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Halifax County Slaveholders' List

Halifax County Slaveholders' List

Below is a portion of the: HALIFAX COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA LARGEST SLAVEHOLDERS FROM 1860 SLAVE CENSUS SCHEDULES
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SURNAME MATCHES FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS ON 1870 CENSUS

Transcribed by Tom Blake, June 2003

We will include the link so that others who do research are able to access the full list.
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Background information about web site: PURPOSE. Published information giving names of slaveholders and numbers of slaves held is almost non-existent. It is possible to locate an ancestor on a U.S. census for 1860 or earlier and not realize that ancestor was also listed as a slaveholder on the slave schedules, because published indexes almost always do not include the slave census.

The last U.S. census slave schedules were enumerated by County in 1860 and included 393,975 named persons holding 3,950,546 unnamed slaves, or an average of about ten slaves per holder. The actual number of slaveholders may be slightly lower because some large holders held slaves in more than one County and would have been counted in each County. Excluding slaves, the 1860 U.S. population was 27,167,529, with about 1 in 70 being a slaveholder.

It is estimated by this transcriber that in 1860, slaveholders of 200 or more slaves, while constituting less than 1 % of the total number of U.S. slaveholders, or 1 out of 7,000 free persons, held 20-30% of the total number of slaves in the U.S.

The process of publication of slaveholder names beginning with the largest holders will enable naming of the holders of the most slaves with the least amount of transcription work. Surname matching of slaveholders with 1870 African Americans is intended merely as suggesting another possibility for further research by those seeking to make connections between slaves and holders.


SLAVEHOLDER LIST:



