Slaves of Nathaniel Barksdale, Hanover County, Virginia

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Hanover, Virginia
Surnames/tags: Black_heritage Barksdale Virginia

Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 Will, signed 21 Jul 1789, Halifax County, Virginia 2 Research Notes 3 Sources

Introduction

The following list is of the known slaves that Nathaniel Barksdale of Hanover and Halifax Counties, Virginia held.

Will, signed 21 Jul 1789, Halifax County, Virginia

Nathaniel signed his Will on 21 Jul 1789, in Halifax County, Virginia. It was probated on 22 Nov 1790 In Halifax.^[1] The following was the slave distribution he designated in his Will.

To wife Mourning Barksdale

Abraham

Faey

Fall

Squire (boy)

To son William

Grace

Milley - child of Grace

Jobe - child of Grace

Nelley - child of Grace

Rachel - child of Grace

To son Peter

Abraham

Jane

Doll - child of Jane

Jane - child of Jane

To son Nathaniel

Jacob

Daniel

To son Elisha

Moll

Edey - child of Moll

Nan - child of Moll

Jane - child of Moll

To son Randolph

Phillis

Sam - child of Phillis

Jarens - child of Phillis

Watt - child of Phillis

Ben - child of Phillis

To daughter Fanny

Cillia

To daughter Elizabeth "Betty"

Jan

To daughter Sarah "Letty" (Barksdale) Thweatt

Hannah

To daughter Susannah "Suckey" (Barksdale) Thweatt

Isaac

Drury

To son Peter's son Nathaniel

Hannah (girl) (Tabb's child)

Sell together to pay legatees

Emanuel

Major

Research Notes

• Be careful with mergiing slaves. Since Nathaniel was sometimes giving away more than one person with the same name in the same document, it would be a mistake to merge these individuals.

The following assumptions were made:

• Place of Birth for each slave was the location where the Will was signed: Halifax County, Virginia
• The birth dates of children listed are recorded as before the date of the signing of the Will: 21 Jul 1789.
• To account for the difference between adults and children, the birth dates of adults are recorded as before 15 years before the signing of the Will, thus 21 Jul 1774.

Sources

1. ↑ Chiarito, Marian Dodson and James Hadley Prendergast. Halifax County Virginia Will Book 2 (1783-1792) (abstracts). Nathalie, VA: Clarkton Press, 1989. Will of Nathaniel Barksdale, pg 423