Slaves of James Alcorn Gillespie, Mississippi

Location: Adams, Mississippi, United States
Surnames/tags: Slavery Black_Heritage Gillespie

This page's purpose is to record the people enslaved by James Alcorn Gillespie in Adams County, Mississippi, and attempt to connect them to their families.

In the 1840 census, James Alcorn Gillespie was living in Adams County, Mississippi, and enslaving 96 people.^[1]

In the 1850 census, he was enslaving 97 people in Adams County.^[2]

In the 1860 census, he was enslaving 91 people in Adams County.^[3]

James Gillespie was identified as the "former owner" of at least two slaves recorded as residents of the Home Colony in Davis Bend, Mississippi, in 1864.

• Brooks, Reachel ^[4]
• Beucks, Sarah (possibly Brooks) ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ 1840 Census - "United States Census, 1840", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTS-J1S : Fri Oct 06 16:14:07 UTC 2023), Entry for James A Gillispie, 1840.
2. ↑ 1850 Census: "1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
   The National Archive in Washington Dc; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8055 #90934608 (accessed 6 May 2023)
   Jas A Gillespie in Adams, Mississippi, USA.
3. ↑ 1860 Census: "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
   The National Archives in Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Eighth Census of the United States 1860; Series Number: M653; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7668 #91903128 (accessed 6 May 2023)
   James A Gillispie in Adams, Mississippi, USA.
4. ↑ Freedmen's Bureau Records: "Mississippi, Freedmen's Bureau Office Records, 1865-1872": Register of Freedmen at the Home Colony [Jefferson County, Mississippi]; Roll 16, Target 4, Volume 123; Reachel Brooks, age 50; p 4 FamilySearch, unindexed (Image 6 of 33)
5. ↑ Freedmen's Bureau Records: "Mississippi, Freedmen's Bureau Office Records, 1865-1872": Register of Freedmen at the Home Colony [Jefferson County, Mississippi]; Roll 16, Target 4, Volume 123; Sarah Beucks, age 35; p 6 FamilySearch, unindexed (Image 7 of 33)