Slave Owner

• James W Sheffey Sr (abt.1813-1876)

In the 1840 census James was in Smyth, Virginia.^[1] His household included 9 slaves:

• 2 males 24-35,
• 1 male < 10,
• 1 female 55-99,
• 2 females 24-35,
• 1 female 10-23
• 2 females < 10

Jas W Sheffey was recorded in a slave schedule in 1850 in District 60, Smyth County, Virginia, ^[2] as a slave owner of 22 enslaved people:

1. female Black (45)
2. male Black (35)
3. male Mulatto (30)
4. female Mulatto (30)
5. female Mulattto (28)
6. male Mulatto (23)
7. female Mulatto (22)
8. female Mulatto (20)
9. female Black (20)
10. male Black (21)
11. male Black (18)
12. male Black (17)
13. femal Mulatto (14)
14. female Mulatto (11)
15. male Mulatto (4)
16. male Black (4)
17. male Black (4)
18. male Mulatto (3)
19. male Black (3)
20. male Mulatto (2)
21. male Mulatto (1)
22. male Black (1)

James W Sheffey was recorded in a slave schedule in 1860 in Smyth, Virginia, ^[3] as a slave owner of 14 enslaved people:

1. male Black (50)
2. female Black (45)
3. female Black (40)
4. female Black (5)
5. male Mulatto (5)
6. male Black (25)
7. female Black (22)
8. male Black (17)
9. male Black (13)
10. male Mulatto (6)
11. female Mulatto (5)
12. female Mulatto (3)
13. female Black (3)
14. female Black (3 months)

J W Sheffey was recorded in a slave schedule in 1860 in District 68, Wythe, Virginia,^[4] as a slave owner of 3 enslaved people:

• 1 female Black (28)
• 1 male Mulatto (28)
• 1 male Black (14)

At End of Slavery

In the 1860 census James (age 46), Attorney, was in Marion, Smyth, Virginia.^[5] His household included 3 colored people, trade not indicated

Name	Sex	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
John Ross	M mulatto	35
Ellen Ross	F mulatto	45
Eli Fowler	M mulatto	8

In the 1866 Cohabitation Registers, the following people claimed James as their last owner: Israel Phipps (abt.1810-)^[6]

In the 1870 census James (age 56), Lawyer, was in Marion, Smyth, Virginia.^[7] His household included 6 colored people.

Name	Sex	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
Alice Ashby	F Black	18	Domestic servant
Laura Ashby	F Black	18	Domestic servant
Ella Black	F Black	13	Domestic servant
Millie Payne	F Black	15	Domestic servant
Louis Bundy	M Black	16	Laborer
Clara Munroe	F Black	26	Childs nurse

Research Notes

Smyth County records, including will and probate, need further examination.