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The Lost
Colony Research Group
Genealogy ~ DNA ~ Archaeology
Newsletter
May 2012
Anson County, NC. 1790 Census
- All Other Free
In
the January 2012 newsletter, we published the extracted records for Hyde,
Onslow and Robeson Counties. In February, for Tyrrell. The records for
Beaufort, Carteret, Chowan, Craven, Currituck, Dobbs, Edgecombe, Gates,
Halifax, Bertford, Hyde, Jones, Martin, Northampton, Pasquotank,
Perquimans and Pitt Counties can be found at the following link: http://www.coastalcarolinaindians.com/research/FPC-1790Census.htm
This
table shows the Anson County families that include free people of color.
|
Last |
First |
Free
white
males 16+ |
Free
white <16 |
Free
white
females |
all other
free |
Salves |
|
Bass |
Frederick
Jr. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
|
Wynn |
Zachariah |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
Demery |
Allen |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
|
|
Brown |
Morgan |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
|
Bass |
Frederick |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
Bass |
Frederick
Sr. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
|
|
Jones |
Abraham |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
|
|
Clark |
Joseph |
1 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
Bladen County, NC 1790 Census
- All Other Free
The
Bladen County census taker in 1790 grouped the heads of household that
were free colored at the end of the census. Unfortunately, this removes
any ability to see proximity in the community to neighbors. On the list
below, all of the individuals whose household included "all other
free" were enumerated in the normal method, but beginning with John
Blanks, the rest were grouped at the end.
|
Last |
First |
Free
white
males 16+ |
Free
white <16 |
Free
white
females |
all other
free |
Salves |
| Singletery |
Joseph |
3 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
12 |
| Chessur |
Richard |
1 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
|
| Green |
Betty |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
| Smith |
Eley |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
| Wilson |
Edward |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
| Anderson |
Cather |
4 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
12 |
| Blanks |
John |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
|
| Best or West |
Will |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
| Cavers |
John |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
| Cavers |
Rasmus |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
| Cavers |
Gehoy |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
|
| More |
James |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
| Demery |
John |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
|
| Cavers |
Mary |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
| Melchel |
William |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
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North and South Carolina 1790
Census
Paul
Heinegg has done it again. For all of his selfless work, he gets a special
genealogist blessing in Heaven! This time, he has listed all of the free
persons of color in the 1790 SC census. His list can be found here:
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/1790SCc.htm
And
here is his list for the NC 1790 census.
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/1790NCa.htm
Thanks
to Kay Lynn Sheppard and Joy King for finding these resources and passing
them on. I can stop extracting now since Paul has already done it for us!
Unfortunately,
the Virginia census for 1790 was destroyed.
However,
Paul has perused tax lists for each county to attempt to obtain the same
type of information. His results can see found here:
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/colonial.htm
Native
Heritage Project - Roll Call - Beaufort County
Thanks
to Kay Lynn Sheppard for extracting this information from her reference
books.
Source:
Beaufort Co., NC Deed Book 1, 1696-1729—Records of Bath County, North
Carolina by Allen Hart Norris
Page
15 (Item #36) – [no date] Lords Proprietors grant a survey to Capt.
Nicholas Thomas Jones for 1900 acres for transporting 38 persons. [Among
those listed were] Betty an Indian woman, Ann a Mustee, Peter an Indian.
Page
16 (Item #37) – [July 1, 1702] Cornelius Benington of Albemarle Co.
appoints his friend Thomas Lepper of Pamtico, Bath Co., his attorney, to
get from James Welsh of Bath Co. a barrel of pork or the value in skins
now due unto him, by this Indian. [I’m assuming that James Welsh is the
Indian.]
Page
33 (Item 181) [Sept. 10, 1707] – Bath County. Tobias Knight an Indian,
aged 12 years, of his own free will apprenticed himself to Charles Hopton
until he is age 21. At age 17 he is to have cows and calves good and
merchantable. At age 21 he is to have 2 good sows and pigs. /s/ Tobias
Knight [T] The Indian.
Page
47 (Item 281) – [July 6, 1709] Robert Daniel of Bath Co. to Martha
Wainwright for 5 shillings current money of NC and for love and affection
delivers to Martha an Indian man named Guy, 3 negro men named Frank,
George and Wan, a mustee woman named Diana, and negro woman named Maria
Ibid
(Item #282) – [July 6, 1709] Robert Daniel to Martha Wainwright for 5
shillings current money of NC and for the love and affection for my
daughter Sarah born of the body of Martha, 3 negro men named Dego, Gratia,
and Tom, an Indian man named Clytus, an Indian woman named Die.
Ibid
(Item 283) – [July 6, 2709] Robert Daniel of Bath Co., NC to Martha
Wainwright for 5 shillings current money of NC and love & affection
for my daughter Martha born of the body of Martha Wainwright, sell negro
men Pompey, Peter, and Caesar, negro woman Kate & Indian man Cyrus.
Source:
In the Name of God, Amen! Abstracts of Hyde Co., NC Wills; Probate
1709-1775 by Ellen A. Williams
Page 8-9 – Cornelius Bell’s will dated Aug. 26, 1729 & probated
at Dec. Court 1729. Several bequests at the beginning of the will and then
he gives his wife one Indian girl called Hanah.
Angel Awards
By
Roberta Estes
Angel
awards are given where there is a particularly unpleasant, taxing or
important job that needs to be done and someone steps up to the plate and
does it. I have three angel halos to bestow. I am forever grateful to our
volunteers!
Kay
Lynn Sheppard - Kay Lynn has been an exceptional resource to me over and
over again, but a few months ago, she really stepped up to the plate and
helped me reorganize the Hatteras Neighborhood project. This document is
over 450 pages in length and over 20 meg in size. We can't e-mail it, it's
so large. Kay Lynn added quite a bit of historical information to it as
she reorganized it for me as well. This document holds data for each of
the Hatteras families, such as deeds, wills, census records and
more.
Cathy
Roberts - Cathy has made three mercy runs for me. The first was to the
State archives where she discovered that the building she needed to visit
was closed. Thankfully, my work was not the only reason she went to
Raleigh! More recently, she went to Bertie County and photographed some
deeds I desperately needed for the Tuscarora work I'm doing. In addition,
she has been working at the archives with the Tyrrell County records on
slaves and free people of color, and she has sorted out the free people of
color records and sent them to me. As we know, Indians often show up as
mulatto or free people of color.
Jennifer
Sheppard - Jennifer also made a trip to Bertie County for me. She made
photocopies of deeds that I couldn't read from the photographs. You know,
one way or another, we'll get these records that we so desperately need.
Soon,
you'll see the results of this research in an upcoming newsletter. Between
the efforts of all of us, we get a little closer every day to finding the
descendants of colonists and better understanding the history of eastern
North Carolina in the process.
What
an educational journey this has been!
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