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Slaves of Thomas D. & Nancy Brooke, Virginia

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Location: Hampshire, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Thomas D. Brook, 57 farmer b. VA, appeared in the 11 Nov 1850 census of District 24, Hampshire, Virginia, with wife Ann Brook, 53 b. VA and son Thos. T. Brook 29 b. VA.[1] His 1850 Slave Schedule described 17 slaves:[2]

  • 53 F B
  • 30 F B
  • 20 F B
  • 19 M B
  • 18 M B
  • 14 M B
  • 11 F B
  • 7 M B
  • 7 M B
  • 6 M B
  • 5 M B
  • 3 F B
  • 3 F B
  • 3 F B
  • 1 M B
  • 1 M B
  • 7 F B

Thomas Duckett Brooke died 11 Oct 1854 in Hampshire, Virginia and was buried at the Taylor Farm Cemetery in Springfield, Hampshire VA.[3]

Nancy Brooks, widow of Thomas D. Brooke, appeared in the 17 Oct 1860 census of Western District, Hampshire VA in the household of her son-in-law and daughter, Wm. F. J. Taylor, 47 farmer $20,000 real estate $8700 personal estate b. VA, and Elizabeth A. Taylor, 36 b. VA, and their five children.[4] Nancy Brooks appeared in the 1860 Slave Schedule with 14 named slaves:[5]

Sources

  1. 1850 Census: "1850 United States Federal Census"
    Year: 1850; Census Place: District 24, Hampshire, Virginia; Roll: 948; Page: 282b
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8054 #15118966 (accessed 2 April 2022)
  2. 1850 Census:"1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
    The National Archive in Washington DC; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census Of The United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8055 #92772283 (accessed 2 April 2022)
  3. Burial: "U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current"
    Ancestry Record 60525 #83492444 (accessed 2 April 2022)
  4. 1860 Census: "1860 United States Federal Census"
    Year: 1860; Census Place: Western District, Hampshire, Virginia; Roll: M653_1350; Page: 219; Family History Library Film: 805350
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7667 #34287225 (accessed 2 April 2022)
  5. 1860 Census: "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 #1094889 (accessed 10 April 2022)




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