ALLEN, Marcus A., 21 slaves, page 433

ALSTON, Amarellas, 31 slaves, page 428

ALSTON, Charles J. P., 62 slaves, page 436B

ANTHONY, John H., 34 slaves, page 411

ANTHONY, John, 35 slaves, page 414

ARRINGTON, Jas. C., Agt. For above? [unnamed] minors, 32 slaves, page 452

ARRINGTON, Louis, 35 slaves, page 443B

BAILY, Valentine, 22 slaves, page 427B

BARNES, G. N.?, 25 slaves, page 422

BASS, Turner, 50 slaves, page 404

BATCHELOR, L.? W., 33 slaves, page 455B

BELL, D.? B., 36 slaves, page 424

BELL, Hudson, 20 slaves, page 404B

BEVINS, John, 20 slaves, page 400

BISHOP, Heshman, 37 slaves, page 405

BOWENS, James B., 42 slaves, page 435

BRADLEY, James guardian for 3 minor heirs, 25 slaves, page 394

BRANCH, John, 77 slaves, page 425

BRANCH, S. W., 39 slaves, page 393

BRICKELL, William W., 33 slaves, page 447B

BRYANT, Joseph, 29 slaves, page 403

BURGES, Thomas L., 35 slaves, page 440

BURNEY, Jno. R., 20 slaves, page 432B

BUSTIAN, Wm., 51 slaves, page 427B

CLARK, David C., 23 slaves, page 437B

CLARK, David, 192 slaves, page 457

CLARK, Wm. R., 20 slaves, page 405B

CONIGLAND, Edward, 22 slaves, page 396B

CROWELL, T. M., 31 slaves, page 392

DANIEL, A. M., 30 slaves, page 424

DANIEL, J. R. P., 51 slaves, page 423

DANIEL, Joseph J., 20 slaves, page 445B

DANIEL, W. W. Trustee for seven minors, 68 slaves, page 446

DANIEL, W. A. Gua. For 3 minor heirs, 72 slaves, page 396

DAVIS, Archibald H., 36 slaves, page 439

DAVIS, John H., 27 slaves, page 413B

DAVIS, M. W., 25 slaves, page 411

DAVIS, Thaddeus and two other minor heirs, 37 slaves, page 445

DAY, Mary B. & eight other minor heirs, 81 slaves, page 450

DEVERAUX, Thomas R.?, 221 slaves, page 414

DRAUGHAN, Will, G. W. Buson? Agt., 32 slaves, page 401B

EDMONDS, A. T.?, 48 slaves, page 411B

EDMONDSTON, P. M., 98 slaves, page 415B

EDMUNDS, Benja. C., 20 slaves, page 442

EDMUNDS, Virginia E., 25 slaves, page 412

EPPS, Martha B., 115 slaves, page 451

EPPS, Wiley J., 34 slaves, page 450B

FAULCON, Isaac N., 103 slaves, page 433B

FAULCON, Jessee M., 33 slaves, page 434B

FAULCON, John, 24 slaves, page 434

FENNER, John H., 100 slaves, page 398B

FENNER, W. E., 46 slaves, page 422

FENNER, Wm. Guar. For 2 minor heirs, 21 slaves, page 413B

FERRALE?, M. Guar. For one minor heor, 21 slaves, page 421B

GARY, G. G., 24 slaves, page 396

GARY, J. M.?, 26 slaves, page 446B

GUNTER, Andrew, 29 slaves, page 425B

HALE, Lewis, 53 slaves, page 392B

HARRIS, Thos. W., 97 slaves, page 437

HARRISON, John H.?, 35 slaves, page 452B

HARRISON, Martha, 20 slaves, page 430B

HENRY, G. R., H. J. Henry Admr., 22 slaves, page 429

HIGGS, Jacob, 42 slaves, page 410

HIGGS, Jacob Guar. For 3 minor heirs, 23 slaves, page 410

HILL, W. J., 27 slaves, page 416

HINES, Peter R., 37 slaves, page 443B

HOOD, Sarah, 25 slaves, page 393B

HUNTER, Benja., 20 slaves, page 453

HUNTER, Thomas, 24 slaves, page 428B

HUNTER, William, 23 slaves, page 428

HUNTER, Wm. Guar for one minor heir, 27 slaves, page 428

HYMAN, John H., 43 slaves, page 416

HYMAN, P.? B., 25 slaves, page 407

HYMAN, Samuel, 20 slaves, page 407

IVEY, Benj. W., 30 slaves, page 431B

IVEY, John, 32 slaves, page 431

JOHNSON, Benja., 74 slaves, page 442

JOHNSTON, James C., 271 slaves, page 397

JOHNSTON, Margaret M., 46 slaves, page 448B

JOHNSTON, Wade, 30 slaves, page 432B

JONES, Mariah, 46 slaves, page 436

JONES, Rebecca J., 39 slaves, page 436B

JOYNER, Henry, 28 slaves, page 429

JOYNER, Sarah W., 41 slaves, page 444B

LANE, Sarah, 22 slaves, page 399B

LAWRENCE, James T., 22 slaves, page 405B

LAWRENCE, T. D., 28 slaves, page 407B

LAWRENCE, W. T., 34 slaves, page 402

LINTER?, Jas. M., 34 slaves, page 411B

LONG , W. L., 40 slaves, page 395

LONG, N. M. Sen., 133 slaves, page 426

LONG, N. M. Jun., 31 slaves, page 427

LOWE, Thomas G., 37 slaves, page 422B

MARTIN, Thomas, 24 slaves, page 431B

MOORE, John R., 27 slaves, page 434B

MOSELEY, Richard, 31 slaves, page 430

NICHOLSON, Thomas W., 51 slaves, page 443

OUSBY, James S., 27 slaves, page 392

PARKER, Frank M., 22 slaves, page 451B

PARKER, James H., 24 slaves, page 410B

PARKER, Richd. D., 21 slaves, page 448B

PERRY, Elijah B., 23 slaves, page 438B

PIERCE, R. B., 52 slaves, page 447

PONTON, A.? M. T., 41 slaves, page 458B

PONTON, Emily R., 47 slaves, page 458B

PONTON, William H., 62 slaves, page 449B

POPE, W. B., 41 slaves, page 423

POWELL, J. W., 71 slaves, page 403B

POWELL, Rebecca J. & three other minors, W. L. Johnston Guardian for, 31 slaves, page 448

PRICE, J. L.?, 24 slaves, page 435B

PURNELL, Mungo? P., 24 slaves, page 446B

ROPER, William C., 21 slaves, page 439B

SAVAGE, L. L., 34 slaves, page 404B

SHIELDS, Charles C., 23 slaves, page 407B

SHIELDS, Wm. H., 35 slaves, page 408

SHINE, Mary W., 37 slaves, page 449

SIMMONS, A.W., 35 slaves, page 448

SIMS?, Eli, 28 slaves, page 395

SMALLWOOD, R., 24 slaves, page 402B

SMITH, George A., 40 slaves, page 421

SMITH, James M., 165 slaves, page 418B

SMITH, Moses, 64 slaves, page 409B

SMITH, Peter E., 58 slaves, page 419B

SMITH, R. H. Guar. For 3 minor heirs, 54 slaves, page 418

SMITH, Richard H., 207 slaves, page 416B

SMITH, W. H., 59 slaves, page 421

SMITH, Wm. R., 155 slaves, page 420

SNOW, Jas. S., 39 slaves, page 438

SOLOMON, William D., 102 slaves, page 456

TAYLOR, W. W., 25 slaves, page 424B

TILLERY, J. B., 23 slaves, page 402B

TILLERY, John, 143 slaves, page 412B

TILLERY, Wm. H., 69 slaves, page 394

TILLMAN, O. T.?, 29 slaves, page 399B

WALKER, Richd. H., 22 slaves, page 447B

WEBB, R. H., 34 slaves, page 406

WHITAKER, F. H., 29 slaves, page 400B

WHITAKER, M. T., 39 slaves, page 401

WHITAKER, M. C., 34 slaves, page 429

WHITAKER, R. T., 35 slaves, page 399

WHITAKER, W. O.?, 26 slaves, page 401

WHITAKERL.? H., 26 slaves, page 400

WHITEHEAD, J. B., 20 slaves, page 396B

WHITFIELD, J. G., 39 slaves, page 424B

WIGGINS, Mason L., 58 slaves, page 455B

WILLIAMS, James M., 37 slaves, page 441

WILLIAMS, Solomon, James W. Browning agt. For, 25 slaves, page 426

WILLIAMS, Virginia, 63 slaves, page 456B

WILLS, William H., 32 slaves, page 442
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