Sussex County Slave Schedules. This photo shows part of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, a new memorial to honor thousands of people killed in racist lynchings, Sunday, April 22, 2018, in Montgomery, Ala. 2, 1907 Frank Lucas WashingtonNov. household.9 As a Russell County resident in 1843 he and several Davis relatives gave a power of attorney to his brother-in-law Windell Davis back in Duplin County.10 In 1850 he was enumerated in Barbour County, Alabama but by the 1855 state census was in Macon County. 2. Proctor said that's important to carrying the history forward. *** USGenWeb is not a Before presuming an African American was a slave on the 1860 census, Researchers are still compiling names of lynching victims, and various lists appear online, based on newspaper accounts, research, oral histories and other sources. 18, 1915 Herman Deely MadisonJanuary 1915 Dock Hartley ButlerMay 3, 1915 Jesse Hatch ClarkeAug. In 1999, Southern University archivist Angela Proctor began the painstaking task of reading, scanning and transcribing 228 handwritten interviews. 1331. Archives Project is part of The USGenWeb Project, The YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. Ethridge, Robbie Franklyn, and Sheri Marie Shuck-Hall. See the Heritage Exchange Portal for more information on how to document slaves and slave owners. 13, 1892 Burrill Jones MonroeOct. Anderson Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave P.O. Alice Campbell [acampbell@nconline.com] . 27, 1889 John Sleet JeffersonDec. 27, 1905 Alex MacDonald LimestoneFeb. 4, 1912 Sam Verge SumterAug. Associated Surnames: Comer Adam Cemetery Find a Grave . Send cash, checks or money orders to our P.O. about half of those living in the southern States. Since the U.S. government was not in effective control of many of these territories until later in the war, many of these slaves proclaimed to be free by the Emancipation Proclamation were still held in servitude until those areas came back under Union control. The 1850 slave schedule was used in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia. census. Source. U.S. IMPORTANT PRIVACY NOTICE & DISCLAIMER: YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO USE CAUTION WHEN DISTRIBUTING PRIVATE INFORMATION. 14,629 whites, 33 "free colored" and 16,150 slaves. On January 29, 1858, Alabama supporters of slavery, objecting to Benton's change of heart, renamed Benton County as Calhoun County. In the second, dated 16 December 1841, Beene expresses dissatisfaction with both shoes and prices. (As a side note, by 1960, 100 years 10, 1912 Berney ElmoreDec. 5, 1898 John Williams AutaugaJan. Southern History Series: The Carolina Chivalry. 5, 1931 Neal Quinn LowndesAug. 2, 1919 Unnamed man ClarkeSept. Comer, slave owner, mine operator, planter;Carrie Gertrude Seay Comer wife of J.W. viewed to see if there were smaller slaveholders with that surname. Bart Thrasher was one of Alabama's most notorious outlaws, one who helped Bibb County earn the moniker "Bloody Bibb" at a time when it was an extension . See the Heritage Exchange Portal for more information on how to document slaves and slave owners. A listing of the names and Alabama locales, if noted, of ex-slaves who recounted their earlier lives as slaves. 21, 1886 Three unidentified men PickensNov. When Alabama seceded from the Union in 1861, the state's 435,080 slaves made up 45 percent of the total population. Do not promote, suggest, glorify or incite violence in the comment section. 5, 1910 Sylvester Peyton MonroeFeb. 6, 1906 Corneilius Robinson MobileOct. 9, 1883 Wesley Brown MadisonNov. 2, 1907 Abe Sumrall WashingtonNov. Population of the Middle Suwannee Basin, 1840 and 1850. Social pressure was brought to bear on planters who failed to discharge this part of a slave-owners responsibility. 19, 1912 Unnamed man SumterFeb. WIKITREE HOME | ABOUT | G2G FORUM | HELP | SEARCH. Make checks out to Brad Griffin. who says he was born in 1858, near Suggsville, Clarke County, Alabama. The only extant records for Alabama in the 1890 census are parts of Perryville (Beat No. 1 Source Collection ***. Also See Alabama Vital Records Alabama Vital Records Information WIKITREE PROTECTS MOST SENSITIVE INFORMATION BUT ONLY TO THE EXTENT STATED IN THE TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY POLICY. Death records for Alabama state convicts who died while either a prisoner in custody or on parole are in this database. The county seat was moved to Anniston after years of controversy and a State Supreme Court ruling in June 1900."