Estate Inventory for Solomon B. Smith, 31 March 1828
Names of the enslaved: Negro girl Fanny about 24 years old Old Negro man Henry about 40 years Mulatto girl named Jinny & her child Stafford, about 21 Boy Danl [Daniel] about 2 years old Girl Luin day 37 years old Boy Thomas 6 years old Negro girl Milley 8 years old Negro woman Lucy about 62 years old
Source: Kentucky, County Court (Shelby County), “Probate records, 1794-1913,” Bundle 7-8 1824-1832, will book 7, page 105-107, digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed 19 Sep 2021); FHL microfilm 259252, image 357-359 of 789.
1. Enslaved: names below (unnamed people by sex, age and color); [?] = uncertain reading. 2. Slaveholders: Lewis Mills, Joseph Mills, T. B. Mills, B. Mills and James Mills, Union Co.. 3. Sources: Sacred Heart Church baptismal register. 4. Dates and places: St. Vincent, Union Co., Ky., 1825-1862.
Sacred Heart Church (St. Vincent), Union Co., Ky., baptismal register, 1825-1862: people recorded as "servants" of members of the Mills family, with the years they appear and their roles (baptized, parent, sponsor, godmother).
Lewis Mills: Milly (1825-1851; sponsor; parent), Thomas (1825-1851; sponsor; parent), Thos. (1825; sponsor), Alexander (1827; baptized as an adult), Maria (1833-1845; sponsor; godmother), [unnamed] (1835; sponsor), Tom (1835-1839; sponsor), Trecy (1839-1843; godmother), Teresa (1839-1842; godmother; parent), Mariah (1842; sponsor), Emma (1843-1846; godmother), Jacob (1843).
Joseph Mills: Betsy (1827; sponsor), Jane (1827; parent), Ann (1828-1830; parent; sponsor), Betty (1831-1837; parent; sponsor), Phil (1833; parent), Elizabeth (1839; parent).
T. B. Mills: Eliza (1835-1855; parent; godmother), Jim Turner (1837; parent), Elizabeth (1844; parent), Becca (1852; godmother), Rebecca (1853-1856; godmother), Teresa (1853; parent), Peter (1855), Leonard Payne (1857; parent), Margaret (1857; parent), Jerry (1857; parent), Leander (1859), Lend (1859; parent), Trecy (1860; godmother), [--]ace (first letters not legible on the copy) (1862; parent).
B. Mills: [unnamed father of Monica Ellen] (1854; parent), Monica Ellen (1854; baptized), Elizabeth (1858; godmother).
James Mills: Isabella (1861; godmother).
Children baptized, with their parents' enslavers as given: Anny Emma (1827; child of people enslaved by Lewis Mills), Daniel (1829; child of people enslaved by L. Mills), Christiana (1831; child of Thomas and Milly, enslaved by L. Mills), James H. (1831; child of Betty, enslaved by Joe Mills), Peter (1833; child of James, enslaved by John --, and Betty, enslaved by Joseph Mills), Matthew (1835; child of Thomas and Milly, enslaved by Lewis Mills), Levi Isadore (1835; child of Jim, enslaved by John Waller, and Betty, enslaved by Joseph Mills), Teress Ann (1835; child of James, enslaved by Ed Smith, and Eliza, enslaved by T.B. Mills), Martha Elizabeth (1837; child of James, enslaved by John Waller, and Betty, enslaved by Joseph Mills), --ernia (first letters not copied) (1839; child of Peter, enslaved by Dempsy Waller, and Maria, enslaved by Lewis Mills), Eliza Ann (1845; child of Maria, enslaved by Lewis Mills), Lewis (1853; child of Whitley, enslaved by Abner Davis, and Teresa, enslaved by T. B. Mills), James Ignatius (1857; child of Leonard Payne, enslaved by T.B. Mills, and Lucy Ellen, enslaved by J. Hite), Mary Elizabeth (1857; child of Jerry and Margaret, enslaved by T.B. Mills), Sarah Ann (1857; child of Jerry and Margaret, enslaved by T.B. Mills), Lender (1859; child of Lend, enslaved by T.B. Mills, and Lucy Ellen, enslaved by George Hite), Ignatius (1862; child of -ace, enslaved by T. B. Mills, and Fanny, enslaved by Richard Willett).
