Slaves of Mariah L Owen, Chambers County, Alabama

Date: 1856 [unknown]
Location: Chambers, Alabama, United States
Surname/tag: Hicks Owen Bailey

Introduction

This page lists the named slaves of Mariah L (Hicks) Owen of Chambers County, Alabama. The enslaved persons shown were part of the estate of her father in law Robert Owen. These were the people bequeathed to Thomas Owen. This includes data from the 1850 appraisal as part of the Robert Owen estate. It also includes data from an 1856 appraisal as part of the Thomas E Owen Estate. There is also data from two reciepts the first included notes on two of the enslaved who had died prior to the drafting of the reciept. The second omits these names, and includes specific names that would appear to the "and children" mentions in the first reciept.

Named

See Slaves of Robert Owen, Jasper County, Georgia

Table 1 From Robert Owen Estate to Thomas Owen Estate Rec'd by Mariah Owen

			1850 appraisal	Jan 1856 appraisal	Reciept 1	Reciept 2
Name	1850 Description	Age in 1850
James	A fellow	35	1300	1600	x	x
Bill	A fellow	40	1000	1200	x	x
Dan	A fellow	24	1000	1000	x	x
Major	A fellow	35	900	1000	x	x
Johnson	A boy	15	800	1200	x	x
Dick	A boy	14	750	900	x	x
Tolbert	A boy	12	700		died Jun 1855
Nicholas	A boy	7	500	700	x	x
Sam	A boy	4	300	1200	x	x
Caroline	A woman	19	850	plus child Fanny 1100	x w two children	x
Judah	A girl	13	650		died Jun 1855/ 1 child
Hannah	small girl	3	250	500	x	x
				Jessy 200		x
				Willis 175		x
						Fanny

Table 2 from Thomas E Owen Estate Nov 1856 Data Transcribed by Cliff Murray broken link: http://www.aagsclev.org/intestsl-M-Z.htm#M

Chambers County, Alabama

Slaves Listed By Names

Compiled by Cliff Murray

cliffmurr_at_roadrunner.com

These slaves were listed in the inventories of owners who’s property was appraised and processed through the Probate Court of Chambers County, Alabama between 1834 and 1866. The Inventory Records list the slaves along with the other “property” of the deceased, and the slaves are listed by name. Those records have been compiled and listed here alphabetically. The table can be sorted by clicking on the heading that you want to sort.

SOURCE: Inventory Records, Chambers County Probate Court, 1834 – 1866 Note: In 1992 this set of eight books was kept in the Extension Building of the Chambers County Courthouse, Lafayette, Alabama.

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Slave	Gender	Age	Owner	Vol,Pg	Sold To / Given To	Date
Major	b		OWEN T E	6,163	BAILEY A L	17 Nov 1856
Dick	b		OWEN T E	6,163	BAILEY A L	17 Nov 1856
Bill	b		OWEN T E	6,163	FELTON Noah	17 Nov 1856
Daniel	b		OWEN T E	6,163	FELTON Richard	17 Nov 1856
Caroline			OWEN T E	6,163	OWEN Mariah L	17 Nov 1856
Fanny			OWEN T E	6,163	OWEN Mariah L	17 Nov 1856
Jesse			OWEN T E	6,163	OWEN Mariah L	17 Nov 1856
Jim			OWEN T E	6,163	OWEN Mariah L	17 Nov 1856
Hannah			OWEN T E	6,163	OWEN P	17 Nov 1856
Willis	b		OWEN T.E.	6,163	JOHNSON B	17 Nov 1856
Sam	b		OWEN T.E.	6,163	OWEN N.G.	17 Nov 1856
Nick	b		OWEN T.E.	6,163	OWEN P	17 Nov 1856
John	b		OWEN T.E.	6,163	OWEN P	17 Nov 1856

Note some of the boys in 1856 would appear to be namesakes of folks listed in 1850. Unless otherwise noted, any relationship can not be inferred. Note a fellow in 1850 can not be the same person as a boy in 1856. Unless another more reliable record can be found the boys designated in the second list will be assumed to be born in 1851 (after the Robert Owen will was written).

Informed Speculation