Slaves of Virgil R DuPont, Florida

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: St Johns County, Florida, United States
Surnames/tags: Slavery Black_Heritage

Plantations Index

This page's purpose is to record the enslaved people owned by Virgil R DuPont (1813-1885), and attempt to connect them to their families.

Slaves of Virgil R DuPont in St Johns County

In 1857, his father left him the use of the plantation at Matanzas where his father lived prior to his death. He also received an equal share of his father's slaves that were divided among the five siblings.^[1]

In the 1860 Slave Schedule, census Virgil was a slave owner in St. Johns, Florida, United States. He owned 30 slaves.^[2]

Name	Relation	Sex	Age
Virgil R Dupont	Owner
	Slave	M	80
	Slave	F	60
	Slave	F	30
	Slave	F	25
	Slave	F	20
	Slave	F	60
	Slave	F	25
	Slave	F	22
	Slave	F	20
	Slave	M	18
	Slave	F	42
	Slave	M	9
	Slave	F	30
	Slave	M	12
	Slave	M	6
	Slave	M	6
	Slave	F	15
	Slave	F	12
	Slave	F	12
	Slave	F	7
	Slave	F	3
	Slave	M	0
	Slave	M	10
	Slave	M	8
	Slave	F	6
	Slave	F	6
	Slave	F	4
	Slave	F	3
	Slave	M	1
	Slave	M	45

Sources

1. ↑ Wills and miscellaneous probate records, 1671-1868: "South Carolina Probate Re... Bound Volumes, 1671-1977"
   Catalog: Wills and miscellaneous probate records, 1671-1868 Wills v. 50-51 1862-1868
   Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 > Charleston > Wills, 1862-1868, Vol. 051 > image 742 of 917; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
   FamilySearch Image: 939L-JWSW-8Q (accessed 23 July 2022)
   • The will of Abraham Dupont written 17 Jun 1852
2. ↑ 1860 Census: "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860"
   citing Page: 1; Line: 10; FHL microfilm: 000803110; Record number: 073902;
   FamilySearch Record: WKVQ-YDMM (accessed 31 March 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GYBV-9KJ3 Image number 00707
   Virgil R Dupont owner in household of Virgil R Dupont in St. Johns, Florida, United States.