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Enslaved People of William B. Shelor household

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Date: 1860 to 1866
Location: Floyd County, Virginiamap
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As of 1860 [1], William B. Shelor of Floyd County, owned six enslaved people:

A 37-year-old man
A 31-year-old man
A 25-year-old woman
A 15-year-old girl
An 11-year-old boy
A 5-year-old boy

By 1866, the Freedmen's Bureau Census [2] shows a longer list of former enslaved people with owner Wm. B. Shelor:

Shepard, age 50 Shepard (Unknown) Jones
Guy, age 37 Guy (Unknown) Shelor
John, age 23
Marshall, age 17
Louisa(?), age 35
Nancy, age 35 Nancy (Unknown) Shelor
America, age 20 America Jones
David, age 10
Samuel, age 8
Charles, age 3
girl child, age 1 (Nancy, Samuel, Charles, and the baby girl are all marked "m" (mulatto), suggesting that they are related)
Oliver Levisy (abt.1818-bef.1900)[3]




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