Excluding slaves, the 1860 U.S. population was 27,167,529, with about 1 in 70 being a slaveholder. Slaves 100 years of age or older were supposed to be named on the 1860 slave schedule, but there were only 1,570 slaves of Click on "Selma" on this page to obtain a list of the microfilm of records from the Selma office, and then click on the microfilm you want to view it on familysearch.org (free site, but you will need to sign up for a username and password). I am looking for slave owners in Wilcox County, Alabama. https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7668/, In 1850 there were 7 slave owners named Taylor and 11 named Craig in Dallas County, AL. In 1848, state Democrats issued the Alabama Platform in response to the Wilmot Proviso, a piece of legislation that The digitized items are available via the Catalog. The information on surname matches of 1870 African Americans and 1860 slaveholders is intended merely to provide data A. You can not post a blank message. Chiefly nineteenth-century slave records for Alabama, many for Wilcox County, and to a lesser extent for North Carolina and Virginia. The plantation was started by Joseph Gee and passed to his nephews Sterling and Charles Gee upon his death, along with 47 slaves. An Some wear. Slaves sold by William Anderson to various Feb 1836. Young," is a researcher with the Alabama Black Lutheran Heritage Association. 100 years later, the County was listed as having 4,141 whites, about 39% less than 100 years earlier, while the 1960 total of The actual number of slaveholders may be slightly in the Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (Record Group 105) pertaining to Alabama and schools. 1870 census was obtained using Heritage Quest's CD "African-Americans in the 1870 U.S. Federal Census", available Wisdom enticed slaves in Dallas County to run away, meet him in Perry County, and go with him to Mississippi, where they worked in a lumber mill he operated. PLANTATION NAMES. (In almost all cases the slaves are listed only by gender, age, and color, not by name.). Chiefly nineteenth-century slave records for Alabama, many for Wilcox County, and to a lesser extent for North Carolina and Virginia. The 1860 U.S. Census Slave Schedules for Wilcox County, Alabama (NARA microfilm series M653, Roll 36) Slavery in Wilcox County, Alabama; Estate of William Fisher (died 1835); Green A. Fisher . This was a slavery stronghold. 9,581 slaves, or 54% of the County total. As a result of this re-prioritization of activities, you may experience a delay in receiving an initial acknowledgement as well as a substantive response to your reference request from RDT1. American Slavery: Slave Owners See: African American Resources>History & Culture > American Slavery > Slave Owners. Profiles should be added to the narrowest category possible, Wilcox County, Alabama, Slave Owners; People or pages in Alabama Slave Owners. enumerated in 1860 without giving their names, only their sex and age and indication of any handicaps, such as deaf or blind 23 pp. PURPOSE. the source or at the time of the source, with African American being used otherwise. (As a side note, by 1960, The county was a center of Alabama antebellum plantation life. The last U.S. census slave schedules were enumerated by County in 1860 and included 393,975 named persons holding 3,950,546 unnamed slaves, or an average of about ten slaves per holder. lower because some large holders held slaves in more than one County and they would have been counted as a separate In Alabama in 1860 there were 482 farms of Wilcox County, Alabama, January, 1852. To check a master surname list for other States and Counties, American Slavery: Slave Records By County See: African American Resources > History & Culture > American Slavery > Slave Records By County. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. This transcription lists the names of those largest slaveholders in the County, the number of slaves they held in source film personally to verify or modify the information in this transcription for their own purposes. Before presuming an African American was a slave on the 1860 census, the free census for 1860 should be checked, as census. Slaves deeded from George Anderson to son William Anderson Jun 1831. 1850 Slave Schedules Lowndes County (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($) 1860 Slave Schedules (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($) Mobile County, Alabama, September 1854 (but concerning an estate in Wilcox County). Particularly in the case of these larger slaveholders, the data seems to show in general not many freed slaves in 1870 were using the surname of their 1860 slaveholder. This is a mid-level category. can be difficult because the name of a plantation may have been changed through the years and because the sizeable number We also located 11 series in the Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (Record Group 105) pertaining to Alabama and schools. They transferred it to their relative, Mark Harwell Pettway, also a native of Halifax County North Carolina, in 1845 in order to settle a $29,000 debt. This transcription includes 139 slaveholders who held 36 or more slaves in Wilcox County, accounting for 9,581 slaves, or 54% of the County total. however, that in comparing census data for 1870 and 1960, the transcriber did not take into consideration any relevant Please turn JavaScript back on and reload this page. can be viewed to find out whether the ancestor was a holder of a fewer number of slaves or not a slaveholder at all. LARGEST SLAVEHOLDERS FROM 1860 SLAVE CENSUS SCHEDULES, SURNAME MATCHES FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS ON 1870 CENSUS. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and pursuant to guidance received from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), NARA has adjusted its normal operations to balance the need of completing its mission-critical work while also adhering to the recommended social distancing for the safety of NARA staff. There are 15 profiles on this category page. names of plantations in this County with the names of the large holders on this list should not be a difficult research task, but SURNAME MATCHES AMONG AFRICAN AMERICANS ON 1870 CENSUS: (exact surname spellings only are reported, no spelling variations or soundex), (SURNAME, # in US, in State, in County, born in State, born and living in State, born in State and living in County), RootsWeb is funded and supported by Wilcox County Courthouse Wilcox County was created by an act of the Alabama Territorial Legislature on December 13, 1819. these larger slaveholders, the data seems to show in general not many freed slaves in 1870 were using the surname of their (6,400%). In 1850, the slave census was also separate from the free census, but in earlier years it was a part of the free The Boykin Post Office was established in the community in 1949 and remains active, servicing the 36723 ZIP code. States that saw significant increases in colored 1,000 acres or more, the largest size category enumerated in the census, and another 1,359 farms of 500-999 acres. 4 Mar 2000 Wilcox County: Indenture from William B. Shields to Mary Ann Norris - Feb 1848 Wilcox County: Advertisement: Trustees Sale of Land and Negroes - Jun 1860 American Slavery: Underground Railroad . Bifolium. The information on surname matches of 1870 African Americans and 1860 slaveholders is intended merely to provide data for consideration by those seeking to make connections between slaveholders and former slaves. Smothers, another Black Belt returnee and genealogical researcher, the Black Belt African American Genealogical & Historical Society. Following the holder list is a separate list of the surnames of the holders It was formed from Monroe and Dallas Counties with an area of 940 square miles or 576,000 acres. Slavery is most often studied from the point-of-view of the slaveholder, since written records are numerous. Plantation names were not shown on the census. Where did freed Alabama slaves go if they did not stay in Alabama? transcriber did not notice any such slaves named in this county. Best of luck with your research! It was twelve years after twelve years after the first group of candidates ran for office and thirteen years after the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 before the first African Americans were elected in Wilcox County Alabama.