Slaves of John B Young, Virginia

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: [unknown]

This page's purpose is to record the enslaved people owned by John B Young, and attempt to connect them to their families.

Slaves

In the 1830 US Census for Isle of Wight County, Virginia, The household of John B Young is listed ^[1] with 12 slaves:

• 1 male, age 100 or over
• 3 males age 55 - 99
• 3 males 10 - 23
• 1 male <10
• 1 female 55-99
• 1 female 36 - 54
• 2 females 10 - 23

In the 1840 US Census for Isle of Wight County, Virginia, The household of Frances Young, John B Young's widow, is listed ^[2] with 7 slaves:

• 1 male age 55 - 99
• 1 male 36 - 54
• 1 males 10 - 23
• 1 male <10
• 1 female 36 - 54
• 1 female 24 - 35
• 1 female 10 - 23

Mechum Fearn's 1832 will ^[3] was executed on 7 December 1832, with the addition of a codicil on 7 March 1833, probate on 7 May 1833 and inventory ^[4] presented to probate on 10 May 1833. In the inventory each slave is assigned a dollar value by the assessors. In the inventory, 25 adult (i.e. over age 12) slaves were listed.

Fearn's will states that upon his death 22 slaves (18 adult, 4 children) on the Fearn plantation be given to John B Young, resident of Isle of Wight, of which those 8 with a Manumit note following their name are to be manumitted upon the death of John B. Young:

• old Sam ($10)
• old Simon ($10) Manumit
• old Sally ($10)
• old Randol ($200)
• young Randall ($300)
• Everett ($350)
• Richard (Dick) ($300)
• Ned Parker ($350) (surname noted in inventory)
• Christian ($30) Manumit
• Eliza (Lizza) ($320) Manumit
• Julia ($320) Manumit
• Albert ($600) Manumit
• Thadeus ($300) Manumit
• Otawy (Otway) ? (this might mean Octavia) ($300) Manumit
• Amandy (Amanda) ($250) Manumit
• Fanny ($200)
• Rachel and her 3 children ($300)
• Mariah and 1 child ($200)

In his own will of 1834, ^[5] John lists 5 slaves from his plantation Oyster Shell Neck, all to be passed on to his wife:

• Willis
• Ned
• Peter
• Sylvia
• John, Sylvia's child (hence < age 12)

Note that "Ned" above could possibly have been Ned Parker.

Research Notes

John willed 5 slaves to his wife in 1834. We should be able to estimate their ages with some accuracy, based on ages shown in the 1830 and 1840 US Census records. I have not tackled this yet.

Sources

1. ↑ 1830 Census: "1830 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1830; Census Place: Isle of Wight, Virginia; Series: M19; Roll: 192; Page: 255; Family History Library Film: 0029671
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8058 #855420 (accessed 5 December 2023)
   John B Young in Isle of Wight, Virginia.
2. ↑ 1840 Census: "1840 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1840; Census Place: Isle of Wight, Virginia; Roll: 564; Page: 14; Family History Library Film: 0029688
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8057 #3509261 (accessed 8 December 2023)
   Frances Young in Isle of Wight, Virginia.
3. ↑ Common Law Will Book, Isle of Wight County, Virginia: Film number: 007645169 > image 514-515 of 573
   FamilySearch Image: QS7-89P6-RDN2 3, QS7-89P6-RDN2 (accessed 25 November 2023) . Mixed probate records, 1833-1902. Circuit Court, Isle of Wight County. Database online. FamilySearch.org. Salt Lake City, Utah. Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1949;
4. ↑ Mixed probate records, 1643-1866 ; indexes to wills, 1850-1985: "Mixed probate records, 1643-1866 ; indexes to wills, 1850-1985"
   Catalog: Mixed probate records, 1643-1866 ; indexes to wills, 1850-1985 Mixed records, Vols. 19-21 1831-1841
   Film number: 007676153 > image 169 of 675
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C9TC-F6R1 (accessed 27 November 2023)
5. ↑ Will: "Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900"
   Mixed Probate Records, 1643-1866 ; Indexes to Wills, 1850-1985; Author: Virginia. County Court (Isle of Wight County); Probate Place: Isle of Wight, Virginia
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62347 #2012598 (accessed 4 December 2023)
   Will of John B Young of Isle of Wight, Virginia, granted probate on 19 Mar 1834.