Slaves Purchased by Duncan Cameron

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Orange, North Carolina, United States
Surnames/tags: Cameron Slavery Black_Heritage

Notes

This page is not meant to be an all inclusive slave page. It is a page that lists the purchase of slaves by Duncan Cameron. For more information on Duncan Cameron and his plantations and slaves please see the Bennehan-Cameron Plantation page

Slaves Purchased

1785 Purchase of 4 slaves by William Wilson from William Neilson:

• Pat
• Jack
• Page
• and her child Mary.

Duncan Cameron may have purchased them as this receipt is in his family papers, image 34.^[1] They were then sold to Colin Auld 14 Feb 1786.

In 1810 Duncan Cameron purchased of William Ray a slave named Jim.^[2]

In 1810 Duncan Cameron purchased slaves in Person Co, NC, from Osborn Jeffreys.^[3]

• Jacob
• Elisha
• Alsey
• big Enoch
• Jerry
• Mary
• Andrew
• Enoch
• little Dorcas
• Claiborne
• Burwell
• Pesny
• Brutus
• Rhody
• Crawford
• Demsey
• Nancy
• Pary
• Bechor
• Tom
• Simeon
• Ely
• Amy
• Simon

1810 Purchased slave named Squire from J.B. Carrington, Ashby Dunnigan, and George Carrington, and purchased Peter from William Magnum^[4]

• Squire age 19
• Peter age 35

1812 Purchased from Ashby Dunnigan, Tapp and Jenny^[5]

• Tapp
• Jenny

• 1813 Purchased from Archibald Murphy 5 slaves^[6]
• Daniel
• Vini
• Margaret
• Henderson
• Archibald

In 1817 a deed of trust for money owed from A. D. Murphy lists 10 slaves. These slaves may not have gone to Duncan Cameron if Murphy paid what he owed.^[7]

• Jo
• Bob
• Jory
• Henry
• Harey
• Quamy
• Dan
• Charles
• Cesar
• Jesse

1822 Duncan purchased 27 slaves of John Umstead^[8]

• Edmond is crossed out
• Mariah
• Edmund
• Simon
• Sally
• Barbara
• Minerva
• Eliza
• Delphina
• Lydia
• Peggy
• Ephraim
• Mary
• Bob
• Susan
• Lucy crossed out
• Lewis
• Amos
• Carolina
• Alexander
• Nancy
• Christianna
• Jasper
• Becca
• Moriah
• Anna
• Zilpha
• Owen
• William

1822 Purchased from William Leathers^[9]

• Isbel age about 30 with her children
• Ned age 13
• Peter age 11
• Grace age 4
• Commodore age 2

1823 Purchased from William Hall^[10]

• Orange, a boy age 12-13

1824 Purchased 17 slaves from John Taylor Sr.^[11]

• Young Abraham
• Dick
• Dryden
• Moses (yellow)
• Jack

• Mike, his wife and children
• Mary
• Henry
• Ritter
• Moses
• Green

• Sylvia
• Ben
• Orrin
• Milley
• Lette
• Patrick

1824 Purchased 19 slaves from Edward Davis^[12]

• Nancy
• Minerva
• Sally daughter of Nancy
• Pat
• Rufus
• Tallirand?
• Tom
• Sally
• Henderson
• Bob
• Frank
• Nick
• Lucy, wife of Nick
• Dennis
• Nelson
• Cornelius
• Clarissa
• Fanny
• Hannah

1831 Purchased slaves at auction formerly belonging to John H. Atkins^[13]

• Stephen
• Chesney, and their children
• Kit
• Mary
• Rachel
• Pompey
• William
• Harry

In 1834, Cameron was elected president of the state's Colonization Society;^[14][15] the society offered some slaves their freedom and paid for their voyage to Liberia, from which some voluntarily returned to slavery. Promising Fairntosh slaves were given an education.

