Slaves of Alexander Scott Withers

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Virginia
Surnames/tags: black_heritage slavery

this is a workspace for identifying the slaves of Alexander Scott Withers. He is known to have fathered at least two of his slaves.

1850 Slave Schedule

Lewis County, Virginia

• Black Female Age 61
• Black Male Age 40
• Black Male Age 31
• Mulatto Female Age 27. this is likely Unknown Taylor
• Black Female Age 12
• Mulatto Female Age 10
• Mulatto Female Age 7
• Mulatto Female Age 4
• Mulatto Male Age 1 (likely the same person listed in the 1860 census)

1860 Slave Schedule

Lewis County Virginia

• Mulatto Male Age 12 (this is likely his son with slave Unknown Taylor. She stated in 1863 she had left a son behind in Virginia with his father.

Known Slaves

• Charles Taylor, also his son