Slaves of Phebe Worsham Booker

Date: 1810 to 1850
Location: Chatham, North Carolina, United States

This page serves to document and further the research of enslaved individuals held by slave owner Phebe (Worsham) Booker of Chatham County, North Carolina.

Phebe was willed 4 enslaved people by her husband James in his 1819 will:

1. Bob
2. Abram
3. Dilcy
4. Tab^{[1] [2]}

She was recorded with 7 enslaved people in 1820, 11 in 1830, and none in 1840.

• 1820 Phebe Booker, Chatham, North Carolina^[3][4] Slaves enumerated:
• Males - 14 thru 25: 1
• Males - 26 thru 44: 1
• Females - Under 14: 3
• Females - 14 thru 25: 1
• Females - 45 and over: 1

• 1830. Phoebe Booker. Pittsboro, Chatham, North Carolina ^[5] Slaves enumerated:
  • Males - Under 10: 3
  • Males - 36 thru 54: 2
  • Females - Under 10: 3
  • Females - 10 thru 23: 1
  • Females - 24 thru 35: 1
  • Females - 55 thru 99: 1
  • Total Slaves: 11
  • Total Free White Persons: 2
  • Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 13

Sources

1. ↑ Will of James Booker
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Wills and Estate Papers (Chatham County), 1663-1978; Author: North Carolina. Division of Archives and History; Probate Place: Chatham, North Carolina Accessed on ancestry.com, August 2021.
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3. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHL7-KTC : accessed 24 August 2021), Phebe Booker, Chatham, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 236, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 82; FHL microfilm 162,798.
4. ↑ 1820 US Census; Census Place: Chatham, North Carolina; Page: 236; NARA Roll: M33_82; Image: 138 Ancestry Record 7734 #359701
5. ↑ Year: 1830; Census Place: Pittsboro, Chatham, North Carolina; Series: M19; Roll: 119; Page: 428; Family History Library Film: 0018085 Ancestry Record 8058 #189231