Oakley Plantation, Fauquier County, Virginia

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Fauquier, Virginia, United States
Surnames/tags: Dulany Willis Peters

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Slaves of Henry Grafton Dulany

Oakley was the home of Henry Grafton Dulany, his wife Mary Eliza "Ida" Powell Dulany, and their three children starting in the mid-1850s. The property is located in the very northern part of Fauquier County along the Ashby's Gap Turnpike (modern Route 50) outside of Upperville, Fauquier County, Virginia. Dozens of enslaved men, women, and children worked and lived on the property.^[1]

List of Known Slaves

• Old Tom
• Old Reed
• Old Daniel
• Old Polly
• Billy Peters
• Eliza Peters
• Louisa
• Otway
• Horace Peters
• Patsey Peters
• Harriet
• Billy
• Julia Peters
• Richard Peters
• Emily
• Sanford
• Matilda
• Caroline
• Maria
• Talbot
• Louisa
• Ann
• Henry
• Eliza
• Armistead
• Wilmouth
• Josephine
• Monimia
• Alfred
• Tom
• Tulip
• Rebecca
• Eli
• Letty
• Selina
• John
• Reed
• Uriah
• Rosetta
• Lizzie
• Georgeanna
• Elias
• Jimmy
• Sarah
• Susan
• George
• Andrew
• Tommy
• Polly
• Richard
• George
• Edmond
• Otway
• Alfred
• Ben
• Rebecca
• Dan
• Nora
• Rachel
• Walton
• Horace
• Willis
• Page
• Jerome
• Billy
• Lucinda
• Sims
• Phil
• Johnny
• Simon
• Ralph
• Margaret
• Beck
• Edmonia
• Job
• Mary
• Harriet

Below is a transcription of two pages from the Dulany family bible^[2] which includes the names of eighty (80) enslaved people and their years of birth. Some of the entries are organized by the mother and her children.

Page 1

"Oakley servants" Family Record Births

First Name	Surname	Birth Year	First Name	Surname	Birth Year
Old Tom		1777	Wilmouth		1817
Old Reed		1787	Josephine		1839
Old Daniel		1792	Monimia		1843
Old Polly		1797	Alfred		1849
Billy	Peters	1802	Tom		1850
Eliza	Peters	1807	Tulip		1853
Louisa		1807	Rebecca		1846
Otway		1822	Eli		1854
Horace		1825	Letty		1831
Patsey		1827	Selina		1842
Harriet		1838	John		1851
Billy		1836	Reed		1853
Julia	Peters	1840	Uriah		1855
Richard	Peters	1845	X		1857
Emily		1829	Rosetta		1825
Sanford		1849	Lizzie		1843
Matilda		1854	Georgeanna		1853
Caroline		1856	Elias		1854
X		1857	Jimmy		1857
Maria		1831	Sarah		1825
Talbot		1852	Susan		1843
Louisa		1853	George		1848
Ann		1855	Andrew		1854
Henry		1856	Tommy		1859
Eliza		1858	Polly
Armistead		1860	Richard		1849
			George		1849
			Edmond		1851
			Otway		1854

Page 2

First Name	Surname	Birth Year
Alfred		1838
Ben		1838
Rebecca		1844
Dan		1843
Nora		1850
Rachel		1852
Walton		1856
Patsey
Horace		1850
Willis		1854
Page		1856
Jerome		1858
Billy		1860
Lucinda		1828
Sims		1859
Phil		1833
Johnny		1834
Simon		1828
Ralph		1833
Margaret		1844
Beck		1838
Edmonia		1856
Job		1857
Mary		1842
Harriet		1860

Sources

1. ↑ "030-0046 Oakley," Virginia Landmarks Register and National Register Listings, Virginia Department of Historic Resources, (https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/historic-registers/030-0046: accessed 1 February 2022).
2. ↑ Henry Grafton Dulany & Mary Eliza "Ida" Powell Family Bible Records, 1855-2023, The Holy Bible (New York: American Bible Society, 1854), "Oakley servants"; privately held by Joseph Roby, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2023. Passed down through Henry & Ida Dulany's son Henry Rozier Dulany, his son Henry Rozier Dulany, Jr., his son Benjamin Weems Dulany, then to his daughter [living], then to her cousin, Joseph Roby. Most of the family records in the bible are in different handwriting and inks, however the two pages with the "servants" names are in the same handwriting and ink. Because of the dates, handwriting, and known facts, it is probable that Ida Powell Dulany wrote those two pages of names c. 1860.