Slaves of David Sexton, Virginia

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

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

In 1850 David Sexton was enslaving 10 people in Wythe County, Virginia:^[1]

Age	Sex	Color
35 years	M	Black
21 years	M	Black
16 years	M	Black
14 years	M	Mulatto
6 years	M	Black
5 years	M	Black
10 years	F	Black
8 years	F	Black
3 years	F	Black
30 years	F	Mulatto

In 1860 he was enslaving 11 people in three slave houses in Wythe County:^[2]

Name	Sex	Age	Color
	M	45 years	Black
Charity (Preston) Cashville (abt.1826-)	F	36 years	Mulatto
Jane (Sexton/Miller) Washington (abt.1826-aft.1880)	F	30 years	Black
James Robinson (abt.1839-)	M	22 years	Mulatto
	F	19 years	Black
	F	17 years	Black
	M	16 years	Black
	M	15 years	Black
	F	9 years	Black
	F	7 years	Black
	M	4 years	Black

Sources

1. ↑ 1850 Census - Slave Schedule - "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HRW5-4FMM : 15 March 2022), David Sexton in entry for MM9.1.1/MVDW-C9Q:, 1850.
2. ↑ 1860 Census - Slave Schedule: "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860"
   citing Page: 4; Line: 40; Digital film/folder number: 005171766_023_M9N3-SCW; FHL microfilm: 000805397; Image number: 4
   FamilySearch Record: W2XR-KNW2 (accessed 15 August 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GBSN-X74
   David Sexton, slave owner, in 1860 in Wythe, Virginia, United States.

• Wythe County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons of Wythe County, State of Virginia, cohabiting together as Husband and Wife on 27th February 1866. Local Government Records Collection, Wythe County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219[1].