Thomas & Barbara Oden Plantation Beaufort County, North Carolina

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Beaufort Co., North Carolina, United States
Surname/tag: Oden

Contents 1 Introduction 2 Slaves 3 1850 Census 4 Richard Oden Wills 5 Sources

Introduction

This page provides information about the slaves owned/leased by Thomas and Barbara Oden in Beaufort County, North Carolina.

Slaves

• Amanda
• Collins
• Elen
• Grace
• Mary
• Rhoda
• Silvester
• unnamed slaves

1850 Census

13 slaves were enumerated in the Barbary Oden household in 1850.^[1]

• female b. 1780
• female b. 1790
• female b. 1816
• male b. 1817
• male b. 1821
• female b. 1829
• male b. 1826
• female b. 1834
• male b. 1840
• male b. 1841
• male b. 1843
• female b. 1848
• male b. 1849

Richard Oden Wills

Richard Oden was Thomas Oden's brother. Richard willed a slave named Mary to his brother Thomas.^[2][3]

Sources

1. ↑ 1850 U.S. Slave Census, Beaufort County, North Carolina, slave schedule, Bath twp., p. 329 (penned), slaves in the Barbary Oden household, digital image 3 of 6, Ancestry.com ([1]: accessed 23 April 2024); citing NARA microfilm publication M432
2. ↑ 1819 Richard Oden First Will. North Carolina, Beaufort County, Wills, Vol D, unpaginated, 17 Apr 1819, digital image 473-474 of 598, FamilySearch.org ([2]: accessed 24 April 2024)
   • "Item I give to my brother Thomas Oden My Negro girl Mary to him and his heirs for Ever". "And after her death to be Equally divided Between my Brothers Thos Oden Charles Oden..." "And I do hereby Constitute and appoint my Brother Thomas Oden"
   • Heirs of Richard Oden: wife Dorothy; brothers Charles and Thomas
3. ↑ 1825 Richard Oden Second Will. North Carolina, Beaufort County, Wills, Vol D, unpaginated, 7 April 1825, digital image 474-475 of 598, FamilySearch.org ([3]: accessed 24 April 2024)
   • "I give & bequeath unto my affectionate brother Thomas Oden a Negro girl named Mary and after the death of my wife also the plantation wheron I now live"
   • Heirs of Richard Oden: unnamed wife; brothers Charles and Thomas; nephews Charles Oden and Asa Oden. The will was admitted to court in May 1825.