William Gibbons Stuart M.D. (abt. 1750 - abt. 1797)

Born about 1750 in King George, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Fitzhugh — married [date unknown] (to 1797) in King George, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died about 1797 at about age 47 in King George, Virginia, United States

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Biography

William was born about 1750. He passed away about 1797.

Enslaved Persons

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• William Grimes: born in 1784. He was the son of Benjamin Grymes and an enslaved African American woman owned by Dr. William Gibbons Stuart. Her name is unknown. He served 10 more masters before escaping slavery:

1. Sold at age 10 to William Thornton for £65
2. Given to George Thornton, William's son
3. Sold to Philip Thornton, George's brother
4. Sold to "Mr. A" for $500. He transferred him from Virginia to Georgia and renamed him "Theodore."
5. Sold to Oliver Sturges
6. Sold to Philip David Woolhopter
7. Sold to Dr. Lemuel Kollock
8. Sold to Archibald Bulloch Renamed him "John."
9. Sold to Mr. White
10. Sold to Francis Harvey Welman

• Unnamed mother of William Grimes. She was half white.

• Betty: "a mulatto girl who was brought up with" William Grimes. Appears in the 1798 inventory & appraisal of the Dr. William Gibbons Stuart estate. Sold to Mr. Glassel who sold her to Mr. Jourdine "who had bought her and kept her for his wife."

Sources

1. ↑ Grimes, William. Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave. Edited by William L Andrews and Regina E Mason. Revised edition. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2008. Image copy. Google Books. http://books.google.com: 2020.

• "Fitzhugh Family (Continued)." The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography vol. 7, no. 4 (1900): pg. 426. Accessed March 26, 2020. www.jstor.org/stable/4242289.

• Grimes, William. Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave. Edited by William L Andrews and Regina E Mason. Revised edition. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2008. Image copy. Google Books. http://books.google.com: 2020.