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Slaves of Robert Sayers (d 1867), Virginia

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Slaves of Robert Sayers, Wythe Co, VA

This page to collect sources to identify the slaves of Robert Sayers (1796-1867) of Wythe County, Virginia.

Probate Records

Inherited the Anchor and Hope Plantation from his uncle Robert (Sayers) Sayres (1754-1826)

Cohabitation Records

The following people listed Robert Sayers as their last owner before emancipation in the cohabitation register on 27th February 1866.[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.

Census Records: Slave Schedules

1860

Robert Sayers was recorded as the owner of 46 slaves in Wythe County in 1860 US Census Slave Schedule.[3] Possible names below are based on matching known slaves with similar ages.

Name Sex Age Estimated BirthColor
M 71 1789M
F 67 1793M
F 57 1803M
F 57 1803B
M 51 1809B
Frederick Woodson (abt.1810-) M 51 1809B
Harrison Johnson (abt.1816-) M 44 1816M
M 39 1821B
Jane (Ward) Woodson (abt.1820-) F 37 1823M
Emily (Hogan) Brown (abt.1823-) F 35 1825M
M 35 1825B
M 33 1827B
Sarah (Ward) Cloyd (abt.1828-) F 32 1828M
Thevis Mayho (abt.1829-) M 30 1830B
David F. Johnson (1832-1919) M 29 1831B
F 28 1832M
Charlotte (Hogeus) Stuart (abt.1841-) F 21 1839M
M 20 1840M
M 19 1841B
M 18 1842B
Adaline C. Johnson (abt.1842-) F 17 1843B
Crockett S. Johnson (abt.1844-1921) M 16 1844B
M 15 1845B
Mary M. Johnson (abt.1845-) F 15 1845B
George Woodson (abt.1846-1871) M 14 1846B
F 14 1846B
Ceane Woodson (abt.1849-1882) F 12 1848B
Frank Brown (abt.1849-) M 11 1849B
Amenity Woodson (1850-) F 10 1850B
Craig Johnson (abt.1849-1910) M 10 1850M
F 9 1851M
Harvey Brown (abt.1850-) M 9 1851B
F 9 1851M
Alice Brown (abt.1853-) F 7 1853B
Harriet Brown (abt.1855-) F 5 1855B
William Cloyd (abt.1855-) M 5 1855M
Glen Stuart (abt.1856-) M 4 1856B
Laura "Lauria" Ann Woodson (abt.1856-1924) F 4 1856M
F 4 1856B
Maria Brown (abt.1858-) F 2 1858B
John B Brown (abt.1860-) M 2 1858M
Millie Stuart (abt.1858-) F 2 1858B
Rachel Stuart (abt.1859-) F 1 1859M
F 1 1859B
Mary Ann Cloyd (abt.1860-) F 6 months Jan/Feb 1860B
F 5 months Feb/Mary 1860B


1850

Robert Sayers is recorded as the owner of 43 slaves in Wythe County in the 1850 US Census Slave Schedule.[4]

Name Sex Age Estimated BirthColor
M 59 1791 B
M 39 1811 B
M 39 1811 B
M 32 1818 M
M 28 1822 B
M 27 1823 B
M 25 1825 B
M 23 1827 M
M 23 1827 B
M 23 1827 B
M 20 1830 B
M 19 1831 B
M 17 1833 B
M 15 1835 B
M 11 1839 B
M 10 1840 B
M 9 1841 B
M 8 1842 B
M 6 1844 B
M 5 1845 B
M 4 1846 B
M 3 1847 B
M 1 1849 B
M 1 1849 B
M 1 1849 B
F 100 1750 B
F 50 1800 M
F 45 1805 B
F 45 1805 B
F 29 1821 B
Margaret (Clark) Johnson (abt.1813-abt.1851) F 37 1813 B
F 26 1824 B
F 24 1826 B
F 32 1818 B
F 18 1832 B
F 12 1838 B
F 11 1839 B
F 7 1843 M
F 7 1843 B
F 5 1845 B
F 4 1846 B
F 4 1846 B
F 2 1848 B


Research Notes

According to the owner of this Ancestry Profile: #48592434869, Flora (Thompson) Clark (1810-aft.1870) has been confirmed with DNA as the mother of the below children. They list a father as a white man named Randolph Fugate Clark, but do not indicate there is a DNA connection to him. Children include:

  1. Margaret Clark (1825-bef.1900) m. Daniel Sheffey. Her slave owner was Julia (Crockett) Morrison (1812-1881)
  2. Charles Clark (1830-aft.1900) - see above
  3. Emily Clark (abt.1830-), m. Ambrose Calliver. Her slave owner was Samuel Crockett Gleaves (1823-1890)
  4. Eliza Clark(abt.1830-aft.1868), m. Jackson Green. Her slave owner was Charles Lewis Crockett (1799-1872)
  5. Caroline Clark (abt.1839-aft.1870), m. Reuben Cary. Her slave owner was Gordon Cloyd Kent (1806-1869)
  6. Julia/July/Judy Clark b. abt. 1842 - d. aft. 1858, m. James Zachariah Mitchell Sheffey

As of 20 Nov 2024, a profile has not been built for Flora. She IS shown on the 1870 census with son Charles. It is also not known who she was enslaved by.

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. ↑ Wythe County (Va.) Register of Children of Colored Persons whose Parents had ceased to cohabit which the Father recognizes to be his, 27th February 1866, [register page #1]. Cohabitation Registers Digital Collection. Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, 23219.
  3. ↑ Slave Schedule: "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860"
    citing Page: 16; Line: 10; Digital film/folder number: 005171766_023_M9N3-SCW; FHL microfilm: 000805397; Image number: 18
    FamilySearch Record: W2XR-YPPZ (accessed 15 August 2023)
    FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GBSN-6T1
    Robert Sayers, slave owner, in 1860 in Wythe, Virginia, United States.
  4. ↑ 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: 004206483; FHL microfilm: 444983; Record number: 53585; Packet letter: A
    FamilySearch Record: HRW5-LL3Z (accessed 21 October 2023)
    FamilySearch Image: S3HY-6Q1T-RF Image number 00646
    Robert Sayers in 1850 in Wythe, Virginia, United States.




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