Slaves of James Parker, Mississippi
Location: Carroll, Mississippi, United States
Surnames/tags: Slavery Black_Heritage Parker
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This page's purpose is to record the people enslaved by James Parker (1809-1859) and attempt to connect them to their families.
In 1840 James Parker was enslaving 14 people in Carroll County, Mississippi.[1]
In 1850 he was enslaving 33 people ranging in age from one month to 60 years old, in the northern division of Carroll County.[2]
In August 1859, James died in Carroll County without leaving a will. On 19 December 1860, the people he had enslaved were legally divided among his wife Parthenia and their three surviving children, Adelia (Parker) Peeples, John Y Parker, and Mary A Parker:[3]
- To Mrs. Parthenia Parker, widow:[4]
- Peter and Betsey - valued at $2100.00
- Jim and Rachael - valued at $2300.00
- Big Sam - valued at $1200.00
- Frank & Rhoda - valued at $2300.00
- George - valued at $1000.00
- Jack - valued at $700.00
- Little Henry & Silva - valued at $2200.00
- Henry French & Esther - valued at $2300.00
- To Adelia A. Peebles, daughter:[5]
- Duck (?) & Hannah & 2 children - valued at $1500.00
- John & Mary & 4 children - valued at $3500.00
- Charity & child - valued at $1200.00
- Turner - valued at $800.00
- Wilson - valued at $800.00
- Charley - valued at $600.00
- Bill - valued at $700.00
- To John Y. Parker, son:[6]
- Frank Carr & Piney - valued at $1300.00
- Andrew & Thena - valued at $1800.00
- Bob - valued at $800.00
- Toney - valued at $1200.00
- Wash - valued at $900.00
- Jesse - valued at $950.00
- Sally - valued at $750.00
- Squire - valued at $1200.00
- Tom - valued at $800.00
- To Mary A. Parker, daughter:[7]
- Major & Eliza & child - valued at $1400.00
- Russ & Jane & child - valued at $2100.00
- Aleck - valued at $650.00
- John Henry - valued at $1200.00
- Jerry - valued at $800.00
- Little Mary - valued at $900.00
- Mima - valued at $650.00
- Anthony - valued at $1000.00
- Little Sam valued at 850.00
The total valuation of all 53 people named was $42,450.
Sources
- ↑ 1840 Census - "United States Census, 1840", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRL-4BQ : Thu Oct 05 13:43:20 UTC 2023), Entry for James Parker, 1840.
- ↑ 1850 Census - Slave Schedule - "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVCW-5WC : Fri Oct 06 11:49:09 UTC 2023), Entry for and James Parker, 1850.
- ↑ Division of Slaves of James Parker - "Mississippi Probate Records, 1781-1930," images (21 May 2014), Carroll County > Probate case files 1861-1862, No 242-274 > Image 927 of 1283. FamilySearch Image Link.
- ↑ https://lineages.com/slaves-and-their-owners/slaves-of-james-parker-of-carroll-county-mississippi-part-1/
- ↑ https://lineages.com/slaves-and-their-owners/slaves-of-james-parker-of-carroll-county-mississippi-part-2/
- ↑ https://lineages.com/slaves-and-their-owners/slaves-of-james-parker-of-carroll-county-mississippi-part-3/
- ↑ https://lineages.com/slaves-and-their-owners/slaves-of-james-parker-of-carroll-county-mississippi-part-4/
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