Queen Shapard (abt. 1833)

Born about 1833 in Haywood, Tennessee, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Queen Shapard is a part of US Black heritage.

Queen was born about 1833.

Queen 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, Queen was transferred to Thomas's son William Shapard who also lived in Haywood County, Tennessee, at that time.^[1] When Thomas died in late 1840, Queen was listed on his estate inventory as a 7 year old girl in the possession of William Shapard.^[2]

At some point before 1860, William Shapard relocated to Blount County, Alabama.^[3]

Slave Owners

• Thomas Shapard
• William Shapard

Sources

1. ↑ 1840 Census: "United States Census, 1840", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYD-13Z : Fri Jul 21 00:58:34 UTC 2023), Entry for Wm Shapard, 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. ↑ 1860 Census: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line] The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Western Division, Blount, Alabama; Roll: M653_2; Page: 950; Family History Library Film: 803002. Ancestry Sharing Link