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Charles C. P. Gilchrist Union County Kentucky Plantation

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Date: 1830 to 1850
Location: Union Co., Kentucky, United Statesmap
Surnames/tags: Gilchrist Morrison
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Contents

Introduction

This page contains information about the slaves on the Charles C. P. Gilchrist & Mary (Morrison) Gilchrist plantation in Union county, Kentucky.

Slaves

1830 Census

Charles and Mary owned 8 slaves in Union Co., Kentucky in 1830.[1]

  • male b. 1776-1794 (age 36-54)
  • male b. 1776-1794 (age 36-54)
  • male b. 1776-1794 (age 36-54)
  • male b. 1776-1794 (age 36-54)
  • male b. 1776-1794 (age 36-54)
  • male b. 1795-1806 (age 24-35)
  • female b. 1807-1820 (age 10-23)
  • female b. 1820-1830 (under age 10)

1839 Taxes

October 21, 1839: "Charles C P Gilchrist this day came into court and gave in the following list of Taxable property towit:…Eleven negroes worth $2100…"[2]

1840 Census

Charles and Mary owned twelve slaves in Union Co., Kentucky in 1840.[3]

  • male b. 1805-1816 (age 24-35)
  • male b. 1805-1816 (age 24-35)
  • male b. 1817-1830 (age 10-23)
  • male b. 1817-1830 (age 10-23)
  • male b. 1817-1830 (age 10-23)
  • female b. 1817-1830 (age 10-23)
  • male b. 1830-1840 (under age 10)
  • male b. 1830-1840 (under age 10)
  • male b. 1830-1840 (under age 10)
  • female b. 1830-1840 (under age 10)
  • female b. 1830-1840 (under age 10)
  • female b. 1830-1840 (under age 10)

1850 Census

Charles and Mary owned three slaves in Union Co., Kentucky in 1850.[4]

  • Female b. ca. 1830 (age 20)
  • Male b. ca. 1832 (age 18)
  • Female b. ca. 1849 (age 1)

Robert Gilchrist Will

"I intend my girl Hannah for my son Robert, but the purchase of her by my son Pinkney has put it out of my power to bequeath her at this time but I shall make an attempt to regain her and if I get her my will is that Robert shall have her untill the age of thirty five which will be on the 24th of September eighteen hundred and sixty five, but if I do not get her I give and bequeath to my son Robert the amount for which she sold, to be recovered from Pinkney and his surety, upon the bond given on the day of the Sheriff’s Sale."..."the price that Hannah sold for at Sherriff sale and my son Charles C. P. Gilchrist purchased..."[5]

James Morrison Will

“…2nd Having heretofore given to the said Charles C. P. Gilchrist and wife a negro woman named Cinda & her child John, also a negro woman named Louisa and her three children Rachael Malinda & Sylvia also a negro woman Sally and her children Jim Darky & Clara and also a negro boy named Anderson besides personal property, I do hereby confirm said gifts from the times they were made"...“Codicil. Since making the annexed Will & Testament, my negroe boy names John having died before my son in law Gilchrist was in possession of him, it is my will and desire that a child named Alvin the son of my negroe woman named Ann, born since I made the above Will, be given to my son in law C. C. P. Gilchrist in lieu of said John, & I hereby give the said boy Alvin to him.”[6]

Charles C. P. Gilchrist Estate Inventory

Two slaves were named and one was referenced in Charles' estate inventory.[7]

  • one negro girl Belinda $400.00
  • one negro child $100
  • one negro boy Jim $100

Sources

  1. ↑ 1830 U.S. census, Union County, Kentucky, population schedule, location not stated, p. 34 (penned), C C P Gilchrist in the C C P Gilchrist household, digital image 3 of 51, FamilySearch.org ([1]: accessed 29 April 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication M19, roll 42
  2. ↑ 1837 Court Order, Kentucky, Union County, County Court, Book D, p. 171, 21 October 1839, digital image 307 of 465, FamilySearch ([2]: accessed 19 December 2023)
  3. ↑ 1840 U.S. census, Union County, Kentucky, Population schedule, location not stated, p. 20 (penned), 30-39 year old white male in the C C P Gilchrist household, digital image 717 of 1210, FamilySearch.org ([3]: accessed 19 December 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 125
  4. ↑ 1850 U.S. census, Union County, Kentucky, slave schedule, District No. 2, p. 351 (penned), slaves in the C C P Gilchrist household, digital image 15 of 28, FamilySearch.org ([4] : accessed 29 April 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 228.
  5. ↑ 1834-1837 Robert Gilchrist Will. Kentucky, Union County, Will Book A, pp. 533-539, County Court. Digital images 356-359 of 363, FamilySearch ([5]: accessed 29 April 2021) Transcript of Robert Gilchrist will
  6. ↑ 1838 James Morrison Will. Union, Kentucky County, Probate Court, Wills, Vol. B, p. 74-75, 19 March 1838, digital image 42 of 570, FamilySearch.org ([6]: accessed 19 December 2023)
  7. ↑ 1850 C. C. P. Gilchrist Estate Inventory. Union, Kentucky County, Probate Court, Wills, Vol. C, p. 189, 27 November 1850, digital image 381 of 570, FamilySearch.org ([7]: accessed 19 December 2023)




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