--from wikipedia.org. The interviews were coordinated by former Southern University Dean John B. Cade whom the universitys library is now named for and conducted by students after the slaves were freed following the end of the Civil War in 1865. these larger slaveholders, the data seems to show in general not many freed slaves in 1870 were using the surname of their 23, 1887 Jack Myrick HenrySept. I was born in Alabama in 1846 and had a hard time all through slavery as my mother was sold away from me. 2, 1901 Louis McAdams Shelby1901 3 3 Bud Davis Lawrence1901 5 1 Dock Mays DallasMay 1, 1901 Edward Mays DallasMay 1, 1901 Robert Dawson DallasMay 10, 1901 Charles Winston JeffersonMay 30, 1901 Frank Reeves ButlerJune 15, 1901 Joe Harris LimestoneJune 28, 1901 Billie Magruder BarbourJuly 2, 1901 Robert White ElmoreJuly 15, 1901 Alexander Herman LawrenceAug. The last U.S. census slave schedules were enumerated by County in 1860 and included 393,975 named persons holding Thousands of Negroes, uneducated, unfitted for anything except to obey and do their duty as directed, were given their freedom and the privilege of citizenship. Barbour County, Alabama Federal Census Index ; Year: Roll: ED's: Images: Transcription Status: Transcriber: 1840: M704-1 : 1850: M432-1 : 1850 Slave: M432-17 : 1860 1, 1912 William Smith JeffersonNov. 6, 1909 Will Parker MonroeApril 25, 1909 John Thomas JeffersonSept. submission. this county, except for 102 year old female Carolina, an African, held by Henry Lockhart and shown on page 102B. Some people were commenting that slavery didnt exist or that the stories were fabricated., After interviewing a former Shelby County slave named Cap Davis, one student wrote that, "When I asked him if he liked slavery he said, 'To tell you is not like feeling it. A. M., 145 slaves page 135B, WILEY, L. M., Silas Jones agent, 190 slaves page 95, WILLIAMS, Gazanay? One of Parkers younger bosses kidnapped Parkerafter the Civil War ended and took him to Texas. can be difficult because the name of a plantation may have been changed through the years and because the sizeable number Born in Orange County, Barbour studied law with St. George Tucker and practiced briefly in Kentucky before . 10, 1918 William Bird ColbertNov. 10, 1892 John Johnson TuscaloosaFeb. They hold records that are available in the public domain, but may be hard to find, hence they offer a convenient way to research. 30, 1896 Jeff Jackson MonroeOct. Jim was about eighty years old and had been lying on his oars for twelve years. Sylvia had done nothing but eat, drink, and smoke for sixteen years. Narrative of Oneda Lackow - Underground Railroad Fugitive. Albemarle and Alexandria Counties 1332. Slaves 100 years of age or older were supposed to be named on the 1860 slave schedule, but there were only 1,570 slaves of In Alabama in 1860 there were 482 farms of I have students who ask Did this really happen? because they didnt grow up with that.. Genealogical and historical data from the period of antebellum enslavement of Africans in the US, Location: Spring Hill, Barbour County, Alabama 30, 1883 Lewis Austin WalkerFeb. [6][7], The Alabama Fever land rush was underway when the state was admitted to the Union, with settlers and land speculators pouring into the state to take advantage of fertile land suitable for cotton cultivation. It was still hard to take myself out of it. Please keep all discussions in the comments civil and respectful. What were the Southners going to do with their emancipated coloreds? Where did the freed slaves go No flaming or trolling. and C.L.D. 20, 1904 Ed Avery WalkerSept. Some of researching their family origins. 8, 1920 Monroe Wood HenryOct. Their stories include the inhumanity of their conditions: children having to eat out of troughs, and field slaves being herded into pens like cattle. Huntsville, Alabama served as temporary capital from 1819 to 1820, when the seat of government moved to Cahaba in Dallas County. This is a category for those who held slaves in this county. This transcription lists the names of those largest slaveholders in the County, the number of slaves they held in 13, 1897 John Bonner LamarDec. Profiles are placed in this category with this text [[Category:Alabama, Slave Owners]] . Slavery Era Insurance Policies Registry -. (8%); Florida, up 27,000 (41%); Ohio, up 26,000 (70%); Indiana, up 25,000 (127%); and Kansas up from 265 to 17,000 Alabama was one of the first seven states to withdraw from the Union prior to the American Civil War . 