Simon Cameron (bef. 1839)

Born before 1839 in Orange, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Simon Cameron is a part of US Black heritage.

Simon lived in Orange Co, NC. He was a slave and lived on the Bobbits Plantation owned by Duncan Cameron.

Simon was seen on the 1839 Bobbits slave census list,^[1]

and seen in 1844 on the list of enslaved persons to be taken from NC to a new plantation, owned by Paul C. Cameron, in Greene Co, AL.^[2]

Simon is also seen on an Undated list of enslaved left at the Alabama Plantation in Greene Co, AL.^[3]

Slave Owners

• Duncan Cameron
• Paul C. Cameron

For more information please see the Bobbits Plantation and the Cameron Alabama Plantation page.

Sources

1. ↑ Cameron Family Papers https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00133
   • Folder 3657, Volume 119: 1839 Southern Historical Collection, Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
2. ↑ Cameron Family Papers https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00133
   • Folder 3658, Volume 120: October 1844-March 1845 Southern Historical Collection, Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
3. ↑ Cameron Family Papers https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00133/#folder_2044#1
   • Folder 2044, (digitized 82 scans) Slave Lists, undated image 42 Southern Historical Collection, Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.