Source: The Baptismal register of Sacred Heart Church, Saint Vincent, Union County, Kentucky, 1818-1877, copied by Joseph E. Johnson (1983), FamilySearch Digital Library, http://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/264893.
Anne Elizabeth Whitaker, Lush Green Corner Genealogy, Dallas, Texas
Union County, Kentucky: death register, mortality schedules and court orders (1849-1861)
1. Death register 1854-1856 (Betty J. Branson, Union County, Kentucky deaths 1852-1878 (1993), color "B"; name, age, "parents or owners", date): Sarah, 2 (F. P. Mitchell, d. 1854-08-12); Isaac, 33 (J. J. Williams, d. 1854-09-01); Edmund, 2 days ([blank], d. 1854-12-01); Philander, 2 days (John Hite, d. 1854-12-01); Leah, 100 (Ura Hopgood, d. 1854-12-10); Betty, 3 (William Robertson, d. 1855-02-18); Sarah, 3 (F. P. Mitchell, d. 1855-03-20); Peter, 11 (T. B. Mills, d. 1855-05-23); Hannah, 1 (Washington Abell, d. 1855-06-20); Ezekiel, 45 (William Sugg, d. 1855-07-01); Mary, 55 (E. L. Hamilton heirs, d. 1855-07-05); Rice, 1 month (Sarah Threlkeld, d. 1855-07-20); [boy, not named] (William Robertson, d. 1855-08-01); Ben, 40 (William Sugg, d. 1855-08-01); [not named] (R. S. & H. A. Palnik, d. 1855-08-02); Moses, 2 (F. P. Mitchell, d. 1855-08-06); Susan, 10 (Leonard Clements, d. 1855-08-12); Henry, 6 (Leonard Clements, d. 1855-08-19); Leanna, 6 (William Sugg, d. 1855-09-01); John, 2 months (R. B. Savage, d. 1855-11-01); Juda, 45 (John Duncan, d. 1855-11-20); Phebe, 70 (Judith Blackwell, d. 1855-11-20); Gibson, 33 (Josiah Williams, d. 1855-12-20); [not named], 23 (Isaac Hollingsworth, d. 1856-01-04); [not named] (John Finnie, d. 1856-01-15); [not named], 19 (T. B. Mills, d. 1856-02-01); [not named], 17 (George W. Nall, d. 1856-04-30); Ben, 24 (Philip Briscoe, d. 1856-08-06); [not named], 3 months (Thomas Blackwell, d. 1856-08-27); [not named], 3 weeks (James W. Drury, d. 1856-12-20).
2. U.S. census mortality schedules, Union Co., 1849-50 and 1859-60 (enslaved; enslaver given only where the schedule names one): (not named), 17 (Mrs. Hutchings [reading uncertain]) (1849-07); (not named), 1 (Mrs. Hutchings [reading uncertain]) (1849-07); (not named), 20 (E. H. Ewell) (1849-12); (not named), 1 (Jas. Dyer [reading uncertain]) (1850-01); Mary Ann, 13 (1850-05); Alfred (1859-06); Sam, 21 (1859-08); Gilbert (1859-09); George (1860-01); Mary, 1 (1860-01); Henry, 10 (1860-04); Lizzie, 18 (1860-04); Malzga [reading uncertain], 1 (1860-05).
3. Union Co. County Court Orders, v. F (FamilySearch DGS 8193435): Jake, "a slave," June 1859, who had in his care Ellen Carson, a free girl of color; Dick Ewell, a man of color, March 1860, son of Letty, "a woman" named in the 1823 will of Charles Ewell Jr. of Prince William Co., Va., whose increase was to be free at twenty-five; Mary, about 24, "a negro woman Slave" of Geo. W. F. McClure, who left his service 27 Dec. 1860 (order of Jan. 1861); Nat, about 18, emancipated by his "late Mistress" Mrs. Nancy McKenny (McKinney) by deed of 24 May 1860, recorded Feb. 1861.
4. Isaac Hooper heirs, Union Co. County Court Orders, 9 May 1859: Joseph, Harriet and her child, Henry, George, Isaac [?], Moses, Sam [?], Collins, Matilda and Mary, "descended" from Isaac Hooper's first wife to her children; and George and Malinda, divided "among the whole of said Defendants" as descended from the estate of their father Isaac Hooper.
