Slaves of Columbus A. Cosby

Date: 1840 to 1860
Location: Perry, Alabama, United States
Surnames/tags: Black_Heritage Slavery

The purpose of this page is to record research, and hopefully identify the families of, the slaves of Columbus A Cosby (1814-1895). Some of them may have come from his father's estate. See James' Space page for more details.

Enslaved Persons

1850 Columbus had a total of ten people listed on the slave schedules. Five of those were female.^[1]

Female 41

Female 27

Male 25

Male 20

Female 20

Female 14

Male 12

Male 7

Female 4

Male 3

1855 Columbus had 11 white people and 16 'slaves' on his farm in Perry County^[2] This was a state census and did not break them down into age groups.

1860: The only Cosbys that were indexed for the 1860 slave schedule in Alabama were for Andy Cosby in Perryville, George W. Cosby in Perryville, James R. Cosby in Pinetucky, Perry, William J. Cosby in Madison, A.Y. Cosby in Pike County, and James E. Cosby in Tallapoosa County, Alabama. (Ancestry Images)