Slaves of Charles Campbell Tate, Virginia

Location: Wythe, Virginia, United States
Surnames/tags: Slavery Black_Heritage Tate

This page's purpose is to record the people enslaved by Charles Campbell Tate in Wythe County, Virginia, and attempt to connect them to their families.

In 1840, Charles Tate's household in Wythe County, Virginia, included 12 enslaved people:^[1]

Enslaved Persons

2 males under age 10

4 males aged 10 to 23

1 male aged 24 to 35

1 male aged 26 to 54

1 female aged 10 to 23

2 females aged 24 to 35

1 female aged 36 to 54

Around 1847, Charles had a son, George Burke Holliday, with his slave Emiline Holliday.^[2]

In 1850 Charles was enslaving 10 people in Wythe County:^[3]

Age	Sex	Color
50	Male	Black
30	Male	Black
20	Male	Black
11	Male	Mulatto
6	Male	Mulatto
45	Female	Black
35	Female	Mulatto
18	Female	Black
16	Female	Black
6	Female	Black

In 1860 Charles was enslaving 17 people in four slave houses in Wythe County:^[4]

Age	Sex	Color
65	Male	Black
59	Female	Black
48	Male	Black
46	Female	Mulatto
42	Male	Black
36	Male	Mulatto
29	Male	Black
26	Female	Black
22	Male	Mulatto
17	Male	Mulatto
14	Female	Mulatto
9	Female	Black
8	Female	Black
6	Female	Mulatto
3	Male	Black
7 Months	Female	Black
6 Months	Female	Black

From the "Register of Colored Persons of Wythe County, State of Virginia, Cohabitating Together as Husband and Wife on 27 February 1866":^[5]

• Harvey Monroe (abt.1813-)
• Mary (Holliday) Johnson
• Charles Holliday (abt.1818-1875)
• Thomas Holliday (1823-)
• Harvey Monroe (abt.1818-)
• David Trueheart (abt.1830-)
• Z Wholford (abt.1837-)ad
• Adaline C. Johnson (abt.1842-) (possibly)

Sources

1. ↑ 1840 Census: "1840 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1840; Census Place: Wythe, Virginia; Roll: 579; Page: 96; Family History Library Film: 0029693
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8057 #3676898 (accessed 5 July 2022)
   Charles C Tate.
2. ↑ Son George Burke Holliday's Marriage Record: "Virginia, U.S., Marriage Registers, 1853-1935"
   Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA; Virginia Marriages, 1853-1935
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62154 #458266 (accessed 6 July 2022)
   
3. ↑ 1850 Census - Slave Schedule - "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HRW5-4GPZ : 15 February 2020), Charles C Tate in entry for MM9.1.1/MVDW-ZM2:, 1850.
4. ↑ 1860 Census - Slave Schedule - "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W2XR-YGW2 : Fri Oct 06 03:08:12 UTC 2023), Entry for Charles C Tate and , 1860.
5. ↑ Register of Colored Persons of Wythe County, State of Virginia, Cohabitating Together as Husband and Wife on 27 February 1866. Library of Virginia. Barcode 1188967. Transcript and Image copy, (Library of Virginia Digital Collections, Cohabitation Registers > "Wythe County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons cohabiting..." : accessed 2 Jul 2022).

• Register of Children of Colored Persons whose Parents had Ceased to Cohabit which the Father Recognizes to be His, Library of Virginia (http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R/GF4PPHCYI32A7F68YJUUVQY35M36Y45JAKMA7JJG429IC81UQS-02808?func=results-jump-full&set_entry=000039&set_number=538535&base=GEN01-LVA01)