Census of 1850. Also listed are children Stephen, age 19, Sarah E., age 10 and William, age 9. Polly and her children risked being sold back into slavery by remaining in the state after their emancipation. See Polly Kemp for additional family history.
KING	JUDY	TEDDINGTON	LIGHTFOOT	WILLIAM H.	1837	+
First Name JUDY Plantation TEDDINGTON Owner Last Name LIGHTFOOT Owner First Name WILLIAM H. Date of Record 1837 Owner Last Name LIGHTFOOT Owner First Name WILLIAM H. Date of Record 1837 Info & Sources Inventory and appraisement of the estate of William H. Lightfoot of Sandy Point, taken on 15 DEC 1837, recorded in Charles City County Will Book No. 4, pp 281-84. Judy King was valued at $300.
KNIBB	JOHN	RIVERVIEW - DOGHAM	ROYAL	JOHN	1834	+
First Name JOHN Plantation RIVERVIEW - DOGHAM Owner Last Name ROYAL Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1834 Owner Last Name ROYAL Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1834 Info & Sources Slave named in will as a bequest to wife Nancy. Charles City County Will Book No. 4, p 73. Will was written 15 APR 1834 and filed 15 MAY 1834.
LADEN	GEORGE HENRY	WEYANOKE	DOUTHAT	ELEANOR	1833	+
First Name GEORGE HENRY Plantation WEYANOKE Owner Last Name DOUTHAT Owner First Name ELEANOR Date of Record 1833 Owner Last Name DOUTHAT Owner First Name ELEANOR Date of Record 1833 Info & Sources An infant slave by the name of George Henry Laden, belonging to Mrs. Douthat was baptised by Rev. A. Norris 08 JUL 1833. Westover Parish Vestry Book and Register 1833-1859, Record of Colored Baptisms.
LARREY	JOE	TEDDINGTON	BAYLOR	RICHARD	1862	+
First Name JOE Plantation TEDDINGTON Owner Last Name BAYLOR Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1862 Owner Last Name BAYLOR Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1862 Info & Sources Listed as a runaway male slave age 23 who left with McClellan's army when it retreated from Berkeley about August 17, 1862. Undated report filed pursuant to Act of March 28, 1863 by Francis W. Ware, Charles City Commissioner of Revenue, Auditor of Public Accounts: Runaway and Escaped Slaves, Receipts and Reports, 1863, Library of Virginia Archives.
LAWSON	KATE	WESTOVER	BYRD	WILLIAM	1769	+
First Name KATE Plantation WESTOVER Owner Last Name BYRD Owner First Name WILLIAM Date of Record 1769 Owner Last Name BYRD Owner First Name WILLIAM Date of Record 1769 Info & Sources Slave owned by William Byrd III and named as one of 159 slaves mortgaged by deed of 12 AUG 1769. Benjamin B. Weisiger, III, ed. & comp., Charles City County, Virginia Records 1737-1774, With Several 17th Century Fragments (1986), p. 23.
LEE	BALDWIN	TEDDINGTON	BAYLOR	RICHARD	1862	+
First Name BALDWIN Plantation TEDDINGTON Owner Last Name BAYLOR Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1862 Owner Last Name BAYLOR Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1862 Info & Sources Listed as a runaway male slave age 35 who left with McClellan's army when it retreated from Berkeley about August 17, 1862. Undated report filed pursuant to Act of March 28, 1863 by Francis W. Ware, Charles City Commissioner of Revenue, Auditor of Public Accounts: Runaway and Escaped Slaves, Receipts and Reports, 1863, Library of Virginia Archives. Advertised as a Negro confined in the Military Prisons in Richmond, VA. Richmond Examiner 30 SEP 1862.
LEMMON	TOM	POPLAR SPRINGS	VAIDEN	ROBERT J.	1867	+
First Name TOM Plantation POPLAR SPRINGS Owner Last Name VAIDEN Owner First Name ROBERT J. Date of Record 1867 Owner Last Name VAIDEN Owner First Name ROBERT J. Date of Record 1867 Info & Sources Tom Lemmon died 10 JUN 1867 at the age of 80. His death was reported by Robert J. Vaiden. Charles City County Register of Deaths 1853-1896.
