Lewis Bundick (1849)

Born 1849 in Accomack, Virginia, United States

Husband of Leah Bundick — married 20 Apr 1876 in Centerville, Accomack, Virginia, United States

Biography

Lewis Bundick is a part of US Black heritage.

Lewis was born in 1849 in Accomack County, Virginia. He was the son of Eliza Duffee.

He was probably an enslaved person at birth. See Research Notes.

In 1876, he married Leah Bundick.^[1]

Marriage 20 April 1876 in News Town, Virginia

Lewis Bundick; Age 27 {1849}; Single; Born in Accomack County; Son of Eliza Duffee

Leah Bundick; Age 30 {1846}; Single; Born in Accomack County; Daughter of Patience Bundick

Census Records

1870 United States Census, Metompkin, Virginia^[2]

Lewis Bundick; Age 30 {1840}; African-American; Born in Virginia; Occupation: Farm Laborer; Cannot read or write

Leah Bundick; Age 32 {1848}; African-American; Born in Virginia; Occupation: Keeping House; Cannot read or write

John Bundick; Age 6 {1864}; African-American; Born in Virginia

Margaret Bundick; Age 1 {1869}; African-American; Born in Virginia

note: son, Moscow Bundick, age 10 {1860}; African-American; Born in Virginia, is living two household away, working as a farm laborer for John Chandler, a white farmer

1880 United States Census, Accomack, Virginia^[3]

Louis Bundick; Age 35 {1845}; African-American; Born in Virginia; Occupation: Farmer

Leah Bundick; Age 40 {1840}; African-American; Born in Virginia; Occupation: Keeping House

Moses Bundick; Son in law; Age 19 {1861}; Single; African-American; Born in Virginia; Occupation: Laborer

John Bundick; Son; Age 15 {1865}; African-American; Born in Virginia; Occupation: Laborer

Margaret S. Bundick; Age 11 {1869}; African-American; Born in Virginia; At Home

Elizabeth Bundick; Daughter; Age 8 {1872}; African-American; Born in Virginia; At Home

Louis Bundick; Son; Age 5 {1874}; African-American; Born in Virginia

Mary Bundick; Daughter; Age 4 {1876}; African-American; Born in Virginia

William Bundick; Wife’s Brother; Age 25 {1855}; African-American; Born in Virginia

Research Notes

To see if Lewis or Louis Bundick or his mother Eliza(beth) Duffee or Eliza(beth) Bundick were free people of color -- checked 1850 U.S. Census in Accomack County for those names -- checked 1860 U.S. Census in Accomack County for those names.

The search only got hits on white women named Elizabeth Bundick.

1850 U.S. Census-Slave Schedule - There are no slaveowners with the Duffy/Duffee surname living in Accomack or Northampton Counties, Virginia. -- There is a slaveowner named Thomas Duffy in Worcester county, Maryland Ancestry Record 8055 #90885941 -- which is adjacent to Accomack County, Virginia. He does not own an enslaved woman as of 1850; and he disappears from the area as of the 1860 Slave Schedule.

There are several slaveowners named Bundick living in Accomack County. But none of them own a ~10 year old boy as of the 1860 U.S. Census.

Sources

1. ↑ “Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940.” Database at Ancestry.com Ancestry Record 60214 #2405647 citing FHL Film #30135. Marriage of Lewis Bundick & Leah Bundick, 1876
2. ↑ 1870 United States Census> Virginia> Accomack> Metompkin> Dwelling #627, Household of Lewis Bundick. Database and Images at Ancestry.com Ancestry Record 7163 #39065737
3. ↑ "1880 United States Census”> Virginia> Accomack> Not Stated> 007> Dwelling #142, household of Louis Bundick. Database and Images at Ancestry.com Ancestry Record 6742 #13107735