Slaves of Lemuel Tanner

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Terrebonne, Louisiana, United States
Surnames/tags: slavery black_history Tanner

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

Slaves

The 1820 census lists Lemuel as living in Rapides Parish with 24 slaves.^[1]

The 1830 census lists Lemuel as living in Terrebonne Parish with ten slaves.^[2]

On 28 Mar 1826, Tanner bought a 27 year old "boy" named Harry from William Roddy.^[3] I suspect the age here is incorrect and should read 17, and is referring to the same Harry as the next record.

The following slaves are listed on a conveyance document from 1828 when Lemuel sold what appears to be an entire plantation to R.G. Ellis^[4]:

Moses, age 25

Rachel, age 28, wife of Moses

Savan, age 12, child of Moses

Louisa, age 8, child of Moses

Jinsey, age 3, child of Moses

Buck, age 22

Judith, age 20

Susan, age 3, child of Judith

Lucy, child of Judith

Louis, age 20

Lancaster, age 18

Harry, age 18

Sources

1. ↑ "1820 United States Federal Census", 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Rapides, Louisiana; Page: 129; NARA Roll: M33_31; Image: 125, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7734 #1494348 (accessed 26 December 2022), Elemuel Tanner in Rapides, Louisiana.
2. ↑ "1830 United States Federal Census", Year: 1830; Census Place: Terrebonne, Louisiana; Series: M19; Roll: 43; Page: 127; Family History Library Film: 0009686, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8058 #1892840 (accessed 26 December 2022), Lemuel Tanner in Terrebonne, Louisiana.
3. ↑ Terrebonne Parish Land Conveyance Records (accessed at http://www.lagenweb.org/terrebonne/court/conveyance.html)

   No. 361 2/272 On March 28, 1826 William RODDY sold to Lemuel TANNER a Negro boy named Harry, age 27 years old, for $ 700.00. Witnessed by Jh. DELAPORTE and Antoine BARRAS pere.

4. ↑ Terrebonne Parish land conveyance records at http://www.lagenweb.org/terrebonne/court/conveyancec2.html:

   No. 517 2/358 On February 1, 1828 Lemuel TANNER and Celeste BELLANGER, his wife, sold to R. G. ELLIS of Adams county Mississippi, land to wit; 1 tract containing 10 arpens on each side of Bayou Terrebonne, more or less, with such depth as the certificate of confirmation calls for, bounded above by land of Evariste PORCHE and below by land of Widow Henry S. THIBODAUX, with all buildings and improvements there on, the corn in store, except 100 Barrels reserved for the use of L. TANNER, gin and slaves to wit; a Negro man named Moses aged about 25 years, his wife Rachel, about 28 years, his children Savan, age 12 years, Louisa age 8 years and Jinsey, age 3 years, Buck, a Negro aged about 22 years, Judith aged 20 years, her 2 children Susan aged 3 and Lucy, A Negro named Louis age 20 years, Lancaster aged 18 years, Harry aged 18 years, 4 horses, 3 yoke oxen, 30 heads of cattle, etc. and another tract of land situate on both sides of Bayou Little Terrebonne, or Bayou Black, containing 35 arpens, more or less, front, with such depth as certificate of confirmation calls for, bounded below by land of Henry Michel THIBODAUX, 1900 superficial acres in two tracts, for $22,400.00. Witnessed by H. M. THIBODAUX and Jh. DELAPORTE.