Slaves of Fielding Green Sr, Kentucky

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Fleming, Kentucky, United States
Surnames/tags: black_heritage slavery

The purpose of this page is to record research on the slaves of Fielding Green, Sr and try to connect them to their descendants.

Contents 1 Summary 2 1820 Census 3 1830 Census 4 1840 Census 5 1850 census/slave schedule 6 Sources

Summary

• He had 15 slaves in the 1820 census, 17 in 1830, and 9 slaves in the 1850 slave schedule.
• His 1855 will named:
  • to his son John: Sally and her children Rebecca, Jim and Cornelius, and a man named Washington
  • to his son Hiram: Alfred, Peter, Wesley , Bob, Edy
  • to his son Sampson: John, America, and Sylva
  • to his son Thomas: Barnal (a man), "in addition to the slaves heretofore given him".

1820 Census

1820 in Fleming County, Kentucky: ^[1]

Males - Under 14: 2

Males - 14 thru 25: 2

Females - Under 14: 6

Females - 14 thru 25: 2

Females - 45 and over: 3

Total Slaves: 15

Total Free White Persons: 7

1830 Census

Eastern Division, Fleming County Kentucky:^[2]

Males - Under 10: 4

Males - 10 thru 23: 1

Males - 24 thru 35: 2

Females - Under 10: 2

Females - 10 thru 23: 6

Females - 24 thru 35: 1

Females - 36 thru 54: 1

Total Slaves: 17

1840 Census

The 1840 census showed 9 white household members, and no slaves.^[3] This doesn't really fit with the 1830 then the 1850 census. I have tried to see if the census taker was off by one line, but the household on line 4 (Fielding was on line 5), had a number of slaves, and unfortunately I couldn't find him in the in 1830 or 1850 censuses. On this census 1840 page, the remainder of the people on the page (lines 6-31) there had no slaves. Perhaps the census taker just stopped recording after line 4.

1850 census/slave schedule

Division 2, Fleming County, Kentucky^[4]

Female 24

Female 22

Male 19

Male 11

Male 9

Female 6

Male 4

Male 2

Female 8/12

Sources

1. ↑ 1820 Census: "1820 United States Federal Census"
   1820 U S Census; Census Place: Fleming, Kentucky; Page: 45; NARA Roll: M33_21; Image: 56
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7734 #1386059 (accessed 21 March 2022)
   Fielding Green.
2. ↑ 1830 Census: "1830 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1830; Census Place: Eastern Division, Fleming, Kentucky; Series: M19; Roll: 36; Page: 50; Family History Library Film: 0007815
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8058 #1050633 (accessed 21 March 2022)
   Fielding Greenk. [Green]
3. ↑ 1840 Census: "1840 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1840; Census Place: Division 3, Fleming, Kentucky; Roll: 110; Page: 231; Family History Library Film: 0007825
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8057 #1257936 (accessed 21 March 2022)Fielding Green.
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 #90408678 (accessed 21 March 2022)Fielding Green in Division 2, Fleming, Kentucky, USA.