Slaves of Miles Cary IV, Southampton, Virginia

Date: 1806 to 1814
Location: Southampton County, Virginia, United States
Surnames/tags: Cary Slavery Black_Heritage

Contents 1 Slaves of Miles Cary IV 1.1 1806 Will 1.2 1814 Petition for Distribution of Estate 2 Sources

Slaves of Miles Cary IV

The purpose of this page is to document and identify the slaves held by Miles Cary IV (1757-1806) of Southampton, Virginia.

1806 Will

In his will, signed June 18, 1806, Miles Cary made the following bequests^[1]

to wife, Elizabeth as a life lease - the plantation where he lived and the following slaves

• Thompson (Buxton family)
• Harry (Buxton family)
• Tabitha
• Celia
• Sidney
• Phil (Buxton family)
• Silas
• Jim (Buxton family)
• Blaney (Buxton family)
• Anthony
• Willis (Buxton family)
• Billy
• Claibourn
• James (Buxton family)
• Mason
• Rainey
• Franky (Buxton family)
• George

to son, George - a tract of land known as Creek quarter and the following slaves. After Elizabeth died, George would receive the home plantation.

• Molly
• Charles, child of Molly
• Lucy, child of Molly
• Milly, child of Molly
• Jack
• Harris
• Bob
• Moses
• Will
• Sterling
• Anniky
• Willis
• Charlotte

He requested the Buckhorn and Notoway plantations be maintained for the support of his five daughters

On the marriage of Nancy or Peggy Cary, they should each receive one-half of the slaves called the Buxton family (with those from the Buxton family, gifted to Elizabeth, remaining with her until her death. It is unclear if there are familial relationships between the noted slaves or if they refer to slaves previously obtained by Dower from his previous wife, Griselda Buxton.

• Buxton family
  • Nell
  • Penny
  • Moses
  • Tom
  • Stephen
  • Amos
  • Rindy
  • Jim
  • Buxton
  • Davy
  • Pink
  • Levisha
  • Bob
  • Elly
  • Silpha
  • Patience
  • Jane
  • Peg
  • Lucy
  • Jane
  • David
  • Moses
  • Joshua
  • Jesse
  • Annise
  • Isaac
  • Nat
  • Lewis
  • Jerry
  • Eliza
  • Rhoda
  • Joe
  • Jack

At his wife's death, those slaves not previously named were to be equally divided between daughters Sally, Martha and Charlotte.

1814 Petition for Distribution of Estate

Elizabeth Cary died in February 1814, the relatives petitioned the court for appropriate distribution "the plantations together with the crops made thereon, the stock & plantation utensils be sold" and that the slaves on said plantations "be equally divided" as well.^[2][3]

Although some names of the 30 named slaves are included in the described Buxton family, by the terms of the will, it is assumed that these are separate and unique persons.

Details of the actual distribution are not documented in the Petition.

firstName	lastName	gender	enslavedStatus	colorRace
Abram		male	slave	black
Anthony		male	slave	black
Arthur		male	slave	black
Betsey		female	slave	black
Billy		male	slave	black
Charlotte		female	slave	black
Claibourn		male	slave	black
Dick		male	slave	black
Edwin		male	slave	black
Fanny		female	slave	black
Fanny		female	slave	black
George		male	slave	black
Hark		male	slave	black
Lou			slave	black
Lucy		female	slave	black
Mack		male	slave	black
Mansfield		male	slave	black
Mary		female	slave	black
Mason		female	slave	black
Milly		female	slave	black
Molly		female	slave	black
Moses		male	slave	black
Nancy		female	slave	black
Nanny		female	slave	black
Peter		male	slave	black
Rialey		female	slave	black
Sidney		male	slave	black
Silas		male	slave	black
Suck		female	slave	black
Thompson		male	slave	black

Sources

1. ↑ Probate: "Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900"
   Will Books, With Inventories and Accounts, 1749-1916; General Index to Wills, 1749-1937; Author: Virginia. Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery (Southampton County); Probate Place: Southampton, Virginia
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 62347 #2031486 (accessed 7 October 2023)
   Miles Cary probate on 18 Jun 1806 in Southampton, Virginia, USA. Residence Southampton County.
2. ↑ Library of Virginia. Virginia Memory Collection. Peter Robinson, admin of Elizabeth Robinson, dec'd; et. al. (her children) vs. Etheldred Edmunds, executor of Miles Cary, dec'd; John Stith & his wife Nancy, late Cary Link to Record
3. ↑ Library of Virginia, Digital Library on American Slavery; Petition #21681406 Link to Summary