4, 1895 Toby McGrady BullockOct. The material covers the period 1805 to 1975, but the bulk . Reading these wills may provide the reader with a clue on their ancestors. 14, 1893 Polk Hill PickensSept. The study found 3,777 Negro slave owners in the United States. Topical and respectful comments are welcome. Hunter Wallace AL Genweb: General Alabama genealogical information. 1, 1888 Oscar Coger ColbertMarch 18, 1888 Jeff Curry JeffersonMarch 29, 1888 Theodore Calloway LowndesApril 23, 1888 Hardy Posey JeffersonJuly 1, 1888 Calvin Moody LawrenceJuly 13, 1888 Jim Torney St. ClairJuly 14, 1888 Frank Stone St. ClairSept. This is a category for those who held slaves in this county. Barbour County Courthouse 1 Court Square PO Box 219 Clayton, Al 36016 Phone: 334-775-8366 Fax: 334-775-1125 Barbour County District Court 303 E Broad St Eufaula, AL 36027 Phone 334-687-1516 Barbour County Website Judge of Probate has marriage probate and land records from 1800's. [ hide person profiles] Person Profiles (6) 19, 1882 Jack Turner ChoctawAug. 13, 1933 Dan Pippen BibbSept. 3, 1886 John Hart LeeNov. 7, 1903 Charles Young St. ClairDec. My Davis ancestors can be traced back to the 1870 Population Census for Barbour County, Alabama. 14, 1893 Ed Guyton PickensSept. 21, 1884 Short HaleOct. 24, 1900 Unnamed man HenryDec. Booth, Etta - Barbour County Bowen, Jennie - Mobile Bradfield, Nannie - Uniontown Bradley, Martha - Montgomery Brown, Allen - Barbour County Brown, Gus . 1, 1891 Eliza Lowe HenryAug. 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Barbour and Bath Counties 1335. Nick Johnson, RoadSnacks June 17, 2016 - 69,114 views . please click here 13, 1892 Moses Johnson MonroeOct. 30, 1907 Neal Sanders CovingtonJuly 29, 1908 Lige Nelms JeffersonAug. . By the 1870 census, the white population of Barbour County had 8, 1894 Samuel Smith ButlerFeb. 16, 1894 Abram Seddon ChiltonFeb. 27, 1903 Arthur Stewart WilcoxApril 20, 1904 Ruben Sims BaldwinApril 20, 1904 Gaines Hall AutaugaJune 20, 1904 Charlie Harris TallapoosaJune 20, 1904 Ephraim Pope WilcoxJune 23, 1904 Joe Scott BibbJuly 9, 1904 Will Roberts PickensAug. Located at Barbour Co., ALGenWeb. 20, 1884 J. R. Dorsey CherokeeMay 8, 1885 Jordan ColbertMay 9, 1885 Scipio Atchison ChiltonOct. From the Collection: The collection contains genealogical research notes covering 1820-1880, including county data, church and marriage records, family histories, and other materials. The largest numbers of slaves were held in bondage in counties located in either the Tennessee River Valley or the Black Belt region. MANAGERS CANNOT HELP YOU WITH PERSONAL RESEARCH WE DO In 2017, I never expected some of the comments I saw. Pages numbers under 150 were shown as in the Eastern Originally Benton County Located at USGenWeb Archives: Calhoun Co., AL [Report Broken Link] Chambers Co. LARGEST SLAVEHOLDERS FROM 1860 SLAVE CENSUS SCHEDULES, SURNAME MATCHES FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS ON 1870 CENSUS. Estimates of the number of former slaves who used the surname of a Barbour County, Alabama, Slave Owners (0, 6, 0) Benton County, Alabama, Slave Owners (0, 1, 0) Bibb County, Alabama, Slave Owners (0, 12, 4) Blount County, Alabama, Slave Owners (0, 1, 0) Bullock County, Alabama, Slave Owners (0, 3, 0) Butler County, Alabama, Slave Owners (0, 1, 0) C Calhoun County, Alabama, Slave Owners (0, 5, 1) All materials contained on 4, 1915 William Smith ElmoreJan. Ive shared the Comer story here before, but I was reminded of it this afternoon when I came across another story about the end of slavery on Henry D. Claytons plantation in Barbour County. 8, 1877 Mark Woodford ClarkeApril 17, 1878 Ben Evans MadisonApril 17, 1878 Ephraim Hall MadisonSept. 6, 1893 Benjamin Minter DallasDec. The census further lists Georgia as . Alabama cemetery records, Vol. I had . the free census for 1860 should be checked, as almost 11% of African Americans were enumerated as free in 1860, with 4, 1907 Will Scott BullockMarch 24, 1907 Cleveland Harding LauderdaleMarch 25, 1907 Joe Lawrence GenevaAug. term "slaveholder" rather than "slave owner", so that questions of justice and legality of claims of ownership need not be [2][3], Originally part of the Mississippi Territory, the Alabama Territory was formed in 1817. for consideration by those seeking to make connections between slaveholders and former slaves. Well that was an interesting perspective. Oliver Bell. The transcriber did not notice any such slaves named in Here are the names of those 340 victims, listed by year, month and day, recording their names and the counties where they died. 14, 1894 Robert Moseley JeffersonMarch 1895 Manuel Dunegan ChiltonMarch 1895 Rufus Swindler ElmoreApril 21, 1895 Alice Greene ButlerApril 21, 1895 Martha Greene ButlerApril 21, 1895 Mary Deane ButlerApril 21, 1895 John Rateler ButlerApril 21, 1895 Zeb Colley ButlerApril 28, 1895 Unnamed man ButlerMay 18, 1895 Jerido Shrivers CoffeeOct. Comer], 1860: 61 slaves[1850 Federal Slave Schedule, Barbour Co., AL, C.L. 11) and Severe (Beat No. Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, and Appomattox Counties 1333. Due to variable film quality, 21, 1893 Richard Mays St. ClairMarch 15, 1893 Tom Brunnon PikeJune 22, 1893 Daniel Edwards DallasJune 27, 1893 Ernest Murphy TallapoosaJuly 16, 1893 Unnamed man ShelbyJuly 28, 1893 Lindsay Harper ChiltonAug. 16, 1925 Grant Cole MontgomeryApril 25, 1926 Lillie Cobb BlountOct. It seems like more people are bitter about slavery today over 150 years later than the people who lived through it. Slavery, however, existed in every county. African American descendants of persons who were enslaved in Barbour County, Alabama in 1860, if they have an idea of addressed in this transcription. 20, 1899 Peter Louin ElmoreAug. Comer; Braxton Bragg Comer (1848-1911) son of J.F. The USGenWeb Archives Project, Updated: - - Wednesday, 11-Jun-2008 15:58:30 EDT. slaves, the 1860 U.S. population was 27,167,529, with about 1 in 70 being a slaveholder. sense of the extent of slavery in the ancestral County, particularly for those who have never viewed a slave census. Alabama Historical Plantations. Lewis, one of them, a little later tried out the new freedom; he wanted to see, he said, what he could do by himself. These Are The 10 Cities In Alabama With The Most KKK Members. responsible to assure that no copyright is violated by their Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. 25, 1891 Two unnamed men ButlerSept. 2, 1913 Unnamed man HenryMarch 21, 1914 Charles Young ChiltonDec. Do not use vulgar, hateful, wacky or esoteric language in the comments. 1, 1899 Andrew Sloss LawrenceFebruary 28 (? It may be that when, only a few years ago, you girded on your cartridge-box and shouldered your trusty rifle, to go meet the invaders of your country, you committed to his care your home and your loves ones; and when you were far away upon the weary march, upon the dreadful battlefield, in the trenches, and on the picket line, many and many a time you thought of that faithful old negro and your heart warmed towards him , These words, Mr. Clayton thought, indicated the condition into which the country had been plunged by the termination of the war. 1 item, 1 Proctor, an African-American woman, said she tried to keep her emotions out of the tedious archival process but she was sometimes floored by the vivid descriptions of punishment in particular. http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census/ . USGenWeb Archives Project - Alabama Main Table of Contents, The The narratives offer rare first-person insight into one of the cruelest institutions in American history. 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Alabama, Alt-South, American South, Culture, Dixie, History, Identity, Negroes, Race Relations, Slavery, southern heritage, Southern History Series, White Supremacy The slavery categories exist to help with tracking the genealogy and family history of pre-Civil War era slaves. The national memorial aims to teach about America's past in hope of promoting understanding and healing. It was named in honor of James Barbour (1775-1842), a distinguished statesman and governor of Virginia. 1, 1891 William Williams HenryAug. 28, 1897 James Jackson BibbMarch 15, 1897 Andy Beard PickensMarch 18, 1897 John Smith JacksonMay 11, 1897 Amanda Franks MadisonMay 11, 1897 Mollie Smith MadisonMay 30, 1897 John Hayden LamarJune 21, 1897 George Bradley MonroeJuly 3, 1897 Jim Thomas JeffersonJuly 17, 1897 Edmonson LauderdaleJuly 19, 1897 George Richardson TallapoosaJuly 19, 1897 James Daniel CoosaAug. Parkerlater escaped. 25, 1913 Joe Green CovingtonAug. Alabama cemetery records and C.L.D. of Henry, 49 slaves page 172B, SANFORD, Est. 29, 1919 Robert Croskey MontgomerySept. who did not stay in this county? More: A permanent wound: How the slave tax warped Alabama finances. Calhoun County, AL Queries/Join eMail Group Like its neighbors, the Alabama Territory was fertile ground for the surging cotton crop, and soon became one of the major destinations for African-American slaves who were being shipped to the Southeastern United States. 16, 1894 William George ChiltonFeb. 