Slaves of William Boylan

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: North Carolina and Mississippi
Surnames/tags: Boylan North Carolina Mississippi

Slaves of WIlliam Boylan in multiple plantations or farms in Wake (Wakefield, Crabtree-no association with Crabtree Jones plantation), Chatham, and Johnston Counties, North Carolina and Yazzo County, Mississippi. Some slaves in Fayette County, Tennessee on land owned by grandsons belonged to William. ^[1]

On June 10, 1817, William Baylon purchased a negro woman and her five children from W H Fowler in Wake County.^[2]

• Jenny age 27
• Tempsey age 10
• Willis age 0
• Assbury age 6
• Jane age 4
• Isham age 7

On September 13, 1818, William Baylon purchased an enslaved person from Thomas P Devereux in Wake County^[3]

• Molly

On February 18, 1820, William Baylon purchased 20 negroes from Archibald Murphey of Orange County.^[4]

• JESSE
• QUAMY
• CHARLES
• CEASAR
• LONDON
• MUMFORD
• DRURY
• ABRAM
• MARY
• TOM, son of Mary
• ESTHER, wife of Ceasar
• THOMAS, son of Esther
• BETSEY, wife of Quamy
• DANIEL, son of Betsey
• JENNY, daughter of Betsey
• INFANT, child of Betsey
• JENNY
• MARIA, daughter of Jenny
• LUCINDA, daughter of Jenny
• SAM

On May 22, 1823, William Boylan purchased the following from Woodson Clements the administrator of the estate of James Boylan.^[5]

• Washington
• Madison - sold in 1827
• Emily - sold in 1827

On November 24, 1824, William Boyland purchased the following from Joseph N Meredith (acquired in a deed of trust from Benjamin F Hawkins on August 9, 1824)^[6]

• Patty
• Milley
• Polly
• Sandy
• Abram
• Davy
• Anaky
• Stephen

On February 7, 1825, William Boylan purchased the following from Edwin Peete of Mecklenburg, Virginia (acquired from John R Lewis of Brunswick County).^[7]

• Lucinda
• Jack, son of Lucinda
• Jesse, son of Lucinda

On April 11, 1827, William Boylan purchased the following from his son, John Boylan^[8]

• Simon
• Dilsey, wife of Simon
• Eliza, child of Dilsey
• Daniel, child of Dilsey
• Infant child of Dilsey

On October 24, 1827, William Boylan sold the following to James Boylan and Irena Boylan^[9]

• Madison age 10
• Emily age 12

On February 15, 1828, William Boylan purchased the following from Blake Baker of Warren County^[10]

• Davy, a carpenter
• Mingo
• Dorcas, wife of Mingo

On January 5, 1829, William Baylon purchased the following from Stephen Birdsoll, Benjamin A Barnham and Thomas Ruffin (the deed was not registered until 1838)^[11]

• Jacob
• Jim
• Jordan
• Solomon
• Aaron

On April 1, 1829, William Baylon purchased the following from Thomas P Devereux (the deed was not registered until 1838)^[12]

• Hannah age 12

1830 census Wake, North Carolina^[13]

• 11 Males - Under 10
• 4 Males - 10 thru 23
• 6 Males - 24 thru 35
• 4 Males - 36 thru 54
• 8 Females - Under 10
• 8 Females - 10 thru 23
• 4 Females - 24 thru 35
• 3 Females - 36 thru 54
• Total Slaves 48 (discrepancy in total, record states 55 but only 48 documented)

On December 8, 1838, William Boylan sold the following to Isaac Hunter^[14]

• Emily
• William, child of Emily
• Betsy, child of Emily
• Hezekiah, child of Emily

1840 Wake, North Carolina; Marion Baugh gave information for William Bolyan who apparently was not living in the Wake residence in 1840. ^[15]

• 2 Males - Under 10
• 4 Males - 10 thru 24
• 3 Males - 24 thru 36
• 4 Males - 36 thru 55
• 2 Males -55 thru 100
• 3 Females - Under 10
• 4 Females - 10 thru 23
• 2 Females - 24 thru 36
• 3 Females - 36 thru 54
• Total Slaves 27

1850 Slave Schedule, Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina ^[16] Number of Enslaved People 25.

• 12 Males
• 13 Females

1850 Slave Schedule, Yazoo County, Yazoo, Mississippi; ^[17] Number of enslaved people: 165 (needs catagorized)

• Males
• Females

1860 Slave Schedule Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina^[18] Number of Enslaved People 12;

• Males 4
• Females 8

1860 Slave Schedule, Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina; William Boylan ^[19] Number of Enslaved People 25.

