Lavinia (Stein) Sleet (1807 - 1887)

Descendants

Died 1887 at about age 80 in Boone, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Lavinia (Stein) Sleet is a part of US Black heritage.

Lavinia was born in 1807. She passed away in 1887.

Slave Owner(s)

1. Robert Finnell
2. unknown

Sources

• 1840 U.S. census, Boone County, Kentucky, population schedule, location not stated, p. 15 (penned), 24-35 year old female slave in the Robt Finnell household, digital image 34 of 98, FamilySearch.org ([1]: accessed 08 April 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 104

• 1841 Robert Finnell Inventory. Kentucky, Boone County, County Court, Wills, Vol. D, p. 373-374, 14 October 1841, digital image 299 of 492, FamilySearch.org ([2]: accessed 08 April 2023)
  • 1 Negro Woman named Vina $400.00

• 1860 U.S. census, Boone County, Kentucky, population schedule, Walton, p. 395 (penned), dwelling 1360, family 1393, Lavina Sleet in the Simon Sleet household, digital image 15 of 28, FamilySearch.org ([3]: accessed 08 April 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll xxx
  • Simon was 63 years old and was born in Kentucky. He was a farmer. His wife, Lavina, was 55 years old and was born in Kentucky. Simon owned real estate valued at $1200 and personal estate valued at $2400.

• 1865 Geo. W. & Cassandria Carroll land deed to Lavinia Sleet. Kentucky, Boone County, County Court Clerk, Deeds, Vol. 22, pp. 524-525, 22 March 1865, digital image 345 of 418, FamilySearch.org ([4]: accessed 08 April 2023)
  • Lavinia, a free woman of color of the county of Boone, state of Kentucky purchased 11 acres of land on the McCaws Fork of Mualick Creek next to 34 acres owned by Lavinia, land owned Jno & Jordan Harris, Jno Connely for $275

• 1870 U.S. census, Boone County, Kentucky, population schedule, Walton, p. 5 (penned), dwelling 35, family 35, Vina Sleet in the Simon Sleet household, digital image 5 of 24, FamilySearch.org ([5]: accessed 08 April 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 446
  • Simon was 73 years old and was born in Kentucky. He was a farmer. His wife, Vina, was 65 years old and was born in Kentucky. Simon owned real estate valued at $2000 and personal estate valued at $700.

• 1880 U.S. census, Boone County, Kentucky, population schedule, Walton, p. 27C (penned), dwelling 85, family 85, Vina Sleet in the Simon Sleet household, digital image 9 of 23, FamilySearch.org ([6]: accessed 08 April 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll xxx.
  • Simon was 85 years old and was born in Kentucky. He was a retired farmer. His wife, Vina, was 74 years old and was born in Kentucky. She was the mother of 8 children, 8 were still living. They had been married 16 years. They owned their farm. Simon and Vina's parents were born in Virginia.

• 1887 Find a Grave Memorial. FindaGrave.com, database and images ([7]: accessed 08 April 2023), memorial page for Luvina Sleet (1807–11 Jul 1887), Find a Grave Memorial ID 61619528, citing Beaverlick Cemetery, Beaverlick, Boone County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Sandra & Bob Brake --- (contributor 46845942).

See also

• 1929 Ellen Moore death certificate. Michigan, Mecosta Co., Michigan Department of Health, (1929) Ellen Moore, No. 541197, image of , Michiganology.org, database with images, ([8]: accessed 08 April 2023).
  • Ellen Moore was a colored, female. She was born 22-Dec-1826 in Kentucky. She died 31-Jan-1929 in Wheaatland, Mecosta Co., Michigan. She was buried 5-Feb-1929 in Marpan Cemetery?. Her parents are Simon Sleet and Lovina Sten. The informant was Mary Moore

• African American Families: Sleet Chronicles of Boone County Kentucky, African American Families: Sleet, ([9]: accessed 8 April 2023)
  • ”Information contributed by Robert Lett, a Sleet descendant. Richard & Ellen Sleet Moore. Ellen born circa 1826 is found along with her mother Viney and several children listed among the items of property in the 1841 Last Will & Testament of Benjamin F. Finnell (married to Sarah Jane Carter) second wife of Weedon McCauley Sleet Sr." (note—Viney and her children were listed in the estate inventory for Richard Finnell, not Benjamin Finnell)