Slaves of John M Pancake, Virginia

Date: 1850 to 1860
Location: Hampshire, Virginia, United States

On 14 Oct 1850, John M. Pancake, 50 farming $50,000 real estate b. VA, appeared in the District 24, Hampshire, Virginia with 6 children and 4 employees.^[1] The 1850 Slave Schedule for John M. Pancake listed 11 slaves:^[2]

• 48 M B
• 25 M M
• 20 M B
• 18 M M
• 10 M B
• 45 F B
• 18 F B
• 16 F B
• 12 F B
• 1 F B
• 1 F B

On 29 Aug 1860 John M. Pancake, 60 farmer $41,000 real estate 23,835 personal estate, appeared in Romney, Western District, Hampshire VA with his third wife Susan Taylor 48, their children: Mary M. 7 and Edward M. 5, children of his second wife: Marie E. 19, Silas R. 17, Joseph A. 15, and two employees: Mary A. Poling, 34 F W seamstress b. VA., and James Horde Jr., 25 M M day laborer. The employees were unable to read or write. Everyone in the household was born in Virginia.^[3] The 1860 Slave Schedule for John M. Pancake named 16 enslaved people:^[4]

• David 56 M B
• John 45 M M
• Sarah 40 F B
• John Jr. 30 M M
• Daniel 19 M B
• Winnie 25 F B
• Priscilla 21 F B
• Emma 12 F B
• Adaline 11 F B
• Susan 10 F M
• Viria 7 F B
• Henry 6 M M
• Fanny 6 F M
• Jacob 3 M M
• Bettie 3 F B
• George 1 M M

John M. Pancake died 30 May 1866 in Hampshire, West Virginia^[5] and was buried in Pancake Cemetery, Romney, Hampshire WV.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ 1850 Census: "1850 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1850; Census Place: District 24, Hampshire, Virginia; Roll: 948; Page: 240b
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8054 #15115429 (accessed 9 April 2022)
2. ↑ 1850 Census: "1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
   The National Archive in Washington DC; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census Of The United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8055 #92772441 (accessed 9 April 2022)
3. ↑ 1860 Census: "1860 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1860; Census Place: Western, Hampshire, Virginia; Roll: M653_1350; Page: 156; Family History Library Film: 805350
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7667 #34013134 (accessed 8 April 2022)
4. ↑ 1860 Census: "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
   The National Archives in Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Eighth Census of the United States 1860; Series Number: M653; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7668 #1094366 (accessed 9 April 2022)
5. ↑ Death: "West Virginia, U.S., Deaths Index, 1853-1973"
   Ancestry Record 2568 #88469 (accessed 9 April 2022)
6. ↑ Burial: "U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current"
   Ancestry Record 60525 #70087466 (accessed 9 April 2022)