Slaves of Willis Banks, Alabama

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This page enumerates the slavery history of Willis Banks (1791-1852)

1820 Census Christian, Elbert, GA

Males - Under 14 (4)
Males - 14 thru 25 (5)
Males - 26 thru 44 (2)
Females - Under 14 (5)
Females - 14 thru 25 (3)
Females - 26 thru 44 (1)

Total Slaves: 20

1830 Census Tuscaloosa County, AL

Males - Under 10 (10)
Males - 24 thru 35 (12)
Males - 36 thru 54 (1)
Females - Under 10 (7)
Females - 10 thru 23 (8)
Females - 24 thru 35 (7)

Total Slaves 45

1840 Census Tuscaloosa County, AL

Males - Under 10 (3)
Males - 10 thru 23 (2)
Males - 24 thru 35 (2)
Males - 36 thru 54 (2)
Males - 55 thru 99 (3)
Females Under 10 (1)
Females - 10 thru 23 (1)
Females - 24 thru 35 (1)
Females - 55 thru 99 (2)

Total Slaves 17

1850 Slave Schedule Tuscaloosa County, AL

Gender Race Age Birthdate

Male Black 56 1794
Male Black 40 1810
Female Black 33 1817
Male Black 14 1836
Female Black 11 1839
Male Black 7 1843
Female Black 5 1845
Female Black 6 1844
Male Black 3 1847
Female Black 28 1822
Female Black 15 1835
Female Black 18 1832
Male Black 60 1790
Female Black 45 1805
Male Black 10 1840
Female Black 8 1842
Male Black 6 1844
Female Black 4 1846
Male Black 30 1820
Female Black 21 1829
Male Black 4 1846
Male Black 2 1848
Female Black 45 1805

23 Total

1850 Slave Schedule Lowndes County, MS

Gender Race Age Birthdate

Male Black 40 1810
Male Black 40 1810
Male Black 30 1820
Male Black 34 1816
Male Black 28 1822
Male Black 25 1825
Male Black 20 1830
Male Black 20 1830
Male Black 25 1825
Male Black 60 1790
Male Black 50 1800
Male Black 37 1813
Male Black 40 1810
Male Black 30 1820
Male Black 25 1825
Male Mulatto 18 1832
Male Black 25 1825
Male Black 23 1827
Male Black 22 1828
Male Black 40 1810
Male Black 16 1834
Male Black 25 1825
Male Black 30 1820
Male Black 30 1820
Female Black 35 1815
Female Black 30 1820
Female Black 30 1820
Female Black 25 1825
Female Black 40 1810
Female Black 25 1825
Female Black 18 1832
Female Black 14 1836
Female Black 40 1810
Female Black 18 1832
Female Black 20 1830
Female Black 16 1834
Female Black 12 1838
Male Black 12 1838
Female Black 12 1838
Female Black 10 1840
Female Black 30 1820
Female Black 65 1785
Female Black 30 1820
Male Black 65 1785
Male Black 6 1844
Male Black 8 1842
Male Black 6 1844
Female Black 4 1846
Male Black 7 1843
Female Black 5 1845
Male Black 3 1847
Male Black 1 1849
Male Black 5 1845
Male Black 4 1846
Female Black 2 1848
Female Black 8 1842
Female Black 8 1842
Male Black 8 1842
Male Black 6 1844
Female Black 1 1849
Female Black 1 1849
Male Black 2 1848
Male Black 2 1848
Female Black 40 1810

64 Total

Transcription of Last Will and Testament 7 July 1842

Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

This Will (transcribed below) shows the following enslaved:

Unnamed to be selected by his wife upon his death: 5 "grown" and 5 "under twelve years of age"

10 Total

Transcription of Probate Record, 1852

The Probate Inventory (transcribed below) shows a family of three who were sold in 1854 to a person named E Prince for $1463.40.

Named:

Eliza Jane Banks (abt.1832-), her son James, and an unnamed infant
James Banks (abt.1850-)

I Willis Banks being in good health and in my proper mind do make this my last will and testament.

1st of all I commend my (sole?) to God who gave it to me for him to dispose of it in his own (?).

2nd I wish all my final debts to be paid which is more on acts of security than my own individual debts.

