The Slaves of William M. Jeffreys, North Carolina
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Location: Franklin, North Carolina, United States
Surnames/tags: Jeffreys Slavery Black_Heritage
Introduction
Inventory of the Estate of Captain William Jefferys late of Franklin County Deceased made the 13th day of December 1802 & returned by SIMON G. JEFFREYS & ROBERT N. JEFFREYS Executors.
(This list is the same as the names in the will, however, some with different interpretations in the transcriptions of each document).
70 Slaves: Bequeathed to wife Mary
- OLD JEFFREY
- ANACHA
- MOLL
- ISHMAEL
- TERRY
- Sold to Mary: SILLAR, BILLEY, HANNAH and PATIENCE and TILATHA
Bequeathed to son Simon Gray Jeffreys
- RANDAL
- BIG HANNAH
- MINGOW
- ANDERSON
- DICK
- DAVIE
- EMPEROR
- PETER
- ALFRED
- OLD NANNY
- BURWELL
- NED
- OLD MINGOW
- BECKEY
- SINDELLA
- LEWIS
- BANAR
Bequeathed to son Robert N Jeffreys
- ISAAC
- TILLAR
- JOE
- ALLEN
- DEMPSEY
- CONYER or COUGAR
- DEMPSEY
- LYDIA
- REUBEN
- ANDREW
- OSBORN
- MIMAH or MYMA
- PAUL
- OLIVE
- ESSEX
- SARAH
- FERRY
- OFFY
- ISHAM
- BILLEY or MILLEY
- SION or SIM
- Sold to Robert: ELLICK
Bequeathed to daughter and son-in-law, Mary and Nathaniel Alston:
- YOUNG AARON
- JIMMY
- BETSEY
Bequeathed to daughter Leah Jeffreys:
- VIOLETT
- SOLOMON
- NATHAN
- CLARY
- HARRY
- KERON or Keson
Bequeathed to son William Jeffreys:
- ZEBB
- NELSON
- AGGY
- RHODY
- PHILL or Fill
- OLD AARON
- BANKS or Bandy
- JUDAH or Judy
- WRIGHT
- HICKSEY
- CHARITY
Two Negroes that is herein named has died since the death of the testator, known by the names of NELSON and VIOLETT.
Following Slaves sold as reported by the Executors on December 13, 1802. SILLAR & BILLEY to MARY JEFFREYS - £211 Girl HANNAH to MARY JEFFREYS - 56.1 Girl PATIENCE to MARY JEFFREYS - 33 Boy ELLICK to ROBERT N. JEFFREYS - 42 Girl TILATHA to MARY JEFFREYS - 21
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