Slaves of Jacob Hiestand, Kentucky

Date: 1830 to 1848
Location: Taylor, Kentucky, United States
Surnames/tags: Black_History Enslaved_Ancestry

Contents 1 Slaves of Jacob Hiestand 2 1830 Census, Green County, Kentucky 3 1840 Census, Green County, Kentucky 4 1848 Will of Jacob Hiestand

Slaves of Jacob Hiestand

• Malinda
• unnamed child of Malinda
• unnamed child of Malinda
• Mima

1830 Census, Green County, Kentucky

• Jacob Hiestand is enumerated with his family on line 7 of the 1830 US Federal Census. "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGP-9KV : 20 February 2021), Jacob Heiston, Green, Kentucky, United States; citing 33, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 37; FHL microfilm 7,816.

Birthdate	Males	Females
1821-1830	0	4
1807-1820	2	1
1795-1806	0	2
1776-1794	0	0
1731-1775	0	0
1730 and before	1	0

1840 Census, Green County, Kentucky

• Jacob Hiestand is enumerated with his family on line 7 of the 1840 US Federal Census. "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTM-9XT : 8 December 2020), Jacob Heiston, Green, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 203, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 112; FHL microfilm 0007826.

Birthdate	Males	Females
1831-1840	1	1
1817-1830	1	3
1805-1816	1	1
1786-1804	0	2
1741-1785	0	0
1740 and before	0	0

1848 Will of Jacob Hiestand

Excerpts:

Item 1st: I give and bequeath unto Demaris M. A. Sanders and the heirs of her body the Tract of land on which Henry Sanders lives containing about 146½ acres worth $900.00. Also a negro girl & her two children and their increase, the girl is named Malinda worth $400.00 also an amount for outfit for housekeeping home and saddle to the amount of $200.00. Making $1500.00 in all.

[…]

Item 3rd: I give and bequeath unto Ferdinand Jacob Heistan his amount of $288.76, being a ballance [sic] a negro girl named Mima & her increase provided she gets well worth at this time $400 and $261.24 in cash, or good cash notes making in all $1000. If the girl should not get well then in that case he will have her worth in other property.

[…]

Item 8th: I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife the farm on which I now live the remaining negroes household & kitchen furniture.

• “Kentucky Probate Records, vols. 1-2 1848-1924” database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9PR-5CXZ?cat=652716 : 8 Jul 2021), Jacob Hiestan, Taylor, Kentucky, United States; FHL microfilm 007648667, images 32-33.