LENARD	HEZEKIAH	COLESVILLE	CLARK	JOHN	1813	+
First Name HEZEKIAH Plantation COLESVILLE Owner Last Name CLARK Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1813 Owner Last Name CLARK Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1813 Info & Sources Member Charles City Baptist Church enrolled between Association of 1813 and Association of 1819. Also listed in the roll begun ca 1820. The Book of Ye Records of the Baptist Church in Charles City Begun The First Satureday in September 1792, unpublished typescript Jacquelin G. Pomeroy, Charles City County Richard M. Bowman Center for Local History Archives. Hezekiah Lenard died 27 SEP 1856 of dysentary at John New's. Lenard was 65 years of age at the time and was then owned by Robert W. Graves. Charles City County Register of Deaths 1853-1896.
LEWIS	DOLLY	SHIRLEY	CARTER	CHARLES	1813	+
First Name DOLLY Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name CHARLES Date of Record 1813 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name CHARLES Date of Record 1813 Info & Sources Member Charles City Baptist Church enrolled between Association of 1813 and Association of 1819. Also listed in roll begun ca 1820. The Book of Ye Records of the Baptist Church in Charles City Begun The First Satureday in September 1792, unpublished typescript Jacquelin G. Pomeroy, Charles City County Richard M. Bowman Center for Local History Archives.
LEWIS	VICTORIA	MT. STERLING	JERDONE	WILLIAM	1864	+
First Name VICTORIA Plantation MT. STERLING Owner Last Name JERDONE Owner First Name WILLIAM Date of Record 1864 Owner Last Name JERDONE Owner First Name WILLIAM Date of Record 1864 Info & Sources Listed as a "colored female" rather than a slave, but probably was a slave. Died NOV 1864 of colic at the age of 3 months. She was the child of Ellen Lewis and her death was reported by William Jerdone, "friend." Charles City County Register of Deaths 1853-1896.
LEWIS	JOHN	MT. STERLING	JERDONE	WILLIAM	1864	+
First Name JOHN Plantation MT. STERLING Owner Last Name JERDONE Owner First Name WILLIAM Date of Record 1864 Owner Last Name JERDONE Owner First Name WILLIAM Date of Record 1864 Info & Sources Listed as a "colored male" rather than a slave, but probably was a slave. Died SEP 1864 of ague and fever at the age of 2 months. He was the child of Ellen Lewis and his death was reported by William Jerdone, "friend." Charles City County Register of Deaths 1853-1896.
LEWIS	CHARLES	EPPES ISLAND	EPPES	RICHARD	1861	+
First Name CHARLES Plantation EPPES ISLAND Owner Last Name EPPES Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1861 Owner Last Name EPPES Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1861 Info & Sources Charles Lewis was one of three slaves convicted of conspiracy to make an insurrection 03 JUN 1861. Lewis was charged, along with another slave who also belongied to Dr. Richard Epps of City Point, and a slave from Shirley Plantation of conspiring "to rebel or make insurrection by conversing together about the Northern Army & their expectations of being set free & having arms put in their hands & their readyness to rebel against their masters." Thirty nine lashes was the sentence imposed on each slave. Charles City County Records, Library of Virginia Archives, Ended Causes, Box 33, BC#1044799. Edmund Ruffin wrote about this conspiracy in his diary on May 26th. Ruffin stated that the conspiracy involved slaves on both sides of the river and had been in progress for six to eight months. The conspirators allegedly made their plans under the cover of night meetings for pretended religious worship. At the time of the diary entry the responsible slaves had not been apprehended, but Ruffin wrote that slaves at Eppes Island and at Shirley were thought to be the most guilty. William Kauffman Scarborough, The Diary of Edmund Ruffin, (Louisiana State Univ. Press: Baton Rouge: 1976) vol II, p. 35.
LEWIS	SUSAN	TEDDINGTON	BAYLOR	RICHARD	1862	+
First Name SUSAN Plantation TEDDINGTON Owner Last Name BAYLOR Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1862 Owner Last Name BAYLOR Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1862 Info & Sources Listed as a runaway female slave age 29 who left with McClellan's army when it retreated from Berkeley about August 17, 1862. Undated report filed pursuant to Act of March 28, 1863 by Francis W. Ware, Charles City Commissioner of Revenue, Auditor of Public Accounts: Runaway and Escaped Slaves, Receipts and Reports, 1863, Library of Virginia Archives.
