Slaves of Lewis Mattair, Florida

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Suwannee, Florida, United States

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

In the 1850 census Louis [Lewis] was an owner of enslaved persons in Columbia, Florida, United States.^[1]

13 M B
8 F B
6 F B
40 M B
32 F B
17 F B
15 F B
9 F B
7 M B
3 M B
57 F B
17 M B
12 M B
8 M B
50 M B
57 F B
30 M B
28 M B
26 M B
22 M B
30 M B
27 M B
27 F B
16 F B
39 F B
27 M M

In the 1860 census Lewis was an owner of enslaved persons in Suwannee, Florida, United States.^[2]

2 F B
1 F B
3 1/2 F B
7 M B
5 M B
6 M B
2 M B
2 M B
2 M B
1 M M
58 F B
54 M B
45 F B
36 F B
34 F B
33 M B
30 M B
30 M B
25 M B
27 M B
21 M M
21 M B
18 M B
12 M B
10 M M
21 F B
32 F B
9 M B Douglas Martin Dorsey
9 M B
18 F B
16 F B
32 F B
7 F B
13 F B
8 F B
4 F B

Research Notes

Lewis Mattair had a son named Louis, who was 16 at the time of the 1850 census. It appears that the Slave Schedule census taker used the spelling of the son's name when recording the enslaved persons owned by the father.

Sources

↑ 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 #91392906 (accessed 19 July 2023)
Louis Mattair in Columbia, Florida, USA.
↑ 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 #94107991 (accessed 19 July 2023)
Lewis Mattair in Suwannee, Florida, USA.