Slaves of Jacob Givhan, Alabama

Date: 1842 [unknown]
Location: Dallas, Alabama, United States
Surnames/tags: Givhan Slavery Black_Heritage

Contents 1 Background 1.1 Will 1.2 Probate Inventory 2 Sources

Background

Jacob Givhan lived in Colleton County, South Carolina, and then moved to Dallas County, Alabama where he grew cotton.

Jacob owned at least 3 plantations named in his will:^[1]

• Plantation on the Alabama River which lies on the West side of the Selma Road
• Piney Woods Plantation, given to Mrs Ford (his sister)
• Bronn Plantation

Will

The following enslaved were named in the will of Jacob Givhans, bequeathed to his family (also listed in his probate inventory):^[1]

to his wife:

• Hamble
• Holly
• January
• Hester & her child
• Milly & child
• Jinny
• Pea
• Rose
• Tora, child of Rose
• July, child of Rose
• Mandy
• Canda
• David
• Parmelia
• Jackson
• Hager

to sister Mrs. Ford (Elizabeth Givhan Ford who married Elijah Ford):

• Hannah

to friend and neighbor William Williams:

• Lily

Probate Inventory

The following enslaved were named in the probate inventory of Jacob Givhan, but did not name the plantations each lived on:^[2]

p.138

• line 22, Hanibal & Shlty?((Holly?) value $400
• line 23, Jiny, Hester, and Milly, value $900
• line 24, Pea, Rose, Tira & July, value $1500
• line 25, Monday & Cinda, value $600
• line 26, David, Parmilia, & Jackson, value $1400
• line 27, Hagar a girl, value $400
• line 29, woman Hanah, value $400
• line 33, boy Will, value $200
• line 34, girl, Peggy, value $200
• line 35, Becky & child Saml, value $550

p.139

• line 36/37, Henry & wife Mary & her two children Amy & Susan, value $1250
• line 38, boy John, value $500
• line 39, woman Liley, value $200
• line 41, Basthe, Mary & child Francis, value $1000
• line 42, Walter & Romea, value $700
• line 43, Andrew, Solomon, & Nancy, value $900
• line 44, Andrew, Sarah, & two children Crosly? and Riters?, value $1300
• line 45, men Gig, Daniel, & John, value $1800
• line 46, men George, Davy, & Sam, value $1350
• line 47, girl Celia, value $300
• line 48, Chance & Madwin?, value $1200
• line 49, Beck & three children Polly, Sylvia, & Elizabeth, value $800
• line 50, men B George & Monns, value $1200
• line 51, Jessee, Vina & children Dick, Isaac, Chantz, & Charlotte, value $1800
• line 52, men Elick & Gid, value $900
• line 53, woman Clausa, value $400
• line 54, Julius & Sarah, value $200
• line 55, Cinta, Margaret & Ben, value $1200
• line 56, Big John & Abigail, value $800
• line 57, Bartten, value $600
• line 58, Jim, Fany & Louisa, value $1100
• line 59, Yellin's Rose, value $200
• line 60, Smart & Jeny, Joana & Polly, value $1100
• line 61, Paul, Phillip, Betsy, value $1050
• line 62, Jack, Mary & Manurva, value $1100
• line 63, old man Fortune, value $100

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Dallas County, Alabama estate case files, 1820-1915; index, 1818-1957: "Dallas County, Alabama estate case files, 1820-1915; index, 1818-1957"
   Catalog: Dallas County, Alabama estate case files, 1820-1915; index, 1818-1957 Loose estate case files, 1820-1915 Gilmer, R. A. - Godley, Jeremiah
   Film number: 007736740 > image 264 of 1755
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C91W-P7J6-2 (accessed 16 November 2023)
2. ↑ Dallas County, Alabama probate records, 1817-1935; indexes, 1821-1980: "Dallas County, Alabama probate records, 1817-1935; indexes, 1821-1980"
   Catalog: Dallas County, Alabama probate records, 1817-1935; indexes, 1821-1980 Accounts, administrators, guardians, & c., inventories, appraisements, &c., v. D-F 1834-1846
   Film number: 007737476 > image 649 of 910
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C914-K46S-L (accessed 16 November 2023)
   • Probate Inventory of Jacob Givhan, Dallas County, Alabama, Bk F p. 138, Feb 1843