Slaves of Rev Wesley Adams, Florida

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Jefferson County, Florida, United States
Surnames/tags: Slavery Black_Heritage

This page's purpose is to record the enslaved people owned by Wesley Adams (1775-1854), and attempt to connect them to their families.

Rev Wesley Adams

"Rev. Wesley Adams was a Methodist minister and had a large plantation in Jefferson County Florida, where he died, named Springfield." He was buried in Greenwood Plantation Cemetery, Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia.^[1]

Slaves of Wesley Adams

In the 1840 census Wesley was in Jefferson, Florida Territory, listed with 17 slaves.^[2]

Slaves - Sex - Age	# of Slaves
Slaves - Males - Under 10:	6
Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35:	1
Slaves - Males - 36 thru 54:	1
Slaves - Females - Under 10:	4
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23:	4
Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35:	1
Total Slaves:	17

In the 1850 Slave Schedule census, Wesley was a slave owner in Jefferson, Florida, United States with 12 slaves.^[3]

Name	Relation	Sex	Age
Wesley Adams	Owner
	Slave	M	40
	Slave	M	9
	Slave	M	7
	Slave	M	2
	Slave	M	2
	Slave	F	35
	Slave	F	30
	Slave	F	18
	Slave	F	13
	Slave	F	8
	Slave	F	4
	Slave	F	0

In 1854, his estate inventory listed 14 enslaved people, and stated: "On the above negroe slaves except Betsey, there is a mortgage."^[4]

Name	Age	Value
Dick	45	$800.00
Becky & infant Jim	30	$1,000.00
Peg	11	$600.00
Charlotte	9	$500.00
Jerry	6	$400.00
Mary	4	$300.00
Charity & infant Tom Jones	34	$900.00
Bob	12	$850.00
Andrew	10	$800.00
Frank	6	$350.00
Henry	4	$300.00
Betsey	22	$500.00

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #35242381
2. ↑ 1840 Census: "1840 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1840; Census Place: Jefferson, Florida Territory; Roll: 36; Page: 47; Family History Library Film: 0006712
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8057 #1634560 (accessed 26 December 2022)
   Wesley Adams in Jefferson, Florida Territory.
3. ↑ 1850 Census: "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850"
   citing Affiliate Publication Number: M432; Line: 11; FHL microfilm: 442885; Record number: 18022;
   FamilySearch Record: HR78-VKT2 (accessed 26 December 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HT-XC94-YQK Image number 00224
   Wesley Adams owner in household of Wesley Adams in Jefferson, Florida, United States.
4. ↑ Estate Inventory of Rev. Wesley Adams - "Florida Probate Records, 1784-1990," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9Q5-VCZJ?cc=2046765&wc=QCL8-JWR%3A350468501%2C350500401 : 20 May 2014), Jefferson County > Inventories and appraisements 1845-1865 > Page 157. Image 112 of 271; county courthouses, Florida. Recorded 9 October 1854.