• 13 Males
• 12 Females

1860 Slave Schedule, E Of Neuse River, Johnston, North Carolina; Wm J. Barrow for William Boylan (perhaps an overseer)^{[20] [21]} There is a transcript of the second page of census of Wm Boylan's slaves, which is the last few entries for this record. The total number of Enslaved People 53.

• 26 Males
• 27 Females

• Of note, 4 slaves were documented as Fugitives of the State: Male aged 73, Female aged 60 and a Female aged 28 and a Male aged 4, (most likely the child of the young female).

1860 Slave Schedule, Yazoo, Mississippi; William Boylan;^[22] Note: the census is not completely transcribed in the Family Search record. Number of slaves 95.

• 54 Males
• 41 Females

Note

The middle name of Montford for William Boylan had no clear records and has been removed from the Profile, Adams-36348 15:06, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/662498:9061?tid=&pid=&queryId=420dc2da7f35065807ee4f4ea38a5d9b&_phsrc=sCJ56395&_phstart=successSource; Wills and Estate Papers (Johnston County), 1663-1978; Author: North Carolina. Division of Archives and History; Probate Place: Johnston, North Carolina
2. ↑ Wake County Registry of Deeds; Book 1 page 236; accessed on Wake County Registry of Deeds website 12-02-2023 Link to Image
3. ↑ Wake County Registry of Deeds; Book 3 page 252; accessed on Wake County Registry of Deeds website 12-02-2023 Link to Image
4. ↑ Wake County Registry of Deeds; Book 3 page 423; accessed on Wake County Registry of Deeds website 12-02-2023 Link to Image
5. ↑ Wake County Registry of Deeds; Book 5 page 457; accessed on Wake County Registry of Deeds website 12-02-2023 Link to Image
6. ↑ Wake County Registry of Deeds; Book 6 page 363; accessed on Wake County Registry of Deeds website 12-02-2023 Link to Image
7. ↑ Wake County Registry of Deeds; Book 6 page 299; accessed on Wake County Registry of Deeds website 12-02-2023 Link to Image
8. ↑ Wake County Registry of Deeds; Book 9 page 20; accessed on Wake County Registry of Deeds website 12-02-2023 Link to Image
9. ↑ Wake County Registry of Deeds; Book 15 page 542; accessed on Wake County Registry of Deeds website 12-02-2023 Link to Image
10. ↑ Wake County Registry of Deeds; Book 9 page 414; accessed on Wake County Registry of Deeds website 12-02-2023 Link to Image
11. ↑ Wake County Registry of Deeds; Book 13 page 16; accessed on Wake County Registry of Deeds website 12-02-2023 Link to Image
12. ↑ Wake County Registry of Deeds; Book 13 page 14; accessed on Wake County Registry of Deeds website 12-02-2023 Link to Image
13. ↑ "United States Census, 1830", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPV-L9C : Thu Jun 29 03:09:51 UTC 2023), Entry for William Boylan, 1830.
14. ↑ Wake County Registry of Deeds; Book 13 page 401; accessed on Wake County Registry of Deeds website 12-02-2023 Link to Image
15. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYJ-K8P : 30 September 2021), Wm Boylan, Wake, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 141, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
16. ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HRW4-CQN2 : 15 March 2022), William Boylan in entry for MM9.1.1/MVCB-9XY:, 1850.
17. ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVCJ-4CT : Mon Jul 03 20:24:01 UTC 2023), Entry for <Unknown> and William Boylan, 1850.
18. ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WK51-DNW2 : Tue Jul 11 16:39:00 UTC 2023), Entry for Wm Boylin and , 1860.
19. ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WK51-4F6Z : Tue Jul 11 16:37:16 UTC 2023), Entry for Wm Boylan and , 1860.
20. ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WK5L-1SPZ : Mon Jul 17 01:00:56 UTC 2023), Entry for Wm Boylan and , 1860.
21. ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WK5L-1S2M : Fri Jun 23 01:30:41 UTC 2023), Entry for Wm Boylan and <Unknown>, 1860.
22. ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WKPZ-7XMM : Tue Jul 11 17:00:59 UTC 2023), Entry for William Boylan and , 1860.