Slaves of Archelaus Hylton, Virginia

Location: Floyd, Virginia, United States
Surnames/tags: Slavery Black_Heritage Hylton

This page's purpose is to record the people enslaved by Archelaus Hylton (1779-1865) and attempt to connect them to their families.

In the 1830 census, Archelaus Hylton was enslaving six people in Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia.^[1]

In the 1850 census, Archelaus was enslaving 13 people in Floyd County, Virginia^[2]

Age	Sex	Color
35	Male	Black
30	Female	Black
24	Female	Black
20	Female	Mulatto
17	Female	Black
16	Male	Black
13	Male	Black
11	Male	Black
7	Male	Black
5	Female	Black
3	Male	Black
1	Male	Black
1	Female	Black

In the 1860 census, Archelaus was enslaving 15 people in two slave houses in Floyd County.^[3]

Name	Sex	Age	Color
	F	40 years	Black
	M	23 years	Black
	M	18 years	Black
	F	15 years	Black
	M	13 years	Black
	M	10 years	Black
	M	8 years	Black
	F	10 Months	Black
	F	30 years	Black
	F	10 years	Black
	M	8 years	Black
	M	5 years	Black
	M	3 years	Black
	M	3 years	Black
	F	11 Months	Black

In the 1866 Register of Colored People Cohabiting together as Husband and Wife, the following people mentioned A. B. Hylton as their last owner:

• Mary (Lashore) Helm (abt.1837-)^[4]
  • Ann Helm (abt.1859-)
  • Darius Helm (1863-)
• Ailsy (Hylton) Harmon (abt.1816-)
  • Ellen Harmon (abt.1859-)

Sources

1. ↑ 1830 Census - "United States Census, 1830", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5H-JB2 : Fri Oct 06 20:02:14 UTC 2023), Entry for Achelous Hylton, 1830.
2. ↑ 1850 Census - Slave Schedule - "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HRWK-RSW2 : 15 February 2020), Archibald Hylton in entry for MM9.1.1/MV85-BJC:, 1850.
3. ↑ 1860 Census - Slave Schedule - "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W2X2-WPW2 : Tue Oct 03 10:47:47 UTC 2023), Entry for Archelaus Hylton and , 1860.
4. ↑ Floyd County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons of Floyd County, State of Virginia, cohabiting together as Husband and Wife on 27th February 1866. Local Government Records Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.