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Slaves of Peachy R Taliaferro, Mississippi

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Date: [unknown] to 1852
Location: Copiah, Mississippi, United Statesmap
Surnames/tags: Taliaferro Tolliver
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List of slaves owned by Peachy Ridgeway Taliaferro, born 1805, with supporting documentation:

Names do not appear in the U.S. Census Slave Schedule tables. But if enough evidence exists to attach a name, please do so here, or contact the profile manager to do it.

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1840 Census Enumeration of Slaves

1840 United States Census (Slave Listing)[1]
for Copiah County, Mississippi: (Count = 60)
Name if knownAge BracketSex
Under 10Male
Under 10Male
Under 10Male
Under 10Male
Under 10Male
Under 10Male
Under 10Male
Under 10Male
Under 10Male
Under 10Male
Under 10Male
10-23Male
10-23Male
10-23Male
10-23Male
10-23Male
10-23Male
10-23Male
10-23Male
24-35Male
24-35Male
24-35Male
24-35Male
24-35Male
24-35Male
24-35Male
24-35Male
24-35Male
24-35Male
24-35Male
24-35Male
36-54Male
36-54Male
36-54Male
Under 10Female
Under 10Female
Under 10Female
Under 10Female
Under 10Female
Under 10Female
Under 10Female
Under 10Female
Under 10Female
Under 10Female
Under 10Female
10-23Female
10-23Female
10-23Female
10-23Female
10-23Female
10-23Female
24-35Female
24-35Female
24-35Female
24-35Female
24-35Female
24-35Female
24-35Female
36-54Female
55-99Female

1850 Census Slave Schedule (parts 1 & 2)

The 1850 Unites States Census Slave Schedules enumerates the Slaves of Peachy R. Taliaferro on two different tables: [2] [3]

1850 United States Census Slave Schedule (part 1) [2]
for Copiah County, Mississippi: (Count = 51)
Name if knownAgeSexColor
4MaleBlack
2MaleBlack
30FemaleBlack
11FemaleBlack
26FemaleBlack
8FemaleBlack
6MaleBlack
4MaleBlack
2MaleBlack
7/12MaleBlack
40FemaleBlack
34FemaleBlack
10MaleBlack
6FemaleBlack
4FemaleBlack
18FemaleBlack
2FemaleBlack
23FemaleBlack
1FemaleBlack
36FemaleBlack
12MaleBlack
10FemaleBlack
8MaleBlack
6FemaleBlack
4MaleBlack
1MaleBlack
40FemaleBlack
12FemaleBlack
10FemaleBlack
8MaleBlack
6MaleBlack
2FemaleBlack
32FemaleBlack
13FemaleBlack
10FemaleBlack
8FemaleBlack
4MaleBlack
2MaleBlack
33FemaleBlack
10FemaleBlack
8FemaleBlack
6FemaleBlack
4MaleBlack
2FemaleBlack
24FemaleMulatto
4FemaleMulatto
58FemaleBlack
15FemaleBlack
14MaleBlack
12MaleBlack
10FemaleBlack


1850 United States Census Slave Schedule (part 2) [3]
for Copiah County, Mississippi: (Count = 43)
Name if knownAgeSexColor
40MaleBlack
26MaleBlack
34MaleBlack
40MaleBlack
32MaleBlack
48MaleBlack
65MaleBlack
22MaleBlack
35MaleBlack
35MaleBlack
30MaleBlack
21MaleBlack
25MaleBlack
55MaleBlack
22MaleBlack
22MaleBlack
28MaleBlack
55MaleBlack
24MaleBlack
17MaleBlack
20MaleBlack
13MaleBlack
38MaleBlack
36MaleBlack
33MaleBlack
41MaleBlack
32MaleBlack
37MaleBlack
50MaleBlack
26MaleBlack
26FemaleBlack
6MaleBlack
4FemaleBlack
1MaleBlack
47FemaleBlack
8MaleBlack
6MaleBlack
3MaleBlack
32FemaleBlack
12FemaleMulatto
10MaleBlack
8MaleBlack
6MaleBlack

