Slaves of Samuel Wilson Sherrill d1895, Tennessee

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: [unknown]

This page's purpose is to record the enslaved people owned by Samuel Wilson Sherrill (1807-1895) and attempt to connect them to their families.

• Ruth (Sherrill) Lane (1856-) and her family were likely enslaved by him; they were recorded in his house in the 1870 census.
• He was recorded with 8 enslaved people in 1850.^[1]

• male, 45
• female, 35
• male, 13
• female, 12
• male, 11
• male, 8
• male, 4
• male, 1

Sources

1. ↑ Slave Schedule: "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
   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
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7668 #94299512 (accessed 6 December 2023)
   S W Sherrill, slave owner of 8 enslaved people, in 1860 in District 23, Wilson, Tennessee, USA.