Thomas Jefferson Randolph (1829 - 1872)

Born 29 Aug 1829 in Edge Hill, Albemarle, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Charlotte Nelson Meriwether — married 9 Feb 1865 in Albemarle, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 8 Aug 1872 at age 42 in Hawks Nest, Fayette, West Virginia

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Biography

Thomas Jefferson Randolph married Mary Walker Meriwether, the step-daughter of Francis Kinloch Nelson. When Francis died in 1862, he selected Thomas as his executor. Francis was a very successful farmer with large landholdings. He utilized slave labor, and in 1860 the slave schedule showed him holding 49 slaves. Thomas, as executor, was responsible for the land and slaves, and was included on a Confederate slave payroll for Nelson County when one of the slaves from Thomas's estate was impressed by the Confederate government agents. His name was Norval.^[1][2]

Burial: Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cismont, Albemarle, Virginia from Virginia, Find A Grave Index, 1875

Sources

1. ↑ “Slave Payroll 452.” National Archives and Records Administration. National Archives and Records Administration. Accessed October 17, 2021. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24488905.
2. ↑ [Payrolls for Nelson County, Virginia]

• Stanard, William G. (1899), "The Randolph Family", in William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 8, no. 2 (Oct 1899), p. 121.
• Anderson, J.R. "Tuckahoe and the Tuckahoe Randolphs", in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 45, no. 1 (Jan 1937), p. 76, I.

Acknowledgements

Originally entered by Leslie Ridley-388 13 Mar 2014