LEWIS	CHARLES		JONES	VIRGINIA	1862	+
First Name CHARLES Plantation Owner Last Name JONES Owner First Name VIRGINIA Date of Record 1862 Owner Last Name JONES Owner First Name VIRGINIA Date of Record 1862 Info & Sources Listed as a runaway male slave age 35 belonging to Virginia and Alice E. Jones who left in July 1862. Undated report filed pursuant to Act of March 28, 1863 by Francis W. Ware, Charles City Commissioner of Revenue, Auditor of Public Accounts: Runaway and Escaped Slaves, Receipts and Reports, 1863, Library of Virginia Archives.
LEWIS	MARGARET	EPPES ISLAND	EPPES	RICHARD	1865	+
First Name MARGARET Plantation EPPES ISLAND Owner Last Name EPPES Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name EPPES Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a person dependent on government rations at Fort Monroe, Va. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997).
LEWIS	CHARLES	EPPS ISLAND	EPPES	RICHARD	1865	+
First Name CHARLES Plantation EPPS ISLAND Owner Last Name EPPES Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name EPPES Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a person dependent on government rations at Fort Monroe, Va. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997).
LEWIS	EDMOND	EPPES ISLAND	EPPES	RICHARD	1865	+
First Name EDMOND Plantation EPPES ISLAND Owner Last Name EPPES Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name EPPES Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a person dependent on government rations at Fort Monroe, Va. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997).
LEWIS	BILLY		SWAINE	JAMES	1791	+
First Name BILLY Plantation Owner Last Name SWAINE Owner First Name JAMES Date of Record 1791 Owner Last Name SWAINE Owner First Name JAMES Date of Record 1791 Info & Sources Listed in an Inventory of the estate of James Swaine recorded 20 JAN 1791. Charles City County Will Book No. 1, p. 39.
LEWIS	NED	SHIRLEY	CARTER	HILL	1859	+
First Name NED Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1859 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1859 Info & Sources Birth recorded in Slave Record Book - Births 1822-1864, container 92, Shirley Plantation Collection 1650-1888, Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations, Series K, microfilm. Son of Betsy Lyons recorded as dead.
LEWIS	HENRY	SHIRLEY	CARTER	HILL	1849	+
First Name HENRY Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1849 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1849 Info & Sources A cholera epidemic hit Shirley in the summer of 1849 and claimed the lives of thirty-one or thirty-two slaves (records differ) in the course of three terrifying weeks. The deaths were recorded in the 1850 Census of Mortality and in plantation records. Shirley Plantation Collection, container 11, folder 5, J. D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg. Henry Lewis died 01 JUL 1849. He was the 4 year old son of Judy.
LEWIS	JUDY	SHIRLEY	CARTER	HILL	1849	+
First Name JUDY Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1849 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1849 Info & Sources A cholera epidemic hit Shirley in the summer of 1849 and claimed the lives of thirty-one or thirty-two slaves (records differ) in the course of three terrifying weeks. The deaths were recorded in the 1850 Census of Mortality and in plantation records. Shirley Plantation Collection, container 11, folder 5, J. D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg. Judy Lewis died 30 JUN 1849 at the age of 32.
LEWIS	AMY	MT. STERLING	JERDONE	WILLIAM	1864	+
First Name AMY Plantation MT. STERLING Owner Last Name JERDONE Owner First Name WILLIAM Date of Record 1864 Owner Last Name JERDONE Owner First Name WILLIAM Date of Record 1864 Info & Sources Amy Lewis died unmarried DEC 1864 of paralysis at the age of 67. Her death was reported by Wm. Jerdone "friend." Charles City County Register of Deaths 1853-1896.
LIGGINS	JOHN	WESTOVER	BYRD	WILLIAM	1814	+
First Name JOHN Plantation WESTOVER Owner Last Name BYRD Owner First Name WILLIAM Date of Record 1814 Owner Last Name BYRD Owner First Name WILLIAM Date of Record 1814 Info & Sources Listed in an Appraisement of slaves belonging to Col. Byrd's Estates at Westover taken in DEC 1814. Charles City County Will Book No. 2, pp 367-68. Liggons was valued at $300.
