Slaves of Thacker Vivion Webb, Virginia

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Orange County, Virginia, United States
Surnames/tags: slavery black_heritage Webb

This page's purpose is to record the enslaved people owned by Thacker Vivion Webb (1772-1843), and attempt to connect them to their families.

Contents 1 Introduction 2 1843 Estate Inventory List 2.1 Notes on Jackson County Deeds 3 Sources

Introduction

Thacker V. Webb's will freed those he had enslaved and directed that land be purchased for them in a free state.^[1] A list of enslaved was included in his estate inventory.^[2] To carry out the terms of the will, William C. Moore purchased land in Jackson County, Ohio and then sold it to at least some of those Webb had freed. The Hall family has been identified as one of these families,^[3][4] but more research is needed to identify others that moved to Jackson County, Ohio. William C. Moore is the grantor for several other deeds before/after the James Hall deed and the grantees on those deeds match names of other enslaved people in Webb's estate inventory, so research into Jackson County deeds would be a good starting point.

1843 Estate Inventory List

"An Inventory of slaves emancipated by T.V. Webb, decd.:"^[2]

1. Kendall (Kendall Lee)
2. Dennis
3. Joe
4. Jacob
5. Ben (Benjamin Carter)
6. James
7. Alfred
8. Guilford
9. Harvey
10. William
11. John Miller
12. Willis Benton
13. Franklin
14. Milton
15. Charles
16. James (James Hall)
17. Oliver
18. William
19. Levi
20. Robert
21. Henry
22. Jack
23. Mereen
24. Gilford
25. Thornton
26. Kendall
27. Judy (Judy/Julia Webb)
28. Rachel
29. Polly
30. Fanny
31. Mariah
32. Elvira
33. Emiley
34. Louisa
35. Delilah
36. Sarah
37. Judy, possibly Julia Ann (Hall Huddleston) Tanner (abt.1829-aft.1880)
38. Fanny
39. Caroline
40. Jane
41. Betsey
42. Mordena
43. Lucy
44. Julian, possibly Julia Ann (Hall Huddleston) Tanner (abt.1829-aft.1880)
45. Winney (Winnie (Lee) Carter)
46. Viranda[?]
47. Hardenia
48. Lavinia
49. Scilla
50. Marian
51. Rachel (Rachel Lee)
52. Elizabeth
53. George Jefferson
54. Salley

Notes on Jackson County Deeds

• The deed index for Jackson County, Ohio lists a number of deeds in a row with William Moore as the grantor, suspected to all be the individuals listed above who had been enslaved by Thacker Webb. The deeds are all in Volume G and begin on page 302. The grantees and the page of their deed are:
• Judith Webb, 74 acres, p. 302
• Joseph Harrison, 10 acres, p. 302
• James Hale [Hall], 80 acres, p. 303
• Benjamin Tuscalee[?] Carter, 45 acres, p. 304
• Jacob Bell, 10 acres, p. 305
• Kendall Lee, 55 acres, p. 306
• Emily Webb, 21 acres, p. 306
• Alvira Webb, 50 acres, p. 307
• Louisa Newman, 14 acres, p. 308
• Dennis Carter, 5 acres, p. 309

Sources

1. ↑ Virginia, Orange County, Will Records, volume 10, pages 17-21, Thacker V. Webb will with codicil, will signed 11 Apr 1838, codicil 9 Aug 1841, probate 28 Aug 1843; image copy, FamilySearch, film #7645709, image 268ff of 549 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89PX-XSTT?i=263 : accessed 23 Apr 2023).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Virginia, Orange County, Will Records, volume 10, pages 216-217, Thacker V. Webb estate inventory, 20 Nov 1843, filed 23 Sep 1844; image copy, FamilySearch, film #7645709, image 364 of 549 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89PX-XSJL : accessed 23 Apr 2023).
3. ↑ Ohio, Jackson County, Deed Records, Volume G, pages 303-304, William C. Moore to James Hall, 80 acres in Twp 6, Rg 18, 30 Oct 1844; image copy, FamilySearch, film #8330647, image 170 of 664 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSTC-J91N-Q : accessed 23 Apr 2023).
4. ↑ Legal notice, James L. Smith et. al vs. James Hall et. al, Jackson Standard [Ohio], 14 Jan1858, page 3, column 5; image copy, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38310941/perry-huddlestonjackson-ohio/ : accessed 23 Apr 2023).

• 1840 US Federal Census, Orange County, Virginia, page 23, Thacker V. Webb; Ancestry, Ancestry Record 8057 #1911103 : accessed 23 April 2023.