Slaves of William Hawkins Polk, Tennessee

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Maury County, Tennessee, United States
Surnames/tags: slavery black_heritage

This page's purpose is to record the enslaved people owned by William Hawkins Pope, and attempt to connect them to their families

Contents 1 1840 Census, Maury County, Tennessee 2 1850 Census, Maury County, Tennessee 3 1860 Census, Maury County, Tennessee 4 Research Notes 5 Sources

1840 Census, Maury County, Tennessee

• under 10 M
• under 10 M
• 10-23 M
• 10-23 M
• under 10 F
• 10-23 F
• 10-23 F ^[1]

1850 Census, Maury County, Tennessee

• 66 F B
• 25 F B
• 22 F B
• 20 M M
• 18 M M
• 18 M B
• 6 F M
• 8/12 M M ^[2]

1860 Census, Maury County, Tennessee

• 70 M B
• 65 F B
• 50 M M
• 28 M M
• 23 M M
• 24 M B
• 28 F M
• 23 F B
• 40 F B
• 20 F B
• 12 F B
• 7 M M
• 5 F B
• 2 F B
• 5/12 F B ^[3]

Research Notes

William's will does not name any of his slaves. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1840", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRY-YLN : Sat Oct 07 00:28:01 UTC 2023), Entry for William H Polk, 1840.
2. ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVHD-8MJ : Fri Oct 06 02:06:19 UTC 2023), Entry for and W H Polk, 1850.
3. ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WKTP-9JMM : Thu Oct 05 04:00:28 UTC 2023), Entry for W H Polk and , 1860.
4. ↑ "Tennessee Probate Court Books, 1795-1927," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-2PZ9-69?cc=1909088&wc=M6QW-T36%3A179637301%2C180271401 : 22 May 2014), Maury > Wills, 1848-1874, Vol. F > image 156 of 304; county courthouses, Tennessee.