Slaves of John Nixon, Virginia
Location: Woodburn, Loudoun, Virginia, United States
This page's purpose is to record the people who were enslaved and emancipated by John Nixon (1782-1845) and attempt to connect them to their families.
John Nixon's will (item 1) freed all of his slaves, directed that expenses be paid to remove them to a free state and provided $300 for purchase of a lot of land for Sarah and Ero[?] in a free state. The executors account (#85, 86, and 98 on page 322) suggest that they were moved to Ohio.[1] The estate inventory and executor's account do not list any enslaved people by name. Sarah and Ero[?] were the only ones mentioned by name in the will.[2]
The entire list of people emancipated was located in Loudoun County's Record of Free Negroes Index.[3]
The table below lists the number of their freedom certificate and the page on which it is found in Loudoun County's Free Blacks Registration Book for 1844-1861.[4]
NAME BIRTH FREEDOM CERTIFICATE PAGE Nelson Talbert Gant (1822-1905) 1822 1333 25 Eli Talbert (1817-) 1817 1334 25-26 George Gant (1824-) 1824 1335 26 Abraham Anderson (1819-) 1819 1336 26 Lewis Jackson (1820-) 1820 1337 26-27 Fenton Gant (1823-) 1823 1338 27 Daniel Gant (1827-) 1827 1339 27 Wilson Anderson (1816-) 1816 1340 27-28 John William Gant (1830-) 1830 1341 28 Isaac Gant (1836-) 1836 1342 28 Lloyd Gant (1837-) 1837 1343 28 Sarah Anderson (1775-) 1775 1344 29 Eliza Ann Anderson (1815-) 1815 1345 29 Mary Ann Anderson (1834-) 1834 1346 29 Eve Gant (1792-) 1792 1347 29-30 Harriet Ann Adams (1818-) 1818 1348 30 Virginia Adams (1841-) 1841 1349 30 Sally Ann Adams (1843-) 1843 1350 30-31 Amanda Adams (1845-) 1845 1351 31 Winefred Jane Gant (1828-) 1828 1352 31 Susan Ann Gant (1831-) 1831 1353 31-32 Mary Frances Gant (1837-) 1843 1354 32
Sources
- ↑ John Nixon's Will - Loudoun County Wills, Loudoun County, Virginia, book 2C, pages 24-26, will dated 15 June 1845, probate 8 September 1845 (will of John Nixon); image copy, FamilySearch, film #7645420, images 472-473 of 685 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9PX-K996-K?i=471 : accessed 2 Aug 2023). See also: inventory volume 2C, pages 79-83; executor's account, volume 2C, pages 319-324.
- ↑ "Will Books Vol 2c, 1844-1850," Loudoun County, Virginia, USA" pages 24-26, John Nixon will dated 15 June 1845, probated 8 September 1845. "Ancestry," Ancestry.com. Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2021. Original data:Virginia County, District, and Probate Courts. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/62347/images/007645057_00253?ssrc=&backlabel=Return. image 253-255. Also available on FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9PX-K996-K?i=471.
- ↑ "Record of Free Negroes Index," Loudoun County Courthouse, Leesburg, Virginia. https://lfportal.loudoun.gov/LFPortalInternet/0/edoc/481844/Free%20Blacks%20Reg%20Book_Index.pdf.
- ↑ "Free Blacks Reg Book 1844-1861," Loudoun County Courthouse, Leesburg, Virginia. https://lfportal.loudoun.gov/LFPortalInternet/0/fol/480330/Row1.aspx
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