Slaves of Pettus Perkinson

Date: 1840 [unknown]
Location: Chariton, Missouri, United States
Surnames/tags: US_Black_Heritage Slavery

This page is to record and further research the enslaved people owned/held by Pettus Perkinson Feel free to add further information, research notes, or linked profiles.

Note: he moved from Prince Edward, Virginia, to Chariton, Missouri between 1850 and 1860.

1840 Census in Prince Edward, Virginia^[1]

• (City, County, State)Eastern District, Prince Edward, Virginia
• Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
• Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
• Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
• Slaves - Males - Under 10: 3 (born 1830-1840)
• Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 1 (born 1817-1830)
• Slaves - Males - 36 thru 54: 2 (born 1786-1804)
• Slaves - Females - Under 10: 4 (born 1830-1840)
• Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35: 2 (born 1805-1816)
• Persons Employed in Agriculture: 4
• Persons Employed in Manufacture and Trade: 5
• Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
• Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
• Total Free White Persons: 3
• Total Slaves: 12
• Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 15

1850 Census, Prince Edward County, Virginia^[2][3]

• age 37[?], female, black (born 1813)
• age illegible, male, mulatto
• age 26, male, mulatto (born 1824)
• age 21, male, black (born 1829)
• age 19, female, mulatto (born 1831)

1860 Census in Brunswick, Chariton, Missouri^[4][5]

• Number of Enslaved People: 13
• Female 55
• Male 30
• Male 29
• Female 28
• Male 25
• Female 23
• Male 22
• Male 18
• Male 14
• Female 8
• Male 6
• Male 3
• Male 8/12

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBW-56V : 13 September 2017), Pettus Perkinson, Eastern District, Prince Edward, Virginia, United States; citing p. 228, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 574; FHL microfilm 29,691.
2. ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVD3-F7D : 4 August 2017), Pettus Perkinson, Prince Edward county, Prince Edward, Virginia, United States; citing line number 38, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 444,982.
3. ↑ The National Archive in Washington DC; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census Of The United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29 Accessed on ancestry.com, November 2021.
   • View Ancestry Record 8055 #2951363 (requires subscription).
4. ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WKPD-68N2 : 16 October 2019), P Perkinson, 1860.
5. ↑ 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 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.
   • View Ancestry Record 7668 #94515683 (requires subscription).