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Confederate Slave Payrolls, Albemarle County, Virginia

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Introduction

This page is part of a project to further organize the National Archive's recently digitized Confederate Slave Payrolls. See:

Combined Payrolls for Albemarle County, Virginia

Transcription and Abstract notes: Name abbreviations have generally been spelled out, such as Samuel where the writing says Sam'l.

All payrolls below have been abstracted from tables. Names have been copied, but not payment roll numbers. See payroll image or owner profile for details not fully transcribed here.

In many of the payrolls below, the owners did not sign for themselves, but assigned an attorney to represent them; the attorneys signed on behalf of their clients and accepted payments for the hire of the enslaved laborers. Attorneys signing payrolls have been noted below.

All payrolls below acknowledge that J. B. Stanard, 1st Lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, paid certain Albemarle County, Virginia, slave owners for work performed by their slaves. The specific location and duration for each payroll is noted below.

Payroll 449

This payroll acknowledges work performed on the outer works of the defenses of Richmond, Virginia, from December 1862 to February 1863.

James Lobban, Joseph H. Yager, W. W. Scribner, and Thomas J. Cooke all signed this payroll for themselves. Attorneys signing this document include: John P. Mann, W. W. Scribner, William D. Tompkins, R. T. Massie, John J. Fry, George W. Harris, Charles Grattan, W. C. Nicholas, and M. Snead.

  • Owner: Nathan J. Barnett; Enslaved: Fountain--worked 60 days @ $16/month
  • Owner: Jerry W. Martin; Enslaved: Wyatt and Edward--worked 60 days @ $16/month
  • Owner: James Lobban; Enslaved: William--worked 60 days @ $16/month
  • Owner: W. W. Scribner; Enslaved: John and Tom--worked 60 days @ $16/month
  • Owner: C. Catterton; Enslaved: Dick--worked 60 days @ $16/month
  • Owner: J. H. Yager; Enslaved: George--worked 60 days @ $16/month
  • Owner: William G. Carr; Enslaved: Winston--worked 60 days @ $16/month
  • Owner: William W. Minor; Enslaved: David--worked 60 days @ $16/month
  • Owner: R. B. Moon; Enslaved: Jacob--worked 60 days @ $16/month
  • Owner: James H. Lewis; Enslaved: Tom--worked 46 days @ $16/month
  • Owner: Alfred Harris; Enslaved: Spears--worked 60 days @ $16/month
  • Owner: Franklin Minor; Enslaved: Edmund, William Cook, Cary, and Dabney--worked 60 days @ $16/month
  • Owner: Thomas J. Cook; Enslaved: John and Scott--worked 60 days @ $16/month
  • Owner: Benjamin W. Wheeler; Enslaved: William--worked 60 days @ $16/month
  • Owner: James Fife; Enslaved: Willis--worked 60 days @ $16/month

Sources

  • Payroll 449: “Slave Payroll 449, Albemarle County, Virginia.” National Archives and Records Administration, National Archives and Records Administration, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24488883.
  • Albemarle County, Virginia, Confederate Slave Payroll Transcriptions provided by Cheryl Cruise-394, January 2023, from the online images provided by NARA




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