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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
- ↑
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. - ↑
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. - ↑
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; - ↑
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) - ↑
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.
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