Location: Loudoun County, Virginia, United States
Surnames/tags: West Slavery Black_Heritage
Slaves of William West, Virginia
The purpose of this page is to document and identify the enslaved people held by William West (abt.1710-1769) in Loudoun County, Virginia to assist in connecting them to their families.
1769 Will
The Will of William West was signed on June 26, 1769, and proved on November 13, 1769. Executors: wife, Mary West, Charles West and Craven Peyton[1]
- to wife, Mary West
- Pug
- Hannah
- Tom
- Hall
- James
- Tom Tomson
- to son Charles West
- negro man named Jack
- negro woman named Leah
- one Negro man named Congo
- one Negro woman named Mariah
- to son Thomas West
- one Negro man named Dick
- one Negro man named Melford
- to granddaughter Elizabeth West, daughter of Charles and Anne West
- one Negro girl named Hennie
- to daughter Anne Peyton
- one Negro woman named Sarah
- to granddaughter Margaret Peyton
- one Negro girl named Lib
- to grandson Francis Peyton
- one Negro girl named Phebe
- to grandson Craven Peyton
- one Negro girl named Dalilah
Sources
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Will:
"Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900"
Charter Book, V. 16, 1982-1983; Author: Loudoun County (Virginia). Clerk of the Circuit Court; Probate Place: Loudoun, Virginia
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62347 #309637 (accessed 20 December 2023)
Will of William West of Loudoun County, granted probate on 26 Jun 1769.
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