Slaves Named in the Inventory of Peachy Taliaferro's Estate

When the Will of Peachy was executed, his slave were enumerated and valued:

Inventory and Valuation of the Slaves of Peachy Taliaferro [4]
Probated in Copiah County, Mississippi: (Count = 89)
# Given Name $ Valuation
1LAWRENCE 1000
2ROBERT 1100
3LUCINDA 650
4MARTHA 475
5MATILDA 550
6LEWIS 700
7ANDREW 1000
8NANCY 900
9MINY 600
10HORATIO 600
11CLAIBORNE 800
12GREEN 600
13ELLEN 600
14JULIA 550
15GILMER 600
16MARY 900
17PATEY 500
18MARIAH 800
19FELIX 700
20SAWNY 400
21DICKY 400
22MARINDA 600
23CHARLY 800
24PHILIP 500
25PATIENCE 500
26ROBERT JR. 700
27EDWARD 650
28SHADRACK 300
29PAUL 900
30HARRY 1000
31HICKMAN 500
32THORTON 900
33LIANNA 850
34ED 350
35BEN 600
36ISAAC 200
37JACK 300
38GRATTEN 100
39FLORENCE 150
40SMITH 300
41BURLA or BURTA 150
42BILCY or BITCY 200
43TOM 275
44ARMSTEAD 200
45JOSHUA 250
46REBECCA 100
47AMANDA 800
48MALINA 400
49TYLER 600
50CLARISSA 600
51BILLY 600
52JOE 700
53RURH 700
54GEORGE 1100
55WILLIAM 800
56EDMUND 600
57DICK 1000
58WASHINGTON 900
59ARTHUR 800
60WOODSON 700
61JIM 400
62ABUR 325
63SAM 100
64ANTHONY 100
65ELLA 450
66RACHEL 350
67CONLEY 200
68HEZEKIAH 175
69EDA 275
70CAROLINE 100
71LUCY 300
72JINNY LIND 100
73HENRIETTA 250
74FRANK 250
75SUSAN 400
76ALEXANDER 150
77FANNY 175
78SYDNEY 125
79CHAPMAN 200
80ELIZABETH 800
81LOUISA 400
82HARDIMA 100
83HOWARD 400
84POLLY 100
85MALINDA 150
86ALBERT 400
87JEFFERSON 100
88EMMA 300
89WINNEY 1000


Slaves Contested by Susan Read

Peachy's brother William's wife, Susan Chapman Taliferro Read claimed that Peachy took some of the slaves from William's estate. Those slaves are listed below:

  • Abraham
  • Aggy
  • Agnes
  • Ann
  • Anthony
  • Ellis
  • Harriet
  • Henry
  • Hilliard
  • Horace
  • Joe
  • Lucretia
  • Moses
  • Paul
  • Richard

Sources

  1. "United States Census, 1840"
    FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTS-277 : 8 December 2020), P R Taliaferro.
    Image path: United States Census, 1840 > Mississippi > Copiah > Not Stated > image 27 of 62; citing NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
    FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9YBH-FZR (accessed 12 November 2022)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850"
    FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HR7B-QX2M : 15 February 2020), Peachy R Taliaferro.
    Image path: United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 > Mississippi > Copiah > Copiah county > image 23 of 66; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
    FamilySearch Image: S3HT-D4PQ-3JB (accessed 12 November 2022)
  3. 3.0 3.1 "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850"
    FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HR7B-QN3Z : 15 February 2020), Peachy R Taliaferro.
    Image path: United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 > Mississippi > Copiah > Copiah county > image 24 of 66; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
    FamilySearch Image: S3HT-D4PQ-3RZ (accessed 13 November 2022)
  4. Remembering the Slaves Named in the Inventory Listing of Peachy Taliaferro, found on angelfire.com




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