1834 Duncan Cameron gave the following slaves to his son, Paul C. Cameron^[16]

• Gabriel
• Mima
• Simon
• Sarah now in Orange County

• Phillip
• Jenny, wife of Phillip, & their children
• Randol
• Jim
• Ellen
• Nancy
• Phill

• Patience and her children
• Tom
• Henry

• Phillis and her children
• Anthony
• Davy
• Robin
• Bentley
• Frank

• Simon
• Liza, wife of Simon, and their children
• Washington
• Monroe
• Suse
• John

• Patt
• Malone
• Adeline
• Mary
• Rosalind
• Carolina
• Sally
• Fisher
• Melissa and her children
• Martin
• Sively

• William & his wife
• Nancy and their children
• Dosia
• Sona

• Abraham &
• Dick now at the Mill Quarter plantation in Person County

By 1836 Duncan Cameron moved to Raleigh, Wake Co, NC, and continued to manage his plantations from there.^[17]

In 1845 Duncan Cameron listed these enslaved persons at his residence in Raleigh:^[18]

• Davey
• Luke
• Grace
• Molly
• Emeline
• Milley
• Susan
• John
• Lizzy
• Elick
• Delia
• Silva
• Amey
• John jr
• Beckey
• Cillar
• Mary
• Frank
• Agnis
• Edward
• Bryant
• Caroline
• Frank
• Virge
• Suck
• Henry

Oberlan was a the Freedman's villages built by some of the freed people from the Duncan Cameron plantation.^[19]

1850 Slave Schedule Wake Co, NC^[20]

Division of slaves, 1 Apr 1853, in Orange & Person Co, NC, 414 slaves, 27-28 slaves at Raleigh, 130 slaves in Greene, AL^{[21] [22]}