LIGGINS	HARRY	WESTOVER	BYRD	WILLIAM	1814	+
First Name HARRY Plantation WESTOVER Owner Last Name BYRD Owner First Name WILLIAM Date of Record 1814 Owner Last Name BYRD Owner First Name WILLIAM Date of Record 1814 Info & Sources Listed in an Appraisement of slaves belonging to Col. Byrd's Estates at Westover taken in DEC 1814. Charles City County Will Book No. 2, pp 367-68. Liggons was valued at $250.
LIGGONS	MOLLY	WESTOVER	BYRD	WILLIAM	1814	+
First Name MOLLY Plantation WESTOVER Owner Last Name BYRD Owner First Name WILLIAM Date of Record 1814 Owner Last Name BYRD Owner First Name WILLIAM Date of Record 1814 Info & Sources Listed in an Appraisement of slaves belonging to Col. Byrd's Estates at Westover taken in DEC 1814. Charles City County Will Book No. 2, pp 367-68. Liggins was valued at $300.
LIGHTFOOT	JESSEE	COLESVILLE	CLARK	JOHN	1813	+
First Name JESSEE Plantation COLESVILLE Owner Last Name CLARK Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1813 Owner Last Name CLARK Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1813 Info & Sources Member Charles City Baptist Church enrolled between Association of 1813 and Association of 1819. Also listed in roll begun ca 1820. The Book of Ye Records of the Baptist Church in Charles City Begun The First Satureday in September 1792, unpublished typescript Jacquelin G. Pomeroy, Charles City County Richard M. Bowman Center for Local History Archives.
LIGHTFOOT	SARY	BERKELEY	HARRISON	BENJAMIN	1820	+
First Name SARY Plantation BERKELEY Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name BENJAMIN Date of Record 1820 Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name BENJAMIN Date of Record 1820 Info & Sources Member Charles City Baptist Church listed in roll begun ca 1820. The Book of Ye Records of the Baptist Church in Charles City Begun The First Satureday in September 1792, unpublished typescript Jacquelin G. Pomeroy, Charles City County Richard M. Bowman Center for Local History Archives.
LINSEY	WM.	TEDDINGTON	BAYLOR	RICHARD	1862	+
First Name WM. Plantation TEDDINGTON Owner Last Name BAYLOR Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1862 Owner Last Name BAYLOR Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1862 Info & Sources Listed as a runawy male slave age 30 who left with McClellan's army when it retreated from Berkeley about August 17, 1862. Undated report filed pursuant to Act of March 28, 1863 by Francis W. Ware, Charles City Commissioner of Revenue, Auditor of Public Accounts: Runaway and Escaped Slaves, Receipts and Reports, 1863, Library of Virginia Archives.
LITTLE	MARIA	BERKELEY	STARKE	POWHATAN	1848	+
First Name MARIA Plantation BERKELEY Owner Last Name STARKE Owner First Name POWHATAN Date of Record 1848 Owner Last Name STARKE Owner First Name POWHATAN Date of Record 1848 Info & Sources Slave valued at $450 and alotted to Elizabeth C. Orgain (wife of Powhatan B. Starke) in Surry County Chancery case 1848-002 William Allen, etc. vs. Mary M. Orgain, etc.
LITTLE	CORDELIA	BERKELEY	ORGAIN	MARY M.	1848	+
First Name CORDELIA Plantation BERKELEY Owner Last Name ORGAIN Owner First Name MARY M. Date of Record 1848 Owner Last Name ORGAIN Owner First Name MARY M. Date of Record 1848 Info & Sources Slave valued at $350 and alotted to Mary M. Orgain who lived at Berkeley in Surry County Chancery case 1848-002 William Allen, etc. vs. Mary M. Orgain, etc.
LITTLE	SIAH	WESTOVER	SELDEN	JOHN A., Jr.	1838	+
First Name SIAH Plantation WESTOVER Owner Last Name SELDEN Owner First Name JOHN A., Jr. Date of Record 1838 Owner Last Name SELDEN Owner First Name JOHN A., Jr. Date of Record 1838 Info & Sources Slave valued at $500 and alotted to John A. Selden, Jr. In Surry County Chancery case 1838-012 John A. Selden, Jr. v. Griffin Orgain & wife.
