This page's purpose is to record the people enslaved by William Osborne in Amelia County, Virginia, and attempt to connect them to their families.

William Osborne named a total of 55 enslaved people in his will, which was probated on 25 January 1787.^[1]

He left 23 enslaved people to his wife Elizabeth (Tanner) Osborne for her lifetime:

1. Neptune
2. Will
3. Matt
4. Punch
5. Fanny
6. Nanny
7. Patt
8. Primus
9. Sawney
10. Hannah
11. Roger
12. Sue
13. Jim
14. Jacob
15. Lemmon
16. Tom
17. Stepney
18. Poll
19. Milley
20. John
21. Frank
22. Doctor
23. Bob

He left "Hannah and all her children" to his daughter Michal (Osborne) Scott, and these enslaved people were already in her possession.

He left "a negro wench Curchena" to his daughter Elizabeth (Osborne) Scott.

He left 13 enslaved people to his son William Osborne Jr and these people were already in his son's possession:

1. Jim
2. Neptune
3. Sall
4. Agness
5. Step
6. Lydda
7. Jimmy
8. Anaka
9. Jambo
10. Caesar
11. Hannah
12. Peter
13. Cate

He left 8 enslaved people to his son Abner Osborne:

1. Prince
2. Ned
3. Jeffrey
4. Bett
5. Natt
6. Ona
7. Sucky
8. Chloe

He left nine enslaved people and his 663-acre home plantation to his son Branch Osborne who was already in possession an additional 600-acre estate and the nine people:

1. Jimmy
2. Solomon
3. Sherwood
4. Lucy
5. Nelly
6. Anaka
7. Caesar
8. Delphia
9. John

Sources

1. ↑ Will of William Osborne - "Will of William Osborn Senr of the County of Amelia and Parish of Raleigh." - Amelia County, Virginia, Will Book 4, pp. 22-26. Written 22 Oct 1786, Probated 25 Jan 1787. Digital Image at FamilySearch - Digital Image at Ancestry.com.