Slaves of Joseph Rutledge

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Troup, Georgia, United States
Surnames/tags: Rutledge Slavery Black_Heritage

Slaves of Joel Rutledge, Troup County, Georgia

In the 1860 census Joel (Joseph Rutledge) was in Long Cane, Troup, Georgia, United States.^[1]

Name: Joel Rutledge

Residence Date: 1860

Residence Place: Long Cane, Troup, Georgia, USA

Number of Enslaved People: 30

All Enslaved People:

Gender Age

Male 72

Female 61

Male 43

Female 41

Female 39

Male 38

Male 35

Female 32

Male 31

Female 27

Male 25

Male 30

Female 22

Female 21

Male 20

Female 18

Female 17

Female 17

Male 14

Male 10

Male 7

Female 6

Male 5

Female 5

Male 3

Male 2

Female 1

Female 1

Male 4/12

Male 3/12

Highlighted below are names of some of the women he enslaved. Also shown are the children he fathered by them. Some of these children were conceived before the end of the Civil War, and emancipation, and others after.

Note the children associated with Frances Rutledge AKA Frances Hill. They include daughters Carrie and Celestia. Carrie was married to Willis Eubanks, and her death certificate tells us the following. Carrie died (age 47) on 18 March 1926 in West Point, Troup, Georgia, United States.^[2]

Name: Carrie Eubanks [Carrie Rutledge]

Gender: Female

Race: Black

Ethnicity: American

Age: 47

Marital Status: Married

Birth Date: abt 1879

Birth Place: Troup County, GA.

Death Date: 18 Mar 1926

Death Place: West Point, Troup, Georgia, USA

Father: Joe Rutledge

Mother: Francis Hill

Spouse: Willis Eubanks

The informant on the death certificate is Celestia Rutledge (1867–1958). She is sister of the deceased. Joseph Rutledge is also recorded as the father for Abraham Rutledge, a sibling of the sisters just mentioned.

As indicated, Joseph Rutledge had children by multiple women that he enslaved. The following illustrates this point regarding the descendants of Francis Hill and Lillie Rutledge. The John Thomas below is John Thomas Winston, son of Rosa Winston, grandson of Belle Winston, and great grandson of Lillie and Joseph Copeland.

Quoting from, We Call Our Daddy Mister In Defiance of Convention : Life and Times at the Rose Hill Plantation By James E. Schell · 2006 page 98

"H.C. Copeland Jr (HC) and Allison Davidson, both of whom were very fair-skinned, in fact, the latter, a mulatto. led the protest. H.C. was John Thomas first cousin on his mother's side. John Thomas' mother Rosa, and H.C.'s mother Janie shared the same grandfather who was white. H.C.'s father, Mr Hill Copeland Sr, was also a mulatto thus making H.C. technically a mulatto as well."

H.C.'s mother Janie was the daughter of Carrie Eubanks, whose death information was shown above. Janie was granddaughter of Frances Hill and Joe Rutledge.

Research Notes

Black Rutledges_Children of joseph Rutledge

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Black Rutledges:Information about Joseph Rutledge

Joseph Rutledge (b. 14 Feb 1811, d. 1892)

Joseph Rutledge (son of James Rutledge and Susanna SHEARER) was born 14 Feb 1811 in Wilkes Co., Ga, and died 1892 in Troup Co, GA.He married (1) Frances Rutledge.He married (2) Ann Pride.He married (3) Lizzie Rutledge.He married (4) Lillie Rutledge.He married (5) Annie Rutledge.He married (6) Jane Brooker on Abt. 1830.He married (7) Sarah T. Oglesby on Bef. 1867 in Troup Co, GA. : Notes for Joseph Rutledge:

Construction of Josephs antebellum Greek Revival home (Rutledge Hall) w as constructed from 1851-1853 by an English architect and builder know simply as Mr Urpe Rutledge Hall or Rutledge House had no nails used in the framing, ALl joints were mortised and tenoned and fastened by wooden pegs Rutledge Hall was located on Bartley Road, West Point, GA This is just out from LaGrange, GA Josephs family Cem is located here The house is purported to have graced a plantation of 200,000 acres and worked 350 slaves. After Josephs death the house was owned by Annie Jane Robertson Fleming (Mrs M. L.) until she sold it in 1908 to the William Hogg family Annie was Josephs granddaughter It was variously owned and occupied after the Hogg family until acquired in 1948 by retired Colonel William O Poindexter and his wife The Poindexters dubbed the house Rebel Hall The home was restored by the Poindexters and on the National Registry Later the house was bought by Reid Wallis and moved four miles away to Ashley Farm, Adams Road, West Point , GA The house is beautifully restored and furnished in its period Reid Wallis is related to the Rutledge family through his mother Lucille Cynthia Barrow and her cousin Mary Elizabeth (Eva) Barrow (Barrows Genealogy) Eve Barrow married James Jim Rutledge Jim was a grandson of Joseph Rutledge Reid is a cousin to children of Jim and Eva Rutledge The house is no longer on the National Registry as additions were made when the house was renovated

