Slaves of Thomas Gale, Virginia

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Morgan, Virginia, United States
Surnames/tags: slavery black_heritage

This page records the enslaved people held by Thomas Gale in the hopes that they may one day be connected with their families.

1850 Slave Schedule

Thomas is listed as holding these slaves on the 1850 Slave Schedule for Morgan County, Virginia.^[1]

Age	Sex	Race
35	female	B
32	female	B
28	male	B
24	female	B
20	male	M
18	female	B
16	female	B
10	male	B
10	male	M
8	female	B
7	male	M
5	female	B
4	male	M
3/12	female	B
4/12	female	M

Inventory of Estate, 1854

These slaves are named in the "Appraisement of the Negros" list in the 1854 inventory of Thomas's estate.^[2] All ages are listed as approximate.

• Ann, F, 35
• Harrison, M, 33
• Soph, F, 26
• Jeff, M, 23
• Eveline, F, 24
• Ginn, F, 22
• Jim, M, 13
• Fletch, M, 12
• John, M, 9
• Catherine, F, 10
• Mary, F, 9
• Harrison, M, 7
• Matilda, F, 5
• Theodore, M, 4
• William, M, 2
• Charley, M, 2
• Schely Henry, M, 2
• Rosa, F, 1
• unnamed child, no sex listed, 6 months

Several slaves with these names appear in the inventory of Thomas's son George's estate in 1855 and are likely the same people.^[3]