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Location: Lowndes, Mississippi, United States
Slaves of Hezekiah Gilbert Leigh
Location: Lowndes, Mississippi, United States

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- 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.
Freedman Age Dependents Notes Jack 50 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 # Age M/F B/M Born Hezchiah G Leigh 1 45 M B 1805 2 40 F B 1810 3 30 F B 1820 4 25 F B 1825 5 22 F B 1828 6 23 F B 1827 7 24 F B 1826 8 18 M B 1832 9 18 F B 1832 10 13 M B 1837 11 13 M B 1837 Idiot 12 7 M B 1843 13 22 M B 1828 14 18 F B 1832 15 40 F B 1810
1850 Federal Slave Schedule
- Regiment 98, Mecklenburg, Virginia
- Number of Enslaved People:10 [4]
Owner # Age M/F B/M Hezekiah Leigh 1 20 M B 1 20 M B 1 21 M B 1 21 M B 1 18 F B 1 14 F B 1 10 F B 1 11 M B 1 4 M B 1 1 F B
1840 Federal Slave Schedule [5]
- H G Leigh
- Home in 1840 (City, County, State) West District, Mecklenburg, Virginia
- Total 20 enslaved persons
Owner Desc # H G Leigh Free 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 Persons 8 Total Free Colored Persons 1 Total Slaves 20 Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves 29
Sources
- ↑ 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. - ↑ Mississippi Dept. of Archives & History, Freedmen's Bureau, Digital Records, https://www.mdah.ms.gov/
- ↑ 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. - ↑
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. - ↑ 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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