Anne Elizabeth Whitaker, Lush Green Corner Genealogy, Dallas, Texas
Kentucky, Shelby County
ReplyDeleteEstate Inventory for Solomon B. Smith, 31 March 1828
Names of the enslaved:
Negro girl Fanny about 24 years old
Old Negro man Henry about 40 years
Mulatto girl named Jinny & her child Stafford, about 21
Boy Danl [Daniel] about 2 years old
Girl Luin day 37 years old
Boy Thomas 6 years old
Negro girl Milley 8 years old
Negro woman Lucy about 62 years old
Source: Kentucky, County Court (Shelby County), “Probate records, 1794-1913,” Bundle 7-8 1824-1832, will book 7, page 105-107, digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed 19 Sep 2021); FHL microfilm 259252, image 357-359 of 789.
KENTUCKY, Union County: Mills (1825-1862)
ReplyDelete1. Enslaved: names below (unnamed people by sex, age and color); [?] = uncertain reading.
2. Slaveholders: Lewis Mills, Joseph Mills, T. B. Mills, B. Mills and James Mills, Union Co..
3. Sources: Sacred Heart Church baptismal register.
4. Dates and places: St. Vincent, Union Co., Ky., 1825-1862.
Sacred Heart Church (St. Vincent), Union Co., Ky., baptismal register, 1825-1862: people recorded as "servants" of members of the Mills family, with the years they appear and their roles (baptized, parent, sponsor, godmother).
Lewis Mills: Milly (1825-1851; sponsor; parent), Thomas (1825-1851; sponsor; parent), Thos. (1825; sponsor), Alexander (1827; baptized as an adult), Maria (1833-1845; sponsor; godmother), [unnamed] (1835; sponsor), Tom (1835-1839; sponsor), Trecy (1839-1843; godmother), Teresa (1839-1842; godmother; parent), Mariah (1842; sponsor), Emma (1843-1846; godmother), Jacob (1843).
Joseph Mills: Betsy (1827; sponsor), Jane (1827; parent), Ann (1828-1830; parent; sponsor), Betty (1831-1837; parent; sponsor), Phil (1833; parent), Elizabeth (1839; parent).
T. B. Mills: Eliza (1835-1855; parent; godmother), Jim Turner (1837; parent), Elizabeth (1844; parent), Becca (1852; godmother), Rebecca (1853-1856; godmother), Teresa (1853; parent), Peter (1855), Leonard Payne (1857; parent), Margaret (1857; parent), Jerry (1857; parent), Leander (1859), Lend (1859; parent), Trecy (1860; godmother), [--]ace (first letters not legible on the copy) (1862; parent).
B. Mills: [unnamed father of Monica Ellen] (1854; parent), Monica Ellen (1854; baptized), Elizabeth (1858; godmother).
James Mills: Isabella (1861; godmother).
Children baptized, with their parents' enslavers as given: Anny Emma (1827; child of people enslaved by Lewis Mills), Daniel (1829; child of people enslaved by L. Mills), Christiana (1831; child of Thomas and Milly, enslaved by L. Mills), James H. (1831; child of Betty, enslaved by Joe Mills), Peter (1833; child of James, enslaved by John --, and Betty, enslaved by Joseph Mills), Matthew (1835; child of Thomas and Milly, enslaved by Lewis Mills), Levi Isadore (1835; child of Jim, enslaved by John Waller, and Betty, enslaved by Joseph Mills), Teress Ann (1835; child of James, enslaved by Ed Smith, and Eliza, enslaved by T.B. Mills), Martha Elizabeth (1837; child of James, enslaved by John Waller, and Betty, enslaved by Joseph Mills), --ernia (first letters not copied) (1839; child of Peter, enslaved by Dempsy Waller, and Maria, enslaved by Lewis Mills), Eliza Ann (1845; child of Maria, enslaved by Lewis Mills), Lewis (1853; child of Whitley, enslaved by Abner Davis, and Teresa, enslaved by T. B. Mills), James Ignatius (1857; child of Leonard Payne, enslaved by T.B. Mills, and Lucy Ellen, enslaved by J. Hite), Mary Elizabeth (1857; child of Jerry and Margaret, enslaved by T.B. Mills), Sarah Ann (1857; child of Jerry and Margaret, enslaved by T.B. Mills), Lender (1859; child of Lend, enslaved by T.B. Mills, and Lucy Ellen, enslaved by George Hite), Ignatius (1862; child of -ace, enslaved by T. B. Mills, and Fanny, enslaved by Richard Willett).
