Slaves of Eliza C. Murchison

Date: 1840 to 1860
Location: Orange County and Sumter, South Carolina, United States Slaves of Eliza C. Murchison

• The 1840 census finds her living in Orange County, South Carolina with 10 enslaved persons.
• By the 1860 Slave Schedule, she is living in Lynchburgh, Sumter, South Carolina in the household of her son-in-law, Charles H Durant.

Eliza C Murcherson ^[1]

Sumter District, South Carolina

Page 169

Enumerated 2 Jul, 1860

Enslaved Persons = 13

Slave Houses = 2

#	Age	M/F	B/M	Status
1	40	F	B
1	35	F	B
1	18	F	M	Fugitive
1	20	M	B	Fugitive
1	18	M	M	Fugitive
1	15	M	M	Fugitive
1	13	F	M	Fugitive
1	12	M	M	Fugitive
1	11	M	M	Fugitive
1	5	M	M	Fugitive
1	3	F	M	Fugitive
1	1	M	M	Fugitive
1	1	M	M	Fugitive	Manumitted

1840 Census

Orange Parish, Orangeburg, South Carolina ^[2]

Category	Number
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19	1
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49	1
Slaves - Males - Under 10	3
Slaves - Males - 36 - 54	1
Slaves - Females - Under 10	1
Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35	2
Slaves - Females - 36 thru 54	1
Persons Employed in Agriculture	1
Free White Persons - Under 20	1
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49	1
Total Free White Persons	2
Total Slaves	10
All Persons Free White, Slaves, Free Colored)	12

Sources

1. ↑ "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
   The National Archives in Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Eighth Census of the United States 1860; Series Number: M653; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7668 #90150789 (accessed 6 July 2023)
   Eliza C Murcherran in Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, USA.
2. ↑ 1840 Census: "1840 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1840; Census Place: Orange Parish, Orangeburg, South Carolina; Roll: 514; Page: 306; Family History Library Film: 0022510
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8057 #2968804 (accessed 1 July 2023)
   Eliza Mauchinson in Orange Parish, Orangeburg, South Carolina.