Slaves of Madison Floyd Workman, Newberry County

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Newberry County, South Carolina
Surnames/tags: Workman Slavery

Contents 1 Slaves of Madison Floyd Workman 1.1 1850 Slave Schedule 1.2 1860 Slave Schedule 1.3 1866 Labor Contract 2 Research Notes 3 Sources

Slaves of Madison Floyd Workman

The purpose of this page is to document and identify slaves held by Madison Floyd Workman (1810-1881) to assist descendants in building their family tree.

1850 Slave Schedule

In 1850, M F Workman held 15 slaves in Newberry County, South Carolina^[1]

• Male 40
• Female 39
• Female 39
• Male 26
• Female 29
• Male 17
• Male 17
• Male 14
• Female 14
• Female 12
• Male 8
• Female 6
• Male 6
• Female 3
• Male 2

1860 Slave Schedule

In 1860, M F Workman held 32 slaves in Newberry County, South Carolina^[2]

• Male 48
• Female 48
• Female 48
• Male 35
• Male 35
• Female 30
• Female 30
• Male 28
• Male 28
• Male 24
• Female 35
• Female 24
• Male 20
• Male 15
• Male 15
• Female 15
• Female 15
• Male 14
• Male 14
• Female 14
• Female 14
• Female 10
• Female 10
• Male 8
• Female 8
• Male 7
• Male 6
• Male 4
• Male 4
• Male 4
• Female 1
• Female 1

1866 Labor Contract

In 1866, M F Workman contracted a number of freedmen to work on his plantation for the period of January 8, 1866 to December 25, 1866, and in addition to providing lodging and firewood agreed to the following pay^[3]

To Will - Bill - Foster - May - Sam: $5 per month and board

Feed and clothe their children who were also contracted to work

• Jane - child of Will
• Milly - child of Bill
• George - child of Bill
• Hester - child of May

To Tom and George - $4 per month and board

To Cloe, Agg and Caroline - $3 per month and board

To Milly - $2 per month and board

To board and clothe Jinney & two children

• Ann - child of Jinney
• Charlotte - child of Jinney

Research Notes

NOTE: In an 1837 interview, Jane (Workman) Bradley (abt.1857-aft.1937) provided information that she was enslaved by the Workman family and that she later belonged to M F Workman - she is believed to be the Jane cited in the labor contract. There is no 3 year old female on Workman's 1860 Schedule - which may mean she was either currently owned by another member of the family or DOB is not known for certain, which was common for enslaved persons.

Sources

1. ↑ Slave Schedule: "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 ca Record 8055 #92008345 (accessed 18 September 2023)
   M F Workman, slave owner of 15 enslaved people, in 1850 in Newberry, South Carolina, USA.
2. ↑ Slave Schedule: "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 ca Record 7668 #90107460 (accessed 18 September 2023)
   M F Workman, slave owner of 32 enslaved people, in 1860 in Newberry, Newberry, South Carolina, USA.
3. ↑ Employment: "U.S., Freedmen's Bureau Records, 1865-1878"
   The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC, USA; Records of the Field Offices For the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872; NARA Series Number: M1910; NARA Reel Number: 93; NARA Record Group Number: 105; NARA Record Group Name: Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1861 - 1880; Collection Title: United States Freedmen's Bureau Labor Contracts Indenture and Apprenticeship Records 1865-1872
   Ancestry Record 62309 #2129687 (accessed 18 September 2023)
   Name: M F Workman; Record Type: Employment; Employment Date: Apr 1866; Employment Place: Newberry, South Carolina, USA.