WALDEN FAMILY

The Waldens may have descended from the family of William Walden, a tithable in Surry County, Virginia in 1687 [DW 3:5]. The origin of the family is probably lost in the order books for Surry County which are missing for the years 1719 to 1741. One early ancestor of the family probably married a member of the Chavis family.

 

Members of the family living in Southside Virginia about 1750 were

i. Matthew¹, born say 1718, a defendant in Surry County court in May 1750 [Orders 1749-51, 91] and a defendant in Brunswick County court in April 1755. He sued William Randle in Brunswick County court in June 1758 for £2.4 with John Walden (his brother?) as his witness [Orders 1753-6, 396; 1757-9, 203]. He died before 26 April 1762 when the inventory of his Brunswick County estate totaled £22 and included a horse, 3 head of cattle, 14 hogs, and carpenter's tools [WB 4:383].

1     ii. John Chavis¹ Walden, born say 1720.

2     iii. William¹, born say 1727.

3     iv. Elizabeth, born say 1728.

4     v. David, born say 1735.

vi. Frederick, born say 1736, sued by Ann Flood in Surry County court with David Deboricks (Debrix) as his security on 17 October 1758 [Orders 1757-63, 131].

 

1.    John Chavis¹ Walden, born say 1720, was called John Charvis in July 1745 when John Meally sued him in Surry County, court. He was called John Chevas alias Walden when the case was dismissed because he had left the county [Orders 1744-8, 71, 130]. He was living in Southampton County on 9 November 1749 when the churchwardens bound out his unnamed son, "a mulatto of John Walden a poor child according to law" [Orders 1749-54, 22]. He was in Brunswick County, Virginia, in June 1758 when he gave testimony in the suit of (his brother?) Matthew Walden against William Randle [Orders 1757-59, 203]. The inventory of John Chavis Walden's estate, presented in Brunswick County on 25 September 1761, totaled £10 and included a mare, a colt, hogs, and carpenter's tools [WB 4:265]. His children may have been

5     i. John Chavis² Walden, born say 1742.

ii. Bartholomew Chavis Walden, born say 1748, called Batt C. Walden in 1782 when he was taxable on 60 acres in Dinwiddie County and called Batt Chavis when he sold this land in 1787 [Land Tax List 1782-1814, 1787 Alterations]. He was taxable in Dinwiddiie County on 3 horses and 2 cattle in 1783 and 1787 (called Batt Chavies). In 1788 he was called Batt Chavis when he was taxable on 2 horses in Wood Tucker's District, and on 23 May 1788 he was called Batt Walden when he and Isham Walden listed their taxable property in William Watts's District, but the entry was crossed out and the same property was listed in