Slaves of Thomas Wood, North Carolina

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Surnames/tags: slavery black_heritage

The purpose of this page is to identify the slaves of Thomas Wood and hopefully find their descendants.

Finding his will would be very helpful; I haven't yet found it via FS or Ancestry search, but I haven't flipped page-by-page yet.Weatherall-96 04:18, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

In 1830, Thomas's household in Rowan County, North Carolina had three free white persons and 30 enslaved persons.^[1]

Enslaved persons

10 males aged 10 to 23

4 males aged 24 to 35

4 males aged 36 to 54

1 male aged 55 to 99

3 females aged 10 to 23

1 female aged 24 to 35

3 females aged 36 to 54

3 females aged 55 to 99

1 female aged over 100

1840^[2]

Enslaved Persons

7 males under age 10

6 males aged 10 to 23

2 males aged 24 to 35

2 males aged 36 to 54

2 males aged 55 to 99

8 females under age 10

3 females aged 10 to 23

2 females aged 24 to 35

1 female aged 36 to 54

1850 -39 enslaved persons.^[3]

Number Age Sex Color

1 75 Male Black

2 35 Female Black

3 27 Male Black

4 17 Female Black

5 11 Female Black

6 9 Male Black

7 4 Male Black

8 4 Male Black

9 6 Female Black

10 47 Male Black

11 50 Female Black

12 27 Male Black

13 19 Male Black

14 24 Male Mulatto

15 25 Female Black

16 17 Male Black

17 16 Female Black

18 17 Female Black

19 4 Male Black

20 1 Male Black

21 3/12 Female Black

22 10 Male Black

23 45 Male Black

24 33 Female Mulatto

25 17 Female Mulatto

26 15 Male Mulatto

27 13 Male Mulatto

28 11 Male Mulatto

29 9 Female Mulatto

30 4 Female Mulatto

31 1 Male Mulatto

32 29 Female Black

33 7 Female Black

34 5 Female Black

35 3 Female Black

36 7/12 Female Black

37 53 Male Black

38 21 Male Black

39 70 Female Black

In September 1828, Thomas Woodplaced an advertisement in the Western Carolinian: "Ran Away. From the subscriber, on the 4th inst. a mulatto fellow named TOM, between 35 and 40 years old, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, has a scar on his throat, stutters badly, his two toes next the big toe grow together. A very liberal reward will be given any one who will take up said boy, and deliver him to the subscriber, 9 miles from Salisbury, on the Wilkesboro' road, or confine him in hail, and give me information. Sept. 8th, 1828 THOMAS WOOD^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ 1830 United States Federal Census: "1830 United States Federal Census"
   North Carolina > Rowan > Not Stated > image 75 of 194
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 3 April 2022)
   Thomas Wood
2. ↑ 1840 United States Federal Census: "1840 United States Federal Census"
   North Carolina > Rowan > Not Stated > image 25 of 114
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 3 April 2022)
3. ↑ North Carolina > Rowan > Not Stated: "1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
   North Carolina > Rowan > Not Stated > image 13 of 45
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 3 April 2022)
4. ↑ Ran Away. Western Carolinian (Salisbury, North Carolina), 23 September 1828, page 4, column 2.