Slaves of Nicholas Nichols Nixon, North Carolina

Location: New Hanover, North Carolina, United States
Surnames/tags: Slavery Black_Heritage Nixon

This page's purpose is to record the people enslaved by Nicholas Nichols Nixon (1800-1868) and attempt to connect them to their families.

Nicholas Nichols Nixon owned a 4,680-acre plantation at Porters Neck, north of Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina.

• 1800 Census: 13 enslaved people^[1]

• 1820 Census: 32 enslaved people^[2]

• 1830 Census: 38 enslaved people^[3]

• 1840 Census: 42 enslaved people^[4]

• 1850 Slave Schedule: 69 enslaved people^[5]

• 1860 Slave Schedule: 20 enslaved people at Wilmington^[6]

• 1860 Slave Schedule: 137 enslaved people at Rocky Point^[7]

• William Benjamin Gould and his mother were enslaved by Nicholas.

Sources

1. ↑ 1800 Census: "1800 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1800; Census Place: New Hanover, North Carolina; Series: M32; Roll: 33; Page: 12; Image: 179; Family History Library Film: 337909
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7590 #348763 (accessed 21 June 2022)
   Nicholas Nixon.
2. ↑ 1820 Census: "1820 United States Federal Census"
   1820 U S Census; Census Place: New Hanover, New Hanover, North Carolina; Page: 221; NARA Roll: M33_84; Image: 227
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7734 #331678 (accessed 21 June 2022)
   Nicholas Nixon.
3. ↑ 1830 Census: "1830 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1830; Census Place: New Hanover, North Carolina; Series: M19; Roll: 123; Page: 143; Family History Library Film: 0018089
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8058 #224224 (accessed 21 June 2022)
   Nicholes Nixon.
4. ↑ 1840 Census - "United States Census, 1840", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYN-RK2 : Wed Oct 04 13:59:06 UTC 2023), Entry for N N Nixon, 1840 (Topsail Sound District, New Hanover, NC).
5. ↑ 1850 Census - Slave Schedule - "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVC5-RX6 : Thu Oct 05 10:32:41 UTC 2023), Entry for and N N Nixon, 1850.
6. ↑ 1860 Census - 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 Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7668 #92101644 (accessed 21 June 2022)
   N Nixon in Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, USA. (20 enslaved)
7. ↑ 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 #90004796 (accessed 21 June 2022)
   Nicholas N Nixon in Rocky Point, New Hanover, North Carolina, USA. (137 enslaved)

• Will and Estate Papers of Nicholas Nichols Nixon - Written 6 April 1858. Probated 1869. FamilySearch Link