This enslaved ancestor's profile has a preliminary Last Name At Birth (LNAB) until a surname can be determined. Please see the US Black Heritage Naming Conventions for Slaves before merging or changing the LNAB.
Grace and her children were bequeathed by Nathaniel Barksdale to his son William Barksdale according to Nathaniel's will, signed 21 Jul 1789 in Halifax County, Virginia. The following children of Grace were named:
Be careful with merging slave profiles. Since Nathaniel was sometimes giving away more than one person with the same name in the same document, it would be a mistake to merge these individuals.
Birthdate for those not designated as children are set at before 15 years before the date of the document, i.e., 15 Jul 1789 minus 15 years, thus before 21 Jul 1774
Birth location is assumed to be the location of the signing of the document, Halifax, Virginia
Sources
Chiarito, Marian Dodson and James Hadley Prendergast. Halifax County Virginia Will Book 2 (1783-1792) (abstracts). Nathalie, VA: Clarkton Press, 1989. Will of Nathanieal Barksdale
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