LOVE	CAROLINE	CEDAR HILL	HARRISON	JOHN H.	1865	+
First Name CAROLINE Plantation CEDAR HILL Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name JOHN H. Date of Record 1865 Owner Last Name HARRISON Owner First Name JOHN H. Date of Record 1865 Info & Sources Listed as a destitute freedman at Warwick County. For records on indigent freedmen see Elizabeth Cann Kambourian, comp. & ed., The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, Names of the Destitute Freedmen Dependent Upon the Government in the Military Districts of Virginia (Heritage Books:Bowie, MD: 1997); Carolyn Hardin Goudie, "Downey Farm List of Indigent Freedmen," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 35, no. 1, pg. 13 (winter: 1997).
LOVINS	JIM	TEDDINGTON	BAYLOR	RICHARD	1862	+
First Name JIM Plantation TEDDINGTON Owner Last Name BAYLOR Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1862 Owner Last Name BAYLOR Owner First Name RICHARD Date of Record 1862 Info & Sources Listed as a runaway male slave age 28 who left with McClellan's army when it retreated from Berkeley about August 17, 1862. Undated report filed pursuant to Act of March 28, 1863 by Francis W. Ware, Charles City Commissioner of Revenue, Auditor of Public Accounts: Runaway and Escaped Slaves, Receipts and Reports, 1863, Library of Virginia Archives.
LYONS	BETSY	SHIRLEY	CARTER	HILL	1840	+
First Name BETSY Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1840 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1840 Info & Sources Births of children recorded in Slave Record Book - Births 1822-1864, container 92, Shirley Plantation Collection 1650-1888, Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations, Series K, microfilm. Mother of Celia, Mary, Abram Johnson, Hartwell, and Ned Lewis.
LYONS	CELIA	SHIRLEY	CARTER	HILL	1840	+
First Name CELIA Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1840 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1840 Info & Sources Birth recorded in Slave Record Book - Births 1822-1864, container 92, Shirley Plantation Collection 1650-1888, Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations, Series K, microfilm. Daughter of Betsy Lyons.
LYONS	MARY	SHIRLEY	CARTER	HILL	1842	+
First Name MARY Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1842 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1842 Info & Sources Birth recorded in Slave Record Book - Births 1822-1864, container 92, Shirley Plantation Collection 1650-1888, Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations, Series K, microfilm. Daughter of Betsy. Mother of Joe.
LYONS	HARTWELL	SHIRLEY	CARTER	HILL	1851	+
First Name HARTWELL Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1851 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1851 Info & Sources Birth recorded in Slave Record Book - Births 1822-1864, container 92, Shirley Plantation Collection 1650-1888, Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations, Series K, microfilm. Son of Betsy.
LYONS	JOE	SHIRLEY	CARTER	HILL	1849	+
First Name JOE Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1849 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1849 Info & Sources A cholera epidemic hit Shirley in the summer of 1849 and claimed the lives of thirty-one or thirty-two slaves (records differ) in the course of three terrifying weeks. The deaths were recorded in the 1850 Census of Mortality and in plantation records. Shirley Plantation Collection, container 11, folder 5, J. D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg. Joe Lyons died 07 JUL 1849 at the age of 57 years.
LYONS	MARIA	SHIRLEY	CARTER	HILL	1849	+
First Name MARIA Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1849 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1849 Info & Sources A cholera epidemic hit Shirley in the summer of 1849 and claimed the lives of thirty-one or thirty-two slaves (records differ) in the course of three terrifying weeks. The deaths were recorded in the 1850 Census of Mortality and in plantation records. Shirley Plantation Collection, container 11, folder 5, J. D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg. Maria (Mary) Lyons died 09 JUL 1849 at the age of 4 years.
LYONS	JOE	SHIRLEY	CARTER	HILL	1858	+
First Name JOE Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1858 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name HILL Date of Record 1858 Info & Sources Birth recorded in Slave Record Book - Births 1822-1864, container 92, Shirley Plantation Collection 1650-1888, Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations, Series K, microfilm. Son of Mary.
