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Slaves of Catherine Spiller Boxley Vaughan

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Date: 1844 to 1865
Location: Hanover, Virginia, United Statesmap
Surnames/tags: Vaughan Boxley slavery
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Slaves of Catherine Spiller Boxley Vaughan

George Boxley's Will

In 1844 Catherine’s father George Boxley dies in Louisa, Virginia. In his will he gives three enslaved people to Catherine:

In 1851 Catherine mentions a (possible) slave named "Frederick" in a letter to her son, so it may be that Matilda's son Frederick was still enslaved at her plantation in that year.[1]

Inheritance from Husband

In 1849 Catherine is believed to have inherited her husband’s estate. In the 1850 Slave Census she holds 26 slaves:[2]

1850 Census

SLAVES:

Name of Slave OwnerNo. of SlavesAgeSexColor
Catherine Vaughan175 (b1775)MB
Catherine Vaughan180 (b1770)FB
Catherine Vaughan125 (b1825)FB
Catherine Vaughan110 (b1840)MB
Catherine Vaughan18 (b1842)FB
Catherine Vaughan16 (b1844)FB
Catherine Vaughan12 (b1848)FB
Catherine Vaughan175 (b1775)MB
Catherine Vaughan140 (b1810)FB
Catherine Vaughan123 (b1827)MB
Catherine Vaughan139 (b1811)FB
Catherine Vaughan125 (b1825)MB
Catherine Vaughan118 (b1832)FB
Catherine Vaughan117 (b1833)FB
Catherine Vaughan116 (b1834)FB
Catherine Vaughan112 (b1838)MB
Catherine Vaughan110 (b1840)FB
Catherine Vaughan18 (b1842)FB
Catherine Vaughan16 (b1844)MB
Catherine Vaughan140 (b1810)FB
Catherine Vaughan115 (b1835)MB
Catherine Vaughan112 (b1838)MB
Catherine Vaughan18 (b1842)MB
Catherine Vaughan15 (b1845)MB
Catherine Vaughan125 (b1825)MB
Catherine Vaughan115 (b1835)MB

Virginia Slave Birth Index[3][4]

Name of Slave OwnerName/Sex of BabyName of MotherBirthdateCounty Born InPage. No.
C Vaughan(Male)(blank)1859Hanover79
C VaughanAlliceLouise1857Hanover49
Cath. Vaughan2(?)(blank)1859Hanover80
Cath. Vaughan(Male)(blank)Jan. 1861Hanover108
Cath. Vaughan(Male)(blank)Apr. 1861Hanover108
Cath. S. VaughanClarissa(blank)Sep.16, 1855Hanover27
Cath. S. VaughanLouisa(blank)May 10, 1855Hanover27
Cath. S. VaughanLucy(blank)Aug. 14, 1855Hanover27
Catherine S. Vaughn(fem)Elizabeth1853Hanover5
Catherine S. Vaughn(fem)Maria1853Hanover5
Catherine S. Vaughn(fem)Polly1853Hanover5
Catherine S. Vaughn(male)Lavinia1853Hanover5

1860 Census

In the 1860 Slave Census she holds 1 slave (she seems to have transferred most of her enslaved people to her oldest son Benjamin Franklin Vaughan):[5]

SLAVES:

Name of Slave OwnerNo. of SlavesAgeSexColor
C Vaughan114 (b1846)FB


Research Notes

  • Find out where her plantation was located in Hanover County, VA specifically.
  • Find Joseph Vaughan's will.

Sources

  1. Martha Rosalie Poindexter Stephens. By Way of Ellerslie.Family letters and other written memorabilia compiled in the mid-1950s. Currently a copy is in possession of Jane Quarnstrom Sokolow. Includes letters, legal documents and receipts of family members from 1826 to 1954.
  2. "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HRW2-9DW2 : 15 February 2020), Catherine J Vaughan in entry for MM9.1.1/MV8T-5KJ:, 1850.
  3. "Virginia, Slave Birth Index, 1853-1866," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W8BG-2DW2 : 4 February 2020), C Vaughan in entry for Allice, 1857; citing Birth, Hanover, Virginia, United States, Virgina State Library and Archives, Richmond; FHL microfilm 008151965.
  4. "Virginia, Slave Birth Index, 1853-1866," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W8BG-2D3Z : 4 February 2020), C Vaughan in entry for MM9.1.1/W8BL-CLZM:, 1859; citing Birth, Hanover, Virginia, United States, Virgina State Library and Archives, Richmond; FHL microfilm 008151965.
  5. "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HRW2-9DW2 : 15 February 2020), Catherine J Vaughan in entry for MM9.1.1/MV8T-5KJ:, 1850.




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