Sources

1. ↑ Cameron Family Papers https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00133/#folder_2089#1
2. ↑ Deeds (original) 1755-1961; index 1755-1962: "Deeds (original) 1755-1961; index 1755-1962"
   Catalog: Deeds (original) 1755-1961; index 1755-1962 Deeds v. 13-14 1807-1815
   Film number: 007545827 > image 274 of 657
   FamilySearch Image (accessed 4 March 2022)
   • 14 Jul 1810, Orange Co, NC, Deed Bk 13 p.524
3. ↑ Record of deeds, 1789-1901; indexes, 1789-1966: "Record of deeds, 1789-1901; indexes, 1789-1966"
   Catalog: Record of deeds, 1789-1901; indexes, 1789-1966 Deeds, Vol. D 1806-1817 Vol. F 1821-1823 Vol. G 1823-1825 (vol. E is located on film #551478)
   Film number: 007540346 > image 83 of 703
   FamilySearch Image (accessed 22 February 2022)
   • purchase of slaves 1810, Person Co, NC Deed Bk D p.140-141
4. ↑ Deeds (original) 1755-1961; index 1755-1962: "Deeds (original) 1755-1961; index 1755-1962"
   Catalog: Deeds (original) 1755-1961; index 1755-1962 Deeds v. 13-14 1807-1815
   Film number: 007545827 > image 278 of 657
   FamilySearch Image (accessed 16 February 2022)
   • 1 Dec 1810 purchase slaves, Orange Co, NC, Deed Bk 13 p.533
5. ↑ Deeds (original) 1755-1961; index 1755-1962: "Deeds (original) 1755-1961; index 1755-1962"
   Catalog: Deeds (original) 1755-1961; index 1755-1962 Deeds v. 13-14 1807-1815
   Film number: 007545827 > image 381 of 657
   FamilySearch Image (accessed 4 March 2022)
   • 9 March 1812, Orange Co, NC, Bk 14 p.111
6. ↑ Deeds (original) 1755-1961; index 1755-1962: "Deeds (original) 1755-1961; index 1755-1962"
   Catalog: Deeds (original) 1755-1961; index 1755-1962 Deeds v. 13-14 1807-1815
   Film number: 007545827 > image 420 of 657
   FamilySearch Image (accessed 4 March 2022)
   • 25 May 1813 Orange Co, NC, Bk 14 p.189
7. ↑ Deeds (original) 1755-1961; index 1755-1962: "Deeds (original) 1755-1961; index 1755-1962"
   Catalog: Deeds (original) 1755-1961; index 1755-1962 Deeds v. 15-16 1815-1818
   Film number: 007545828 > image 305 of 429
   FamilySearch Image (accessed 4 March 2022)
   • 9 Sept 1817, Orange Co, NC, Bk 16 p.133
8. ↑ Deeds (original) 1755-1961; index 1755-1962: "Deeds (original) 1755-1961; index 1755-1962"
   Catalog: Deeds (original) 1755-1961; index 1755-1962 Deeds v. 19-20 1821-1824
   Film number: 007545830 > image 195 of 439
   FamilySearch Image (accessed 4 March 2022)
   • Orange Co, NC, Bk 19 p.364
9. ↑ Deeds (original) 1755-1961; index 1755-1962: "Deeds (original) 1755-1961; index 1755-1962"
   Catalog: Deeds (original) 1755-1961; index 1755-1962 Deeds v. 19-20 1821-1824
   Film number: 007545830 > image 430 of 439
   FamilySearch Image (accessed 16 February 2022)
   • 1822, purchase of slaves, Deed Bk 20 p.443
10. ↑ Deeds (original) 1755-1961; index 1755-1962: "Deeds (original) 1755-1961; index 1755-1962"
    Catalog: Deeds (original) 1755-1961; index 1755-1962 Deeds v. 19-20 1821-1824
    Film number: 007545830 > image 337 of 439
    FamilySearch Image (accessed 16 February 2022)
    • 1823 Orange Co, NC, Deed Bk 20 p.260-261
11. ↑ Deeds (original) 1755-1961; index 1755-1962: "Deeds (original) 1755-1961; index 1755-1962"
    Catalog: Deeds (original) 1755-1961; index 1755-1962 Deeds v. 19-20 1821-1824
    Film number: 007545830 > image 429 of 439
    FamilySearch Image (accessed 4 March 2022)
    • 4 Feb 1824, Orange, NC, Bk 20 p.442
12. ↑ Deeds (original) 1755-1961; index 1755-1962: "Deeds (original) 1755-1961; index 1755-1962"
    Catalog: Deeds (original) 1755-1961; index 1755-1962 Deeds v. 21-22 1824-1828
    Film number: 007545831 > image 178 of 580
    FamilySearch Image (accessed 4 March 2022)
    • 2 Oct 1824, Orange Co, NC, Deed Bk
13. ↑ Deeds (original) 1755-1961; index 1755-1962: "Deeds (original) 1755-1961; index 1755-1962"
    Catalog: Deeds (original) 1755-1961; index 1755-1962 Deeds v. 25-26 1831-1836
    Film number: 007545833 > image 89 of 488
    FamilySearch Image (accessed 16 February 2022)
    • 26 Sept 1831 purchase of slaves Deed Bk 25 p.167
14. ↑ NC Pedia http://ncpedia.org/biography/cameron-duncan
15. ↑ https://ncpedia.org/colonization-societies
16. ↑ Record of deeds, 1755-1756, 1768-1840; general index to deeds, 1752-1868: "Record of deeds, 1755-1756, 1768-1840; general index to deeds, 1752-1868"
    Catalog: Record of deeds, 1755-1756, 1768-1840; general index to deeds, 1752-1868 Record of deeds, v. 26-28 1834-1840
    Film number: 007517562 > image 97 of 830
    FamilySearch Image (accessed 16 February 2022)
    • 24 Dec 1834 Deed Bk 26 p.184
17. ↑ Cameron Family Papers https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00133
    • Biography, Subseries 1.3.2. 1830-1839 Southern Historical Collection, Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
18. ↑ Cameron Family Papers https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00133/#d1e9979 Subseries 6.7.1. Other Antebellum and Civil War Era Account Books, 1768-1865
    • Folder 3662 Volume 124: October 1845 Southern Historical Collection, Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
19. ↑ https://www.wral.com/oberlin-village-a-community-built-by-people-freed-from-slavery-in-raleigh/19148522/
20. ↑ United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 : "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850"
    Image path: United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 > North Carolina > Wake > Wake county > image 112 of 114; Citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
    FamilySearch Image (accessed 10 February 2022)
    • 1850 Slave Schedule
21. ↑ North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970: "North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970"
    Catalog: Record books of wills, inventories, settlements of estates (1771-1902), and, Indexes to wills and divisions of land (1770-1946) Wills, Inventories & Estates, Bk. 28-29 1852-1856
    Image path: North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970 > Wake > Wills, Inventories, Settlements, 1852-1855, Vol. 28 > image 187 of 630
    FamilySearch Image (accessed 9 February 2022)
22. ↑ Cameron Family Papers https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00133 Subseries 2.6. Estate Papers, 1804-1942
    • Division of Slaves in Folder 2166 image 2-16

An index of slaves http://ocncslaverecords.blogspot.com/2018/02/what-follows-is-index-by-name-of-over.html