MACK	REBECCA A.		MAJOR	MISS	1833	+
First Name REBECCA A. Plantation Owner Last Name MAJOR Owner First Name MISS Date of Record 1833 Owner Last Name MAJOR Owner First Name MISS Date of Record 1833 Info & Sources An infant slave named Rebecca Mack, belonging to Miss Major, was baptised at the Lower Church 21 JUL 1833 by Rev. A. Norris. Westover Parish Vestry Book and Register 1833-1859, Record of Colored Baptisms.
MACON	WILLIAM J.	WEYANOKE	DOUTHAT	ELEANOR	1834	+
First Name WILLIAM J. Plantation WEYANOKE Owner Last Name DOUTHAT Owner First Name ELEANOR Date of Record 1834 Owner Last Name DOUTHAT Owner First Name ELEANOR Date of Record 1834 Info & Sources An infant slave named William J. Macon, belonging to Mrs. Douthat, was baptised at Weyanoke by Rev. A. Norris 30 NOV 1834. Westover Parish Vestry Book and Register 1833-1859, Record of Colored Baptisms.
MAIN	GILBERT	BUCKLAND	WILLCOX	JAMES M.	1863	+
First Name GILBERT Plantation BUCKLAND Owner Last Name WILLCOX Owner First Name JAMES M. Date of Record 1863 Owner Last Name WILLCOX Owner First Name JAMES M. Date of Record 1863 Info & Sources Gilbert is listed as a runaway male slave age 14 belonging to James M. Willcox who left in July 1862. Undated report filed pursuant to Act of March 28, 1863 by Francis W. Ware, Charles City Commissioner of Revenue, Auditor of Public Accounts: Runaway and Escaped Slaves, Receipts and Reports, 1863, Library of Virginia Archives. Surname is supplied by U.S. Navy enlistment in the James River on 06 AUG 1862 of a 14 year-old GILBERT MAIN who listed his place of birth as Buckland, Va. African Americn Sailors in U.S. Navy - NPS data base.
MARKS	JENNY	ROCKDALE	STAGG	THOMAS	1813	+
First Name JENNY Plantation ROCKDALE Owner Last Name STAGG Owner First Name THOMAS Date of Record 1813 Owner Last Name STAGG Owner First Name THOMAS Date of Record 1813 Info & Sources Member Charles City Baptist Church enrolled between Association of 1813 and Association of 1819. Also listed in the roll begun ca 1820. The Book of Ye Records of the Baptist Church in Charles City Begun The First Satureday in September 1792, unpublished typescript Jacquelin G. Pomeroy, Charles City County Richard M. Bowman Center for Local History Archives.
MASON	JOE	SHIRLEY	CARTER	CHARLES	1783	+
First Name JOE Plantation SHIRLEY Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name CHARLES Date of Record 1783 Owner Last Name CARTER Owner First Name CHARLES Date of Record 1783 Info & Sources Black Loyalist described as 24, stout fellow, B. Pioneers, formerly servant to Col. Charles Carter, James River, Virignia, left him in 1779. Graham Russell Hodges, ed., The Black Loyalist Directory, African Americans in Exile After the American Revolution (Garland Pub.: New York: 1996) p. 165.
MASON	JOHN	OAK HILL	MAJOR	GEORGE	1840	+
First Name JOHN Plantation OAK HILL Owner Last Name MAJOR Owner First Name GEORGE Date of Record 1840 Owner Last Name MAJOR Owner First Name GEORGE Date of Record 1840 Info & Sources Birth recorded in Major Family Account Book, Major-Marable Family Papers, MS1989.4, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
MAYO	THOMAS		EVANS	JOHN	1690	+
First Name THOMAS Plantation Owner Last Name EVANS Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1690 Owner Last Name EVANS Owner First Name JOHN Date of Record 1690 Info & Sources Thomas Mayo was a 14-year old Indian brought into court 08 DEC 1690 by John Evans to have his age determined. The law of 1682 made servants tithable when they reached a certain age and required masters to bring children between the ages of 4 and 18 into court to have their ages determined. During Bacon's war against the Indians and for a brief period thereafter it was lawful to enslave indians caught in hostile acts. Whether Thomas Mayo served for a term of years or was held in lifetime servitude is unknown.

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