Source: The Baptismal register of Sacred Heart Church, Saint Vincent, Union County, Kentucky, 1818-1877, copied by Joseph E. Johnson (1983), FamilySearch Digital Library, http://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/264893.
Anne Elizabeth Whitaker, Lush Green Corner Genealogy, Dallas, Texas
Union County, Kentucky: death register, mortality schedules and court orders (1849-1861)
ReplyDelete1. Death register 1854-1856 (Betty J. Branson, Union County, Kentucky deaths 1852-1878 (1993), color "B"; name, age, "parents or owners", date): Sarah, 2 (F. P. Mitchell, d. 1854-08-12); Isaac, 33 (J. J. Williams, d. 1854-09-01); Edmund, 2 days ([blank], d. 1854-12-01); Philander, 2 days (John Hite, d. 1854-12-01); Leah, 100 (Ura Hopgood, d. 1854-12-10); Betty, 3 (William Robertson, d. 1855-02-18); Sarah, 3 (F. P. Mitchell, d. 1855-03-20); Peter, 11 (T. B. Mills, d. 1855-05-23); Hannah, 1 (Washington Abell, d. 1855-06-20); Ezekiel, 45 (William Sugg, d. 1855-07-01); Mary, 55 (E. L. Hamilton heirs, d. 1855-07-05); Rice, 1 month (Sarah Threlkeld, d. 1855-07-20); [boy, not named] (William Robertson, d. 1855-08-01); Ben, 40 (William Sugg, d. 1855-08-01); [not named] (R. S. & H. A. Palnik, d. 1855-08-02); Moses, 2 (F. P. Mitchell, d. 1855-08-06); Susan, 10 (Leonard Clements, d. 1855-08-12); Henry, 6 (Leonard Clements, d. 1855-08-19); Leanna, 6 (William Sugg, d. 1855-09-01); John, 2 months (R. B. Savage, d. 1855-11-01); Juda, 45 (John Duncan, d. 1855-11-20); Phebe, 70 (Judith Blackwell, d. 1855-11-20); Gibson, 33 (Josiah Williams, d. 1855-12-20); [not named], 23 (Isaac Hollingsworth, d. 1856-01-04); [not named] (John Finnie, d. 1856-01-15); [not named], 19 (T. B. Mills, d. 1856-02-01); [not named], 17 (George W. Nall, d. 1856-04-30); Ben, 24 (Philip Briscoe, d. 1856-08-06); [not named], 3 months (Thomas Blackwell, d. 1856-08-27); [not named], 3 weeks (James W. Drury, d. 1856-12-20).
2. U.S. census mortality schedules, Union Co., 1849-50 and 1859-60 (enslaved; enslaver given only where the schedule names one): (not named), 17 (Mrs. Hutchings [reading uncertain]) (1849-07); (not named), 1 (Mrs. Hutchings [reading uncertain]) (1849-07); (not named), 20 (E. H. Ewell) (1849-12); (not named), 1 (Jas. Dyer [reading uncertain]) (1850-01); Mary Ann, 13 (1850-05); Alfred (1859-06); Sam, 21 (1859-08); Gilbert (1859-09); George (1860-01); Mary, 1 (1860-01); Henry, 10 (1860-04); Lizzie, 18 (1860-04); Malzga [reading uncertain], 1 (1860-05).
3. Union Co. County Court Orders, v. F (FamilySearch DGS 8193435): Jake, "a slave," June 1859, who had in his care Ellen Carson, a free girl of color; Dick Ewell, a man of color, March 1860, son of Letty, "a woman" named in the 1823 will of Charles Ewell Jr. of Prince William Co., Va., whose increase was to be free at twenty-five; Mary, about 24, "a negro woman Slave" of Geo. W. F. McClure, who left his service 27 Dec. 1860 (order of Jan. 1861); Nat, about 18, emancipated by his "late Mistress" Mrs. Nancy McKenny (McKinney) by deed of 24 May 1860, recorded Feb. 1861.
4. Isaac Hooper heirs, Union Co. County Court Orders, 9 May 1859: Joseph, Harriet and her child, Henry, George, Isaac [?], Moses, Sam [?], Collins, Matilda and Mary, "descended" from Isaac Hooper's first wife to her children; and George and Malinda, divided "among the whole of said Defendants" as descended from the estate of their father Isaac Hooper.
Anne Elizabeth Whitaker, Lush Green Corner Genealogy, Dallas, Texas