Thomas C. Blackwell Plantation Union County Kentucky

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Union, Kentucky, United States
Surname/tag: Blackwell

Contents 1 Introduction 2 Named Slaves 3 1830 Census 4 1840 Census 5 1847 Grant Blackwell Will 6 1850 Census 7 1855 Tax Schedule 8 1860 Census 9 Sources

Introduction

This page contains information about the slaves owned by Grant Blackwell, his wife Lucy Latham Blackwell and their son Thomas C. Blackwell in Union County, Kentucky.

Named Slaves

The following named slaves were owned by the Grant, Lucy and/or Thomas C. Blackwell

• James (b. ca. 1825)
• James (b. Dec-1854)
• Sallie (b. Aug-1859)

1830 Census

Slaves owned by Grant Blackwell and Lucy Latham Blackwell in 1830.^[1]

• male born 1820-1830 (James)
• male born 1795-1806
• female born 1807-1820
• female born 1795-1806

1840 Census

Slaves owned by Grant Blackwell and Lucy Latham Blackwell^[2]

• female born 1806-1817
• male born 1817-1830 (James)
• female born 1817-1830
• female born 1830-1840
• female born 1830-1840

1847 Grant Blackwell Will

Grant Blackwell's will listed one slave by name, James^[3]

1850 Census

Slaves owned by Lucy Latham Blackwell^[4]

• female born 1807
• male born 1825 (James)
• female born 1823
• female born 1833
• female born 1835
• female born 1837
• female born 1840
• male born 1843
• female born 1846
• female born 1847
• female born 1849
  

1855 Tax Schedule

Lucy Blackwell owned 4 slaves over age 16, 7 slaves under age 16 in the year she passed away.^[5]

1860 Census

Slaves owned by Thomas C. Blackwell^[6]

• female born 1815
• female born 1830
• female born 1833
• male born 1837
• female born 1839
• female born 1844
• female born 1848
• female born 1849
• male born 1852
• female born 1854
• female born 1855
• male born 1856 (James)
• male born 1857
• female born 1858
• female born 1859
• female born 1859 (Sallie, 9 months old)
• female born 1859 (1 month old)
  

Sources

1. ↑ 1830 U.S. census, Union County, Kentucky, population schedule, location not stated, p. 53 (penned), 50-59 year old white male in the Grant Blackwell household, digital image 41 of 51, FamilySearch.org ([1]: accessed 09 March 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication M19, roll 42.
2. ↑ 1840 U.S. census, Union County, Kentucky, population schedule, location not stated, p. 25 (penned), slaves in the Grant Blackwell household, digital image 49 of 58, FamilySearch.org ([2]: accessed 09 March 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 125.
3. ↑ 1847 Grant Blackwell Will. Kentucky, Union County, County Court, Wills, Vol. D, p. 3-4, 4 January 1847, digital image 6-7 of 462, FamilySearch.org ([3]: accessed 09 March 2023)
   • Grant Blackwell Will Transcription
4. ↑ 1850 U.S. Slave Census, Union County, Kentucky, slave schedule, District 2, p. 345 (penned), slaves in the Lucy Blackwell household, digital image 11 of 28, FamilySearch.org ([4]: accessed 10 March 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 228
5. ↑ 1855 Tax Assessment. Kentucky, Union County “Tax Books, 1853-1864”, Tax Assessor, p. 33, Lucy Blackwell, image 146 of 709, FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch link: accessed 10 March 2023)
6. ↑ 1860 U.S. Slave Census, Union County, Kentucky, slave schedule, Uniontown, p. 36 (penned), slaves in the Thos. C. Blackwell household, digital image 1 of 4 FamilySearch.org ([5]: accessed 10 March 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 406