Fanney Oates (bef. 1831)

Born before 15 Apr 1831 in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States

Biography

Fanney Oates is a part of US Black heritage.

1. Fanney, an enslaved person, is listed in the Will of Jesse Oates (Oates-45) signed on 15 April 1831 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.

2. The preliminary "Last Name at Birth" is the surname of the presumed initial slaveholder, Jesse Oates.

3. Based upon the earlier place of residence of slaveholder Jesse Oates, Fanney's place of birth could have been in Sampson County, North Carolina.

4. Extract from Will of Jesse Oates signed 15 April 1831 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. This extract regards enslaved people: 29 total enslaved people are named in the Will, six going to his wife Zilpha and 23 going to ten of his children as follows:

- To wife Zilpha: Olive, Press, John, Hardy, and two old slaves: James and Becky.

- To son Mathew: Peter and Mahalia.

- To son Oliver: Jacob, Fanney, and William.

- To son John: boy Waitman.

- To son Charles: Bayles, Riley, and Ally.

- To son Wyatt: Daniel, Everitt, and Sarah.

- To son Richard: Charlotte and her two children.

- To daughter Rachel Bogess: Bristo, “provided he is humanely treated. Otherwise, it is my will that my executors (who are to judge of his treatment) shall sell him at private sale for the best price they can get & pay the proceeds to my Daughter or her heirs.”

- To daughter Betsey Dillingham: woman Polly.

- To daughter Zilpha Oates: Nihor [?], Isaac, and Bob.

- To daughter Harriet Gough: Peggy, Ester, and Jackson.

Slave Holders

1. Jesse Oates, until his 1831 death.
2. Oliver Oates, after the 1831 death of father Jesse Oates.

Sources

• Will of Jesse Oates, signed 15 Apr 1831, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Probate Records, Wills Vol 2-3, 1814-1877 (image on Ancestry.com).