Slaves of William Quarles Taliaferro, Mississippi

Location: Copiah, Mississippi, United States
Surnames/tags: Slavery Black_Heritage Taliaferro

This page's purpose is to record the people enslaved by William Quarles Taliaferro in Copiah County, Mississippi, and attempt to connect them to their families.

In 1840, William Quarles Taliaferro was enslaving 10 people in Copiah County, Mississippi:^[1]

• male <10 (b. 1830-1840) Horrace
• male 10-23 (1817-1830) Paul
• male 10-23 (1817-1830) Ellis
• male 10-23 (1817-1830) Hilliard
• male 24-35 (b. 1805-1816)
• male 36-55 (b. 1785-1804)
• female <10 (b. 1830-1840) Ann
• female 10-23 (1817-1830)
• female 10-23 (1817-1830) Agnes
• female 36-55 (b. 1785-1804)

A list of enslaved people was published in the Gallatin Argus newspaper regarding a dispute between the estates of William and his brother Peachy:^[2]

• Agnes
• Agy
• Ann
• Anthony
• Ellis
• Fanny
• Hilliard
• Horace
• Joe
• Lucretia
• Moses
• Paul
• Richard

• For more info on the people enslaved by William's brother Peachy Ridgeway Taliaferro, please see: Slaves of Peachy R Taliaferro, Mississippi

Sources

1. ↑ 1840 Census - 1840 U.S. census, Copiah County, Mississippi, population schedule, location not stated, p. 23 (penned), 20-29 year old white male in the W Q Taliaferro household, digital images 27-28 of 62, FamilySearch.org ([1]: accessed 17 October 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 125.
2. ↑ Newspaper notice published in the Gallatin Argus of dispute between the Peachy R. Taliaferro estate & William Q. Taliaferro estate over the ownership of the following slaves: Hilliard, Joe, Ellis, Horace, Richard, Ann, Moses, Aggy, Paul, Anthony, Agnes and her four children.

• 1855 William Q. Taliaferro Probate papers. Mississippi, Copiah County, unpaginated, County Court. March 23, 1855, digital images 74 of 914, FamilySearch ([2]: accessed 16 October 2021)