Slaves of Howell N Edmunds

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States
Surnames/tags: Edmunds Slavery Black_Heritage

• Howell N Edmunds

1850 Federal Census Slave Schedule

W of the Yalobusha River, County of Yalobusha, State of Mississippi

11 Oct 1850

Total enslaved persons 63

Slave Owner	#	Age	M/F	B/M
H N Edmunds	1	60	M	B
	1	52	M	B
	1	32	M	B
	1	18	M	B
	1	45	M	B
	1	25	M	B
	1	50	M	B
	1	12	M	B
	1	12	M	B
	1	13	M	B
	1	13	M	B
	1	13	M	B
	1	32	F	B
	1	34	F	B
	1	21	F	B
	1	22	F	B
	1	18	F	B
	1	27	F	B
	1	25	F	B
	1	20	F	M
	1	21	M	M
	1	10	F	B
	1	15	F	B
	1	30	F	B
	1	38	F	B
	1	33	F	B
	1	33	F	B
	1	10	M	M
	1	8	M	M
	1	10	M	B
	1	12	M	B
	1	22	M	B
	1	44	M	B
	1	46	M	B
	1	10	F	M
	1	6	M	B
	1	20	M	B
	1	20	M	M
	1	18	M	B
	1	13	M	B
	1	15	M	B
	1	15	M	B
	1	15	M	B
	1	18	F	B
	1	15	F	B
	1	15	M	B
	1	15	M	B
	1	23	M	B
	1	14	M	B
	1	20	F	B
	1	40	F	B
	1	8	F	B
	1	6	M	B
	1	4	M	B
	1	2	F	B
	1	1	F	B
	1	7	M	B
	1	1	F	M
	1	7	M	B
	1	2	M	B
	1	1	F	B
	1	6	F	B
	1	9	M	M

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Estate of Howell N Edmunds

Though in 1850, there were 62 enslaved persons enumerated under Howell N. Edmund's name on the slave schedule of the federal censu, when he died in 1851, records appear to identify only nine enslaved persons who were included in his estate. Those are:

Name	Born	Died	Spouse	Father	Mother	Deceased Owner	New Owner	Passed/Sold	County	Doc Year	Stated Value
Henry	1824					HowellNEdmonds	RobertHarrison Edmonds	Passed	Yalobusha	1854	$1,000
Burrell			Sylva			HowellNEdmonds	WilliamHEdmonds	Passed	Yalobusha	1851	$800
Aron			Mary Ann			HowellNEdmonds	ElizabethABeck	Passed	Yalobusha	1851	$900
Sylva			Burrell			HowellNEdmonds	ElizabethABeck	Passed	Yalobusha	1851
Mary Ann			Aron			HowellNEdmonds	ElizabethABeck	Passed	Yalobusha	1851	$450
Mahaly						HowellNEdmonds	WilliamHEdmonds	Passed	Yalobusha	1851
John a/k/a Swamp					Mahaly	HowellNEdmonds	WilliamHEdmonds	Passed	Yalobusha	1851
Jef					Mahaly	HowellNEdmonds	WilliamHEdmonds	Passed	Yalobusha	1851
Caroline						HowellNEdmonds	ElizabethABeck	Passed	Yalobusha	1851	$550

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Sources

1. ↑ 1850 Census: "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850"
   Citing Affiliate Publication Number: M432; Line: 1; FHL microfilm: 443602; Record number: 8775;
   FamilySearch Record: HRWM-X7W2 (accessed 11 May 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HT-66T3-8RZ Image number 00113
   H N Edmunds in Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States.
2. ↑ Val Geno Findings. Yalobusha Records from Slavery. (http://valgenofindings.weebly.com/yalobusha-records-from-slavery.html#HowellNEdmunds : 10 Mar 2023) Estate of Howell N. Edmunds.