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Slaves of Dr Hezekiah Gilbert Leigh

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Slaves of Hezekiah Gilbert Leigh
U.S. Freedmen's Bureau Records
4 Aug 1865 Mississippi, USA [1] [2]
Contract No. 137
Roll No. 2574
Signed Image 415:
Joseph E Leigh
F M Leigh
J C Lockhart
M E Lockhart
Cultivating the plantation of Est. H. G. Leigh
…Agree to furnish the said laborers, and those rightfully dependent on them; free of charge; clothing and food of good quality; and sufficient quantities; good and sufficient quarters; medical attention when necessary; and kind and humane treatment and 1/6 of the surplus crop raised by them for the present year.
FreedmanAgeDependentsNotes
Jack50
Jerry
Bill 33
Harry 40
Earl 34
Hetty 30
Timbbers or Fumbles 58 Infirm
Harris 47 2 valuable
Emline 46 2
Hetty 30
Carolinn 20 1
Sarah 0
Nancy 40 unable to work
Jinnie 22 1
Jane 21 very inferior
Lilly Ann 18
Josephine 28 3 work not sufficient to support family
1853 Slaves named in the Will of Hezekiah Gilbert Leigh to the benefit of his wife, Mary Jane Leigh. These slaves were living on the Virginia plantation.
Easter, Pricilla, Margarth, Harwell, Emaline, Jack, John, Melaina (sp?), Adalina, Virginia, Sarah, Sam, Henny, and Robert….
1850 Slave Schedule [3]
Home in 1850: Lowndes, Mississippi
23 Oct 1850
Total = 15
Slave Owner#AgeM/FB/MBorn
Hezchiah G Leigh145MB1805
240FB1810
330FB1820
425FB1825
522FB1828
623FB1827
724FB1826
818MB1832
918FB1832
1013MB1837
1113MB1837Idiot
127MB1843
1322MB1828
1418FB1832
1540FB1810

1850 Federal Slave Schedule

Regiment 98, Mecklenburg, Virginia
Number of Enslaved People:10 [4]
Owner#AgeM/FB/M
Hezekiah Leigh120MB
120MB
121MB
121MB
118FB
114FB
110FB
111MB
14MB
11FB

1840 Federal Slave Schedule [5]

H G Leigh
Home in 1840 (City, County, State) West District, Mecklenburg, Virginia
Total 20 enslaved persons
OwnerDesc#
H G LeighFree White Persons - Males - Under 5 1
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9 2
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29 2
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9 1
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39 1
Free Colored Persons - Males - 36 thru 54 1
Slaves - Males - Under 10 2
Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23 4
Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35 1
Slaves - Males - 36 thru 54 2
Slaves - Males - 55 thru 99 1
Slaves - Females - Under 10 2
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23 4
Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35 2
Slaves - Females - 36 thru 54 1
Slaves - Females - 55 thru 99 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture 12
Free White Persons - Under 20 4
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49 4
Total Free White Persons8
Total Free Colored Persons 1
Total Slaves 20
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves 29

Sources

  1. Employment: "U.S., Freedmen's Bureau Records, 1865-1878"
    The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC, USA; Records of the Assistant Commissioner For the State of Mississippi, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1869; NARA Series Number: M826; NARA Reel Number: 47; NARA Record Group Number: 105; NARA Record Group Name: Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1861 - 1880; Collection Title: United States Freedmen's Bureau Labor Contracts Indenture and Apprenticeship Records 1865-1872
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62309 #3820042 (accessed 12 February 2024)
    Name: J E Leigh; Record Type: Employment; Employment Date: 4 Aug; Employment Place: Mississippi, USA.
  2. Mississippi Dept. of Archives & History, Freedmen's Bureau, Digital Records, https://www.mdah.ms.gov/
  3. Slave Schedule: "1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
    The National Archive in Washington Dc; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8055 #91085365 (accessed 12 February 2024)
    Hezchiah G Leigh, slave owner of 15 enslaved people, in 1850 in Lowndes, Mississippi, USA.
  4. 1850 Census: "1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
    The National Archive in Washington DC; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census Of The United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8055 #92869941 (accessed 1 June 2022)
    Hezekiah Leigh in Regiment 98, Mecklenburg, Virginia, USA.
  5. 1840 Census: "1840 United States Federal Census"
    Year: 1840; Census Place: West District, Mecklenburg, Virginia; Roll: 565; Page: 372; Family History Library Film: 0029688
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8057 #3519282 (accessed 13 February 2024)
    H G Leigh in West District, Mecklenburg, Virginia.




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