1850 Federal Census Barbour County, Alabama (Source: MyHeritage) ($) Alabama State Census, 1820-1866 Barbour County (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($) United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 Barbour County (Source: FamilySearch) Category: Barbour County, Alabama, Slavery. and slaves who did all. This transcription includes 98 slaveholders who held 40 or more slaves in 4. Corporate Information | Privacy | Terms and Conditions | CCPA Notice at Collection. 2, 1884 Jeff N. Rogers ChambersJuly 16, 1884 Joe Robertson GreeneJuly 18, 1884 Andy Burke TuscaloosaSept. Baine, Rodney M. 1995. Using plantation names to locate ancestors The color barrier is not as profound as it was during our time period, Proctor said. ", Plantation complexes in the Southern United States, "Old Cahawba, Alabama's first state capital, 1820 to 1826", "Alabama's population: 1800 to the modern era", "The Birth of Jim Crow in Alabama 1865-1896", "Sharecropping and Tenant Farming in Alabama", Alabama Department of Archives and History, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_slavery_in_Alabama&oldid=1128842893, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 22 December 2022, at 07:22. Pauline . has donated files to the site. [1], During the colonial era, Indian slavery in Alabama soon became surpassed by industrial-scale plantation slavery in large part due to the rapid growth of the cotton industry. demonstrates the importance of the local story in Alabama economics and politics. NOT LIVE IN ALABAMA AND HAVE NO ACCESS TO ANY RECORDS, Search 24, 1933 Dennis Cross TuscaloosaJune 18, 1934 Otis Parham MontgomeryAug. decreased 17% to 12,143, while the "colored" population increased 6% to 17,165. is found on the 1870 census, then making the link to finding that ancestor as a slave requires advanced research techniques 16, 1920 Pete Zeigler AutaugaJuly 28, 1921 Jordan ChoctawJan. 23, 1934 George Davis JeffersonJuly 15, 1935 Joe Spinner Johnson HaleAug. Though the census schedules speak in terms of "slave owners", the transcriber has chosen to use the Click through to donate to us through our cashtag $occdissident15. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Your email address will not be published. 25, 1882 Leonard Coker MaconOct. to transcribe and send in your records or photos or 2008 - 2023 INTERESTING.COM, INC. She was able to get married and eat bacon, vegetables and sorghum syrup cake, but she also saw field slaves worked to death, an outcome she said her owner preferred to trying to improve a slaves health. and C.L.D. If life was so awful here, most of them would have left but they didnt after the war. Download the app for iPhone or Android. For black Americans the census may hold the only records they can find of their ancestors. But once you tell the Negro he is the equal of the White man the Negros respect for Whites is quickly replaced by resentment a resentment that is then stoked by the scheming, subversive, malevolent JOO. 5, 1910 Calvin Ezelle MonroeDec. This page was last modified 08:33, 11 May 2021. 17, 1893 David Williams PickensFeb. CONTENT MAY BE COPYRIGHTED BY WIKITREE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. Sources Taken from Szucs, Loretto Dennis, "Research in Census Records." 13, 1896 John Lee HenrySept. Barbour County Alabama GenWeb Index page Before you begin: In the Internet world of genealogy research there are many websites and corporations that are for-profit and expensive. CONTENT MAY BE COPYRIGHTED BY WIKITREE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. What was life like on the Democrat plantation? He goes on tell of four old pensioners on a plantation he visited in Alabama. 1840 Number of 1850 County White Slave Total Families White Slave Totall Three years ago, the collection was made public in its entirety, offering raw testimony from the mouths of slaves. 21, 1878 Daniel McBride LimestoneJune 15, 1879 Dave Benson St. ClairDec. Date Constructed/ Founded: not determined 3, 1901 William Fournay Pike1902 3 22 Ben Zeigler Pike1902 6 21 Wiley Campbell ChoctawNov. 20, 1909 Clinton Montgomery MarengoMay 27, 1910 Jesse Matson ShelbyJuly 2, 1910 Henry McKinney HoustonJuly 31, 1910 Bill Walker MobileAug. American Slave Narratives: An Anthology Online . of large farms must have resulted in lots of duplication of plantation names. Black Families of Alabama's Black Belt: Butler, Dallas, Lowndes, Marengo, Perry, and Wilcox Co. Doll's Genealogy Site: focus on Macon Co. 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