Slaves of George and Ann Beall

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Prince George's County, Maryland
Surname/tag: Beall Greenfield Slaveholders

Contents 1 Background 2 Birth Year Estimation 3 Unnamed 4 Named 5 Sources

Background

George "3rd" Beall and his wife Ann Greenfield inherited enslaved persons who are named in various inheritance documents. In the absence of other surnames, they are given the surnames of their slaveholders.

Birth Year Estimation

Enslaved persons identified as "boy" or "girl" are estimated to be aged 10 at the time of the document in which they are named.

Enslaved persons presumed to be adult but without other qualifying description are estimated to be aged 25 at the time of the document in which they are named.

Unnamed

In 1762 Ann, as Nancy Greenfield inherited "one slave" (unnamed) in the will of her grandmother Ann Parker. (Liber 31, folio 814) ^[1]

In 1797 Ann's daughter Amelia is to inherit "Negro girl Lettice" in the will of Ann's father Gerard Truman Greenfield.

Named

• Negro girl Lettice -- Lettice Greenfield, born say 1787, named in will of Ann's father Gerard Truman Greenfield who willed her to his granddaughter Amelia, daughter of Ann Greenfield Beall.

• Negro man Nacey -- Nacey Beall, born say 1776, named in will of George 3rd Beall's father Joshua Beall who willed him to his son George in 1796

Sources

1. ↑ Mike Marshall. Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties. Profile for Anne Truman Greenfield Accessed 16 April 2023 jhd