Major Conquest (abt. 1815 - bef. 1880)

Born about 1815 in Accomack, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died before 1880 before about age 65 in Accomack, Virginia, United States [uncertain]

Biography

Major Conquest is a part of US Black heritage.

Major was born before 1835.

He married Sabra Custis. Their children were

1. Harry
2. Alfred (?)
3. Edmund
4. Kate
5. George
6. Major, Jr.

He sued in Accomack County, Virginia, Freedmen's Bureau Court over nonpayment in 1865.

Major died sometime before 1880, probably in Accomack County, Virginia. The 1880 U.S. Census shows his wife, Sabra, as Widowed.

Research Notes

Major appears in the 1860 U.S. Census Slave Schedule as an owner (?)

• 1860 United States Census> Virginia> Accomack> Accomack Parish> Page 13/Image 18, line 10. Database and images at Ancestry.com Image

Major Conquest “Owner” – 1 40 year old man

Sources

• U.S., Freedmen’s Bureau Records, 1865-1878> Records of the Field Offices> 073> Image 1029. Database and images at Ancestry.com [1]

22 May 1865; Drummondtown [Accomack], Virginia

Major Conquest, plaintiff vs. Dickinson & Otwell. For payment over potatoes. Judgment for the plain

• U.S., Freedmen’s Bureau Records, 1865-1878> Records of the Field Offices> M1913> 074> Image 869-870. Database and images at Ancestry.com [2]. From “Census of Part of Accomac County taken During the month of August & September, Embracing all that portion of Country from Doe Creek across to Folly Creek & North to Oakhall, from sea to bay leaving off Syxes Island”

Betty Conquest; age 70; Spinster; living on William Conquest land

Major Conquest; age 50; Farmer “ “; has 6 children (Employed)

Saber Conquest; age 27; Housewife “ “

Harry Conquest; age 16; Laborer

Alfer(?) Conquest; age 14; Laborer

Edmond Conquest; age 11

Kate Conquest; age 9

George Conquest; age 6

Major Conquest; age 1

• Virginia, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917. Database at Ancestry.com [3], citing FHL Film Number 2056972

Katy Smith; died 10 October 1892 in St George District, Accomack, Virginia

born abt 1860 in Accomack County; Married; African American; spouse: Charles Smith; parents: Mayor {sic} Conquest and Sabra Conquest.

• Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014> 1918> 13861-14354> Image 20, Death Record #13880, death certificate for Harry Conquest. Database and images at Ancestry.com Image

Date of death 14 June 1918; Place of Death: Lee District, Accomack, Virginia. Buried 15 June 1918 at St. Luke Cemetery, Accomack.

Male; Age "about 62", born “about 1855”; born in Virginia; African American; Widowed; occupation: Laborer on farm

Parents: Major Conquest born in Virginia, Sabra Custis, born in Virginia. Informant: Edward Conquest of Doughery, Va.

• Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940. Database at Ancestry.com [4], citing FHL Film 30135, Ref ID: P97 #97

Marriage Date 09 August 1888; Marriage Place: Accomack County, Virginia

Major Conquest; age 24 (1864); born in Accomack County, Virginia; son of Major Conquest and Sabra Conquest

Mary J Phillips; age 21 (1867); born in Accomack County, Virginia; daughter of George Phillips and Leah Phillips