Enslaved African Americans on the Sweet Briar Plantation
The
US Census contains information on age, gender, and, occasionally
occupation, but it does not provide proper names. One document that
dees contain names is Elijah Fletcher's Will, penned six years before
he died. In his will, Fletcher listed 67 individuals by name and
grouped some of them into families, listed below using the same
terminology employed by Elijah, e.g. "Edmund, Jane & their
children." After Elijah's death, the 1860 probate of his affairs
listed the division of enslaved families among three of his children.
Slaves Listed in Elijah Fletcher's 1852 Will
| Robin and Nancy
Lucy
Nancy
Matthew and Ida
Nancy Wyatt
Bob |
Edmund,
Jane & their children:
Horace, Celia, Sarah, Frances, Virginia, Delphina, Pleasant,
Geo. Washington, July, Emeline |
Robinson
Little Jane
Albert
Abraham
Becca |
| Jimbo and Nic
Caroline and Ellis |
Daniel
& his children:
Moses, Julia, Nicy, Bristol, Martha, Cary, Joe, Beverly,
Daniel Jr. |
Nancy Collins & Harriet
Archy and Rhoda |
| Ned,Pamelia
& their children:
Moses, Daniel, Archy, Edward, Alexander, Silla, Ellen |
Tom,
Hannah & their children:
Martha, Rachel, Anid, Mourning, Marshall, Isham |
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