Slaves of James Currin, North Carolina

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Granville County, North Carolina, United States
Surnames/tags: Currin Slavery Black_Heritage

Slaves of James Currin (1785-1866) of Goshen, Granville, North Carolina

1820 1 male under 14,1 female under 14^[1]

1830 males under 10: 3, 10-23: 1, 24-35: 1; females under 10: 2, 24-35: 1^[2]

1840 males under 10:1, 10-23: 2, 36-54: 1; females under 10: 4, 10-23: 2, 36-54: 1^[3]

1850 52 M B, 45 F B, 25 M B, 21 M B, 19 F B, 17 F B, 15 F B, 14 M B, 12 F B, 3 M B, 2/12 F B^[4]

James Currin will dated 24 Dec 1858

To wife Lucy, man Dick and his wife Amy, man Edmund, Becky and her child Weldon

To son Mitchell, man Bob

To son Stephen, man Anderson

To son William A., woman Martha and her child Crecy and infant daughter

To son Jeremiah Hamilton, boy Webster, girl Frances

To son John, boy John

To granddaughter Sophia Jane Hester, girl Ann Eliza, but in the event of my said granddaughter, Sophia Jane, dying without issue of her body it is my will that the said Negro girl Ann Eliza with her increase shall revert to my heirs.^[5]

1860 61 M B, 54 F B, 24 M B, 30 F B, 2 M B^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ 1820 Census: "1820 United States Federal Census"
   1820 U S Census; Census Place: Granville, North Carolina; Page: 21; NARA Roll: M33_85; Image: 22
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7734 #326404 (accessed 21 October 2022)
2. ↑ 1830 Census: "1830 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1830; Census Place: North Regiment, Granville, North Carolina; Series: M19; Roll: 121; Page: 3; Family History Library Film: 0018087
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8058 #199067 (accessed 21 October 2022)
3. ↑ 1840 Census: "1840 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1840; Census Place: Farr River District, Granville, North Carolina; Roll: 360; Page: 128; Family History Library Film: 0018094
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8057 #3307572 (accessed 21 October 2022)
4. ↑ 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 #91550326 (accessed 21 October 2022)
5. ↑ Wills, 1746-1943; index, 1749-1943: "Wills, 1746-1943; index, 1749-1943"
   Catalog: Wills, 1746-1943; index, 1749-1943 Wills, vol. 22 1863-1868, pp. 413-414
   Film number: 007639749 > image 419 of 826
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-89GW-Y56S (accessed 21 October 2022)
6. ↑ North Carolina > Granville > Goshen: "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
   North Carolina > Granville > Goshen > image 4 of 14
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 21 October 2022)
   James Currin.