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Slaves of George Nicholas Seay, Virginia

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Location: Lunenburg, Virginia, United Statesmap
Surnames/tags: Slavery Black_Heritage Seay
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This page's purpose is to record the people enslaved by George Nicholas Seay in Nottoway and Lunenburg counties, Virginia, and attempt to connect them to their families.


In 1840 George Nicholas Seay was enslaving 19 people in Nottoway County, Virginia.[1]

In 1850 he was enslaving 34 people in Lunenburg County, Virginia.[2]

Name Sex Color
60 F B
60 M B
46 M B
45 F B
40 M B
33 F B
27 F B
23 F B
21 F B
20 F B
20 F B
20 F B
18 M B
13 F B
13 M B
12 F B
12 M B
10 F B
10 F B
8 F B
7 M B
7 F B
7 M B
6 M B
5 M B
5 F B
5 M B
5 F B
4 F B
4 M B
3 M B
2 F B
2 M B
1 M B


In 1860 he was enslaving 30 people in six slave houses in Lunenburg County:[3]

Name Sex Color
50 M B
46 F B
20 F B
17 M B
10 F B
22 F B
4 M B
3 F B
6 Months F B
18 F B
50 F B
11 F B
17 M B
50 M B
45 F B
20 M B
5 F B
40 F B
9 M B
8 F B
2 F B
28 F B
10 F B
8 M B
4 M B
1 F B
50 M B
55 M B
11 M B
4 F B


Research Notes

  • George appears on the birth records for children born to women he was enslaving.[4][5][6] The child Amy and the child William (born 1856) had a named mother, Amanda. The child William born in 1861 did not have a mother named on the located records.

Sources

  1. 1840 Census - "United States Census, 1840", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBW-H8Y : Thu Jul 20 20:41:35 UTC 2023), Entry for George N Seay, 1840.
  2. 1850 Census - Slave Schedule - "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV81-L6C : Fri Oct 06 04:07:18 UTC 2023), Entry for and George N Seay, 1850.
  3. 1860 Census - Slave Schedule - "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W2XL-7MMM : Thu Oct 05 15:33:03 UTC 2023), Entry for George A Seay and , 1860.
  4. "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRPF-H3S : 6 August 2020), G.n. Leay in entry for Wm. Leay, 1856.
  5. "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5JH-4RN : 28 January 2020), Geo N. Seay in entry for Amy Seay, 1859.
  6. "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HNWG-KJ3Z : 28 January 2020), Geo. N. Seay in entry for William Seay, 1861.


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