Slaves of Thomas Strother McClanahan, Kentucky

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The purpose of this page is to record the slaves of Thomas Strother McClanahan (1758-1834) and connect them to their families.

Contents 1 Named Slaves 2 1820 3 1830 4 Will 5 Sources

Named Slaves

• Sampson
• Hannah

(from his will, see bottom of page)

1820

Thomas McClanahan in Millersburg, Bourbon, Kentucky.^[1]

• Slaves - Males - Under 14 3
• Slaves - Males - 26 thru 44 2
• Slaves - Males - 45 and over 2
• Slaves - Females - Under 14 2
• Slaves - Females - 14 thru 25 1
• Slaves - Females - 26 thru 44 1
• Slaves - Females - 45 and over 1
• Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture 1
• Total Free White Persons 6
• Total Slaves 12
• Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other 18

1830

Thos McClanahan^[2] Home in 1830 (City, County, State) Bourbon, Kentucky

• Slaves - Males - Under 10 2
• Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23 2
• Slaves - Males - 55 thru 99 1
• Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23 3
• Slaves - Females - 36 thru 54 1
• Slaves - Females - 55 thru 99 1
• Total Free White Persons 9
• Total Slaves 10
• Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored) 19

Will

Copy-pasted in part from Thomas' profile; upon a brief serach I was unable to find the source (Ancestry, FamilySearch)Weatherall-96 02:59, 26 March 2024 (UTC) Thomas's last will was witnessed 18 Nov 1833 and proven in probate court on 6 Oct 1834: " And whereas I have sold all my lands, I desire that after my just debts are paid, that all my negros be hired out and the money arising from their hire to be put at interest and that one hundred dollars be paid to my wife, Elizabeth McClanahan annually for her support during her life. And after the death of my wife, I desire that all my Negroes and their increase be equally divided between my daughter Maria Watkins and the children of my daughter, Margaret Ward, that is to say, one half to Maria Watkins and the other half to the children of Margaret Ward, they having received less land than the rest of my children. I also desire that all the money that may be in hand arising either from the sale of my land or the hire of my Negroes after the death of my wife be equally divided between my daughter, maria Watkins and the children of Margaret Ward with this exception: If my Negro man Sampson and my Negro woman Hannah should be alive at the death of my wife, I desire that they shall not be hired out, but good care taken of them by my daughter, Maria Watkins and the children of my daughter, Margaret Ward, and I do hereby constitute and appoint my son William McClanahan Executor to this my last will and testament. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this eighteenth day of November, 1833.

Thomas McClanahan (Seal)

At this October Term of the Bourbon County Court, Kentucky, on the sixth day of October, 1834. This last will and testament of Thomas McClanahan, deceased, was this day produced and proved in open court. Thomas P. Smith, Clerk"

Sources

1. ↑ 1820 Census: "1820 United States Federal Census"
   Fourth Census of the United States, 1820; Census Place: Millersburg, Bourbon, Kentucky; Page: 142; NARA Roll: M33_18; Image: 82
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7734 #1383429 (accessed 25 March 2024)
   Thomas McClanahan in Millersburg, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA.
2. ↑ 1830 Census: "1830 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1830; Census Place: Bourbon, Kentucky; Series: M19; Roll: 33; Page: 285; Family History Library Film: 0007812
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8058 #1040630 (accessed 25 March 2024)
   Thos McClanahan in Bourbon, Kentucky.