Priss (Shapard) Webb (abt. 1839)

Born about Jun 1839 in Haywood, Tennessee, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Priss (Shapard) Webb is a part of US Black heritage.

Priss was born about June 1839.

Priss was enslaved by Thomas Shapard. At some point between 1830 and 1840, Thomas and his wife Frances (Bailey) Shapard moved from Person County, North Carolina, to Haywood County, Tennessee, where they established a large plantation south of the Hatchie River near what is now the town of Stanton.

At some point before 1840, Priss was transferred to Thomas's son-in-law James Lewis Webb who also lived in Haywood County, Tennessee, at that time.^[1] When Thomas died in late 1840, Priss was listed on his estate inventory as an 18 month old girl in the possession of James Lewis Webb.^[2]

Around 1845, James Lewis Webb relocated to Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee.^[3]

Slave Owners

• Thomas Shapard
• James Lewis Webb

Sources

1. ↑ 1840 Census: "United States Census, 1840", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYD-BH6 : Fri Jul 21 00:59:02 UTC 2023), Entry for J L Webb, 1840.
2. ↑ Estate Inventory of Thomas Shapard - 3 December 1840, Haywood County, "Tennessee Probate Court Books, 1795-1927," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-2BQW-89?cc=1909088&wc=M6QQ-FMS%3A179633201%2C179833301 : 22 May 2014), Haywood > Wills, 1839-1841, Vol. 02 > image 118 of 315; county courthouses, Tennessee.
3. ↑ 1850 Census - Slave Schedule: "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVHX-337 : Mon Jun 05 04:30:59 UTC 2023), Entry for <Unknown> and J L Webb, 1850.