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Slaves of Robert C Steptoe (d 1870), Virginia

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Slaves of Robert C Steptoe, Bedford & Wythe Counties, VA

This page to collect sources and information for the purpose of identifying the slaves of Robert Calloway Steptoe (1791-1870) of Bedford & Wythe Counties, Virginia.

Cohabitation Records

The following people listed Robert Steptoe as their last owner before emancipation in the cohabitation register on 27th February 1866 in Wythe County.[1] Note that the children listed are assumed to have had the same last owner as their mother, but that is not necessarily the case.

Probate Records

Census Records: Slave Schedules

1850

Robert was recorded as the owner of 36 slaves in the 1850 US Census Slave Schedule in Liberty, Bedford, Virginia, United States.[2]

Name Sex Age Estimated birth
M 65 1785
M 65 1785
M 60 1790
M 24 1826
M 24 1826
M 20 1830
M 20 1830
M 30 1820
M 18 1832
M 15 1835
F 30 1820
F 12 1838
M 10 1840
F 8 1842
M 13 1837
F 25 1825
M 11 1839
M 5 1845
M 1 1849
M 12 1838
M 10 1840
M 2 1848
M 14 1836
F 24 1826
M 7 1843
M 2 1848
M 4 months 1850
F 20 1830
F 4 1846
F 2 1848
F 21 1829
M 6 1844
M 4 1846
M 2 1848
F 18 1832
M 10 months 1850

1860

Robt was recorded in the slave schedule in 1860 in Wythe, Virginia, United States as a slave owner with 35 slaves.[3]

Name Sex Age
M 70
M 42
F 41
M 36
F 33
F 31
F 25
F 21
M 18
M 16
M 16
M 16
M 15
F 14
M 12
M 12
F 11
M 11
M 11
M 11
M 10
F 10
M 8
F 8
F 6
F 6
F 6
F 5
F 2
F 2
M 2
F 2
M 2
F 2
F 10 months

Sources

  1. Wythe County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons of Wythe County, State of Virginia, cohabiting together as Husband and Wife on 27th February 1866. Local Government Records Collection, Wythe County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219[1].
  2. Slave Schedule: "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850"
    citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M432; Line: 1; Digital film/folder number: 004206474; FHL microfilm: 444974; Record number: 1744; Packet letter: A
    FamilySearch Record: HRWV-97MM (accessed 14 November 2023)
    FamilySearch Image: S3HT-67D3-C79 Image number 00028
    Robert C Steptoe in 1850 in Liberty, Bedford, Virginia, United States.
  3. Slave Schedule: "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860"
    citing Page: 9; Line: 2; Digital film/folder number: 005171766_023_M9N3-SCW; FHL microfilm: 000805397; Image number: 9
    FamilySearch Record: W2XR-YXPZ (accessed 14 November 2023)
    FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GBSN-XSD
    Robt C Steptoe, slave owner, in 1860 in Wythe, Virginia, United States.




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