3rd I give to my beloved wife Mary Banks my home place where I now live and all my household and kitchen furniture, my horse and carriage, in a word, I mean everything as it now as may be at my death (except my piano which I will dispose of hereafter) also I give ten negroes, five grown ones and five under twelve years of age to be selected by her. Also I give her my factory stock at Scottsville in Bibb County [Alabama] amounting to nearly three thousand dollars and one thousand dollars in which to be paid over to her as soon as that much can be realized out of my crops or collected out of what is due me. Also I give her ten cows all of which I give her in fee simple except the land whereon I now live. That I give to her during lifetime. After her death I wish the land to be sold and equally divided among my four children viz: Mary O Harris, Thomas G Banks, Francis S Banks, & James O Banks and it is further my will that my beloved wife Mary Banks shall be allowed one years provision of everything that is necessary to support her and her negroes and stock.

4th I give to my beloved daughter Mary O Harris in addition to what I have given her (which I think is equal to twenty thousand dollars) all my Arkansas land lying in Hemsted [Hempstead?] and Clark Countys say about thirty six or seven hundred acres which land was (entered?) by me and the (?) is now in my (?).

5th I give to my three beloved children viz: Thomas G Banks, Francis S Banks, & James O Banks my Mississippi plantations lying in Lowndes County with everything therein including negroes, cattle, hogs, and plantations (?) corn (?) in a word I mean everything that belongs to the plantations or may belong to it at my death the balance of my estate not disposed of I wish to be sold on one (?) years and to be equally divided between my children viz: Mary O Harris, Thomas G Banks, Francis S Banks, & James O Banks.

6th I give to my beloved daughter Francis S Banks my piano and I give to my son Thomas G Banks my gold watch and all my guns except one that my son James O Banks claims as his. I further wish that my daughter Francis and my son James be furnished with a gold watch a peace out of the proceeds of the crop made on the plantation in Mississippi and it is further my wish that my sons Thomas and James and daughter Francis property be held together until my daughter Francis marries. If she should marry before my son James becomes [of age] the I will that she should receive (unreadable) of the property that I have willed to her Thomas and James and when she gets her part I wish Thomas and James property to be kept together until James becomes of age and then to be equally divided between them and it is my will that (unreadable) my debts are paid that the net proceeds of the crops be paid out at interest for the benefit of that it belongs to or to be laid out in property It is my will and my wish that my children should have no more money than their actual needs require. (portion of transcription skipped for brevity). I do now appoint my beloved brother Dunstan Banks and my beloved son in law Jeptha Harris to carry out this my last will in the state of Mississippi as my executor and I do appoint my beloved brother Marion Banks and my friend Jabez Mitchell to carry out this my last will in the state of Alabama and it is my wish and desire that my beloved friend Dod Baswell Manly should be appointed guardian for my son James Oliver Banks, my other children Thomas G Banks and Francis S Banks can choose their own guardian as they are of age to do so according to law. And it is my will if either of my children should die without a lawful heir that part of my estate given to them shall be equally divided between those that are living.

October 28, 1852: This day the foregoing will was proven in open court by the testimony of Marion Banks and ordered to be recorded.

January 1854 "Received of E Prince sale of negro girl Eliza Jane and children $1463.40"^[1]

Inventory remaining not divided between the heirs October 1852 includes:

1 negro woman named Eliza Jane about 20 years of age and her three children Elizabeth, James, and Infant. (see entry above)^[2]

Sources

↑ Probate: "Alabama, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1753-1999"
Inventory Books, 1830-1890; Author: Alabama. Probate Court (Tuscaloosa County)
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8799 #10024310
Willis Banks probate in 1854-1856.
↑ Probate Inventory: "Alabama, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1753-1999"
Inventory Books, 1830-1890; Author: Alabama. Probate Court (Tuscaloosa County)
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8799 #10024976
Willis Banks probate in 1852-1854.

1820 Census: "1820 United States Federal Census"
Fourth Census of the United States, 1820; Census Place: Christian, Elbert, Georgia; Page: 159; NARA Roll: M33_8; Image: 107
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7734 #1455107
Willis Banks in Christian, Elbert, Georgia, USA.
1830 Census: "1830 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1830; Census Place: Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Series: M19; Roll: 3; Page: 297; Family History Library Film: 0002330
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8058 #1018237
Willes Banks in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
1840 Census: "1840 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1840; Census Place: Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Roll: 16; Page: 196; Family History Library Film: 0002335
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8057 #1373783
Willis Banks in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules:
The National Archive in Washington Dc; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8055 #90624596
Willis Banks in District 1, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA.
1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules:
The National Archive in Washington Dc; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8055 #91085581
Willis Banks in Lowndes, Mississippi, USA.
Probate: "Alabama, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1753-1999"
Wills, 1821-1928; Author: Alabama. Probate Court (Tuscaloosa County); Probate Place: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8799 #2677176
William Banks probate in 1821-1855 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA.

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