Slaves of Elijah Perry at Perry Plantation

Elijah B. Perry had 76 enslaved on the 1830 census^[1], and 93-105 Slaves in the 1840 Slave Schedule.^[2] In the Will of ELIJAH B. PERRY, dtd Oct. 1843 & Dec. 1844; Franklin Co. Will Book M, Pages 75-76

• Slaves given to wife, LUCY B. PERRY:

• To son JOSHUA PERRY:

• To daughter LUCY P. WILLIAMS:

• To daughter MARY B. PERRY:

• To son SAMUEL PERRY:

• To son GREEN PERRY:

• Book M, Page 85-

An Inventory of the Personal Property of Elijah B. Perry, deceased which came into the hands of his Executor Jan. 9th 1846. (List of Slaves) No. of Servants given to MRS. LUCY B. PERRY: LEWIS & PHILLIS, DAVY, ELLEN, JESSE & AMY, ISHAM, AMY, MOSES, DIANAH, EMILY, MATILDA, WILLIAM, LESTER, LUCK, ANNAKY

No. of Slaves given to JOSHUA PERRY in the lifetime of deceased and companied by the will: PETER & CHAMPION, JACOB, SALLY, SANDERS & FANNY, SANDERS, BARBARA, AMY, MARY, ZYLPHA, NEPTUNE, ORANGE, MENERVA, NED, TILLER, LUCY & CHINA, WILLIAM, CAROLINE, PENNY & WASHINGTON. ISHAM, YORK, PHILIP, NORPHLET

No. of MRS. LUCY P. CLANTON's servants given to her in the lifetime of the dec'd & companied by the will: WASHINGTON & NANCY, WILLIAM, NUTTY, HASTY, SAM, JAMES, ABBY, BARBARA, LUCY, ABBE's CARY, SAM, HAPPY, PATSY & PETER. (15)

No. of Servants given to SAMUEL PERRY: ALLEN & FANNY, SUCKEY, BENJAMIN, HENRY, HARDY, THOMAS, DICK, JUDY, EASTER, EDMOND, JERRY, VINY, BETSEY, ABRAM, CHINA, ISAAC, LYDIA. (18)

No. of MARY B. PERRY Servants: LEW & EMILY, MARGARET, JOSEPH, DINAH, POLLY, JIM, ALFRED, GUY, NED, RHODY, PLEASANT, LUCY, SEALY(?), JERRY, SUSAN, DOLLY, ESTER, LONDON. (19)

No. of GREEN PERRY's Servants: JOHN & CLARY, KATE, JOHN LECY, CHARLES, JERRY, VAN, ISHAM, MARY, MARIAH, JOE, DARCY, ROSE, ABBE, GID, ADAM, MATHEW, LEWIS, LEVI, LYDIA. (20)

No. of Servants left subject to payments of debts: MARTHA & REBECCA, ROSE, JOE, ABSOLEM, PRISCILLA, ELIJAH, MOURNING, PRUMMER, WILLIE, TILLER, CHERRY, VIOLET, HARRIET, MIRANDA, LUKE, TROMPER. (17)

Slaves from the Will of JOSHUA PERRY, 1807

(Father of Elijah B. Perry) Franklin County, Will Book C, Pages 216-217:

• To Wife MARY (BODDIE):

• To son ELIJAH B. PERRY:

• To son SAMUEL PERRY:

• To son GREEN PERRY:

• To daughter TEMPERANCE PERRY:

• To daughter NANCY PERRY:

• To son BENJAMIN PERRY:

• From the Estate of JOSHUA PERRY, d. 1807, Slaves were divided up between his children after they were all of full age. Following Slaves allotted to ELIJAH B. PERRY, in July 1818:

1. GUY
2. TOM
3. PETER
4. CHARLOTTE
5. CHANEY
6. ADAM
7. PHILLIS
8. RAINEY
9. FANCY
10. CLARY
11. MARY
12. ALLEN
13. AMEY
14. OLD BOB
15. LONDON

• To TEMPERANCE PERRY and husband WILLIAM HINTON, on December 1817:

1. SMITH TOM
2. JIN
3. MINOR
4. DOLL
5. SILVY
6. NELLEY and her child ISAAC
7. FIBBY
8. RAINEY

• To SAMUEL PERRY, in July 1818:

1. VENUS
2. TILDY
3. JACK
4. NED
5. SIMON
6. SAUL
7. MILLEY
8. SALL
9. BEN
10. ALSTON
11. SOLOMON

• To GREEN PERRY, in October 1819:

1. JOE
2. CHAMPION
3. PETER
4. TOM
5. PLEASANT
6. DORCAS
7. SUCK
8. FEROBY
9. CHERRY
10. JACK
11. AMY
12. RODA
13. SUE
14. MARTHA
15. SAL
16. VINA
17. ESTHER

(See Estate of Joshua Perry, 1807 for full details & transcriptions)

References

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1830", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPM-Z7X : Thu Mar 07 20:13:41 UTC 2024), Entry for Elijah B Perry, 1830.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1840", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTJ-VC3 : Sat Mar 09 03:13:56 UTC 2024), Entry for Elijah B Perry, 1840.