The Slaves of Harvey Claytor, Franklin County, Virginia

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Franklin, Virginia, United States
Surnames/tags: Claytor Slavery

Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 1840 Census 1.2 1850 Slave Schedule 1.3 Cohabitation Schedules 2 Sources

Introduction

Harvey Claytor reportedly owned 3,000 acres of land in Franklin County, Virginia, and perhaps as many as 100 slaves. He was Schalene Dagutis' first cousin five times removed and according to a DNA match was the father of William Armstead Claytor, with the family slave cook Letitia. After the Civil War, William Armstead Claytor moved to Floyd County, Virginia, with his mother and several siblings. That information led to finding a record collection held by the Library of Virginia called the Register of Colored Person...cohabiting together as Husband and Wife on 27 February 1866. I could not find Letitia and her husband, Henry, in the register, but I did find three other slaves who were formerly owned by Harvey Claytor. ^[1]

1840 Census

Free Colored Persons - Males - 10 thru 23:1

Free Colored Persons - Males - 36 thru 54: 1

Slaves - Males - Under 10: 7

Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 4

Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35: 5

Slaves - Males - 36 thru 54: 3

Slaves - Females - Under 10: 11

Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 3

Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35: 4

Slaves - Females - 55 thru 99: 1

1850 Slave Schedule

Gender	Age
Male
Male
(not transcribed)
Male	18
Female	12
Female	10
Female	5
Female
Female
Female	14
Female	18
Female	10
Male	9
Female	13
Male	20
Female	18
Female	19
Male	4
Female	4
Female	3
Female	2
Female	3
Male	3
Male	2
Male	1
Female	3
Female	2
Male	35
Female	5
Male	2
Female	1

Cohabitation Schedules

• Sam Claytor (abt.1846-)^[2]
• John Claytor (abt.1815-) h/o:
• Mildred Claytor (abt.1833-) and probably their children:
  • Bird Claytor (abt.1853-)
  • Louisa Claytor (abt.1854-)
  • Tilman Claytor (abt.1858-)
  • Frances Claytor (abt.1861-)
  • Sparrel Claytor (abt.1864-)
• Jane (Claytor) Lemons (abt.1834-)and probably her children:
  • Monroe Lemons (abt.1849-)
  • Edmund Lemons (abt.1852-)
  • Kitty Lemons (1854-)
  • Tas Lemons (abt.1856-)
  • Sarah Lemons (abt.1857-)

A slave list from the Claytor plantation consists of names and birth years both before and after slavery of those who lived on the plantation.

Birth Year|Name

1. 1853 Bob B-Slave
2. 1853 Maria B-Slave
3. 1853 Rose B-Slave
4. 1853 Susan B-Slave
5. 1853 Unnamed Claytor B-Slave Female
6. 1854 Adaline B-Slave
7. 1854 Betsey B-Slave
8. 1854 Unnamed Claytor B-Slave Male
9. 1855 Harriett B-Slave
10. 1855 Unnamed Claytor B-Slave Female
11. 1855 Unnamed Claytor B-Slave Female
12. 1855 Unnamed Claytor B-Slave Female
13. 1855 Unnamed Claytor B-Slave Male
14. 1856 Luke B-Slave
15. 1856 Maria B-Slave
16. 1856 Oscar B-Slave
17. 1857 Unnamed Claytor B-Slave Female
18. 1858 Roland B-Slave
19. 1858 Unnamed Claytor B-Slave Female
20. 1858 Unnamed Claytor B-Slave Male
21. 1859 Unnamed Claytor B-Slave Male
22. 1859 Unnamed Claytor B-Slave Female
23. 1860 Alexander B-Slave
24. 1860 Unnamed Claytor B-Slave Male
25. 1861 Caroline B-Slave
26. 1861 Henry B-Slave
27. 1861 Martha B-Slave
28. 1861 Sallie B-Slave
29. 1861 Willis B-Slave
30. 1862 Unnamed Claytor B-Slave Female
31. 1863 George B-Slave
32. 1864 Luke Black
33. 1864 William Black

1. 1866 Unnamed Claytor Black Female
2. 1870 John F. Black
3. 1871 James Black
4. 1871 Pleasant Black
5. 1872 Drucilla C. Black
6. 1872 James H. Black
7. 1872 Mary E. Black
8. 1873 Maria Z. Black
9. 1873 Susan Black
10. 1873 Unnamed Claytor Black Female
11. 1873 Unnamed Claytor Black Male
12. 1880 Unnamed Claytor Black Male
13. 1883 Unnamed Claytor Black Female
14. 1886 Mary R. Black
15. 1887 Sallie E. Black
16. 1891 Robert Black
17. 1896 John Black

Sources

1. ↑ http://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2015/03/slaves-of-harvey-claytor-1800-1871-of.html
2. ↑ Floyd County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons of Floyd County, State of Virginia, cohabiting together as Husband and Wife on 27th February 1866. Local Government Records Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

• 1840 Census: "1840 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1840; Census Place: Franklin, Virginia; Roll: 559; Page: 293; Family History Library Film: 0029686
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8057 #3487608 (accessed 23 March 2022)
  Harry Clacker. (Total slaves: 38)
• 1850 Census: "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 #92732653 (accessed 23 March 2022)
  Harvey Clayter in Franklin, Virginia, USA.
• Year: 1870; Census Place: Locust Grove, Floyd, Virginia; Roll: M593_1646; Page: 126A
• Woodbury, Margaret C and Marsh, Ruth C., Virginia kaleidoscope : the Claytor family of Roanoke, and some of its kinships, from first families of Virginia and their former slaves. Ann Arbor, Mich. (1715 Arbordale Dr., Ann Arbor 48105) : M.C. Woodbury ; Saginaw, Mich. (716 E. Holland Ave., Saginaw 48601) : R.C. Marsh, ©1994.
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