Morgan Swope Henderson County Kentucky Plantation

Date: 1830 to 1865
Location: Henderson, Kentucky, United States
Surname/tag: Swope

Contents 1 Introduction 2 Slaves 3 1830 Census 4 1840 Census 5 1850 Census 6 1860 Census 7 Birth Registers 8 Property Deeds 9 Civil War Draft 10 Civil War Enlistments 11 Sources

Introduction

This page contains information about the slaves owned by Morgan Swope.

Slaves

List of slaves named in various documents.

• Anthony
• Benjamin
• Hannah
• James
• Joseph
• Stephen

1830 Census

Morgan Swope owned 3 slaves in 1830^[1]

• female age 10-23 b. ca. 1807-1820
• male under age 10, b. ca. 1820-1830
• female under age 10, b. ca. 1820-1830

1840 Census

Morgan Swope owned 6 slaves in 1840^[2]

• male age 10-23, b. ca. 1817-1830
• male age 10-23, b. ca. 1817-1830
• male age 10-23, b. ca. 1817-1830
• female age 36-54, b. ca. 1786-1804
• female age 10-23, b. ca. 1817-1830
• female under age 10, b. ca. 1830-1840

1850 Census

Morgan Swope owned 6 slaves in 1850^[3]

• female age 52, b. ca. 1798 (Hannah)
• male age 43, b. ca. 1807
• male age 40, b. ca. 1810
• female age 23, b. ca. 1827
• female age 2, b. ca. 1848
• male age 1, b. ca. 1849

1860 Census

Morgan Swope owned 13 slaves in 1860^[4]

• male age 61, b. ca. 1799
• female age 60, b. ca. 1800 (Hannah)
• male age 50, b. ca. 1810
• male age 38, b. ca. 1822
• male age 33, b. ca. 1827
• female age 30, b. ca. 1830
• female age 18, b. ca. 1842
• male age 11, b. ca. 1849
• male age 10, b. ca. 1850
• male age 8, b. ca. 1852

Birth Registers

• Benjamin b. 4-Aug-1853^[5]

Property Deeds

• In 1846, Morgan Swope received slaves named Anthony & Joseph valued at $1000 from his father's estate.^[6]
• In 1852 John H. Speidel sold a slave named Hannah age 54 to Morgan Swope.^[7]

Civil War Draft

• 1863 Civil War Draft. Henderson Co., Kentucky, "U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865", 4th District, Morgan Swope Sr, image 224 of 635, database with images, Ancestry.com, ([9], Ancestry sharing link: accessed 30 August 2023)
  • Stephen Swope, age 30, colored, laborer, born in Kentucky, owned by Morgan Swope Sr.

Civil War Enlistments

• James Swoop enlisted in Co. I of the 118th U.S. Colored Infantry.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ 1830 U.S. census, Henderson County, Kentucky, Population schedule, location not stated, p. 235 (penned), 30-39 year old white male in the Morgan Swope household, digital image 9 of 54, FamilySearch.org ([1]: accessed 29 August 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication M19, roll 37
2. ↑ 1840 U.S. census, Henderson County, Kentucky, Population schedule, location not stated, p. unpaginated (penned), 40-49 year old white male in the Morgan Swope household, digital image 55 of 87, FamilySearch.org ([2]: accessed 29 August 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 114
3. ↑ 1850 U.S. Slave Census, Henderson County, Kentucky, slave schedule, District 2, p. 544 (penned), slaves in the Morgan Swope household, digital image 38 of 53, FamilySearch.org ([3]: accessed 29 August 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 225.
4. ↑ 1860 U.S. Slave Census, Henderson County, Kentucky, slave schedule, District 1, p. 12 (penned), slaves in the Morgan Swope household, digital image 12 of 46 FamilySearch.org ([4]: accessed 29 August 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 403
5. ↑ 1853 Benjamin Birth. Kentucky, Henderson County, Birth Register p. 1, slave Benjamin, 4 August 1853, digital image 19 of 594, FamilySearch.org ([5]: accessed 02 September 2023)
6. ↑ 1846 David Swope estate slaves to Martin & Morgan Swope, and John H. Speidel. Kentucky, Henderson County, County Court Clerk, Deeds , Vol. L, pp. 323-325, 31 October 1846, digital image 465-466 of 596, FamilySearch.org ([6]: accessed 17 August 2023)
7. ↑ 1852 John H. Speidel slave to Morgan Swope. Kentucky, Henderson County, County Court Clerk, Deeds , Vol. O, pp. 380, 17 August 1852, digital image 196 of 586, FamilySearch.org ([7]: accessed 17 August 2023)
8. ↑ 1864 CMSR. Compiled Military Service Records, James Swoop, 118th U.S. Colored Infantry, 23 September 1864, Fold3.org, database with images, images 19-36 of 1846 ([8]: accessed 17 August 2023)
   • • James Swoop aka Jim Swope was a Private in Co. I of the 118th U.S. Colored Infantry. He enlisted on 15-Sep-1864 in Owensboro, Ky. He was mustered in on 23-Sep-1864 in Owensboro, Ky. He was assigned to the Ambulance Corps in the 1st division on 23-Jan-1865. He was discharged for disability on 2-Apr-1865. His discharge papers stated that he was unfit for duty due to a disability he had when he enlisted. He was 30 years old when he enlisted, was a laborer and was 5’3.5” tall. He was born in Union Co., Kentucky. His former owners were Asha Stone of Henderson, Ky and Morgan Swope of Henderson, Ky