BET 1850 - 1892 Rutledge House, Bartley Road, Troup Co, GA (relocated to 655 Adams Road, February 25, 1986)

Title: LaGrange Daily News

Repository:

Call Number:

Media: Newspaper

Page: February 25, 1986

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Burial: unmarked or lost tombstone at Rutledge Family Cem, Josephs home ( Rutledge Hall)

Census;1850,District 7011, West Point, GA Troup CO

Joseph age 39

Jane 35

John T. 17

Mary L. 15

Farmer 2500 acres

Fact: was there a third wife, Ann Pride ????

Occupation: Planter, Operated a carriage manufacturing business in West Point, GA

More About Joseph Rutledge:

Census 1: 1850, Census: 25 Sep 1850 Pg 87, 701 Dist, Troup Co, GA.

Census 2: 1860, 20 Jul 1860 Pg 329, LAGrange, Troup Co, GA.

Occupation: Planter, Operated a carriage manufacturing business in West Point, GA.

Residence: Bet. 1850 - 1892, BET 1850 - 1892 Rutledge House, Bartley Road, Troup Co, GA (relocated to 655 Adams Road, Feb 25, 198.

More About Joseph Rutledge and Jane Brooker:

Marriage: Abt. 1830

More About Joseph Rutledge and Sarah T. Oglesby:

Marriage: Bef. 1867, Troup Co, GA.

Children of Joseph Rutledge and Frances Rutledge are:

i.+Celestia Rutledge, d. date unknown.

ii.+Carrie Rutledge, d. date unknown.

iii.+Charlotte Rutledge, d. date unknown.

iv.+Abe Rutledge, d. date unknown.

v.+Laura Rutledge, d. date unknown.

vi.Sarah Rutledge, d. date unknown.

vii.+Willie Rutledge, d. date unknown.

Children of Joseph Rutledge and Lizzie Rutledge are:

i.Joe Rutledge, Jr., d. date unknown.

ii.George Rutledge, d. date unknown.

iii.Robert Rutledge, d. date unknown.

iv.Queen Victoria Rutledge, d. date unknown.

Children of Joseph Rutledge and Lillie Rutledge are:

i.Ellen Rutledge, d. date unknown.

ii.Isabella Rutledge Winston, d. date unknown.

iii.Prudence Rutledge, d. date unknown.

iv.Lum Rutledge, d. date unknown.

v.Andy Rutledge, d. date unknown.

vi.Annie Rutledge, d. date unknown.

vii.Willie Walker Rutledge, d. date unknown.

viii.Dainther Rutledge, d. date unknown.

ix.Albert Rutledge, d. date unknown.

x.Claybourn Rutledge, d. date unknown.

xi.Columbus Rutledge, d. date unknown.

Children of Joseph Rutledge and Annie Rutledge are:

i.Robert (Bob) Rutledge, d. date unknown.

Children of Joseph Rutledge and Jane Brooker are:

i.John Thomas Rutledge, b. 24 Aug 1832, Oglethorpe Co, GA, d. 17 Jan 1912, Lagrange, Troup Co., Ga.

ii.Mary Susan Rutledge, b. 09 Sep 1834, Troup Co, GA, d. 22 Dec 1865, LaGrange, Troup Co, GA.

Children of Joseph Rutledge and Sarah T. Oglesby are:

i.William Franklin Rutledge, b. 22 Mar 1868, d. date unknown.

ii.Elmer Eugene Rutledge, b. 1870, d. date unknown.

Sources

1. ↑ 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 #91435670 (accessed 3 June 2022)
   Joel Rutledge in Long Cane, Troup, Georgia, USA.
2. ↑ Death: "Georgia, U.S., Death Records, 1914-1940"
   Georgia Department of Health and Vital Statistics; Atlanta, Georgia
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2562 #289918 (accessed 4 June 2022)
   Carrie Eubanks death 18 Mar 1926 (age 47) in West Point, Troup, Georgia, USA.

• Death: "Georgia, U.S., Death Records, 1914-1940"
  Georgia Department of Health and Vital Statistics; Atlanta, Georgia
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2562 #149896 (accessed 4 June 2022)
  Abe Rutlage death 4 May 1922 (age 56) in LaGrange, Troup, Georgia, USA.