Slaves of James Fontaine of Hanover County Virginia

Date: 1825 to 1860
Location: Hanover, Virginia, United States
Surname/tag: Fontaine

Known slaves of James Fontaine

In 1825 he purchasedViney Thompson and her two children from Nathaniel Thompson of Louisa County.^[1]

in 1850 he had 38 slaves :^[2]

UNKNOWN M 54
UNKNOWN F 55
UNKNOWN F 28
UNKNOWN F 23
UNKNOWN F 20
UNKNOWN M 45
UNKNOWN F 40
UNKNOWN M 21
UNKNOWN M 19
UNKNOWN F 17
UNKNOWN F 2
UNKNOWN F 33
UNKNOWN M 16
UNKNOWN F 14
UNKNOWN F 12
UNKNOWN F 10
UNKNOWN F 8
UNKNOWN F 28
UNKNOWN M 12
UNKNOWN M 32
UNKNOWN M 35
UNKNOWN M 32
UNKNOWN M 28
UNKNOWN M 20
UNKNOWN M 20
UNKNOWN M 20
UNKNOWN M 42
UNKNOWN M 20
UNKNOWN M 36
UNKNOWN M 32
UNKNOWN F 14
UNKNOWN M 7
UNKNOWN F 9
UNKNOWN M 2
UNKNOWN F 1
UNKNOWN M 3
UNKNOWN F 17
UNKNOWN F 12

in 1860 he had 6 slaves:^[3]

UNKNOWN M 5
UNKNOWN F 3
UNKNOWN F 2
UNKNOWN M 3
UNKNOWN F 1
UNKNOWN M 7

Sources

1. ↑ Title Bill of sale, 1825, of Nathaniel Thompson, of Louisa County, Va., to James Fontaine, of Hanover County, Va., for the sale of an African-American slave, Viney, and her two children.Date Issued 1825-02-26 Description The bill is witnessed by George S. Netherland and Garland L. Sims. Name(s): Nathaniel Thompson (owner, male); James Fontaine (owner, male); Viney (slave, female) https://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/aan/search-the-narrative accessed 8/4/2021
2. ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HRW2-FDW2 : 15 February 2020), James Fontaine in entry for MM9.1.1/MV8T-G1J:, 1850.
3. ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W2X2-2FZM : 16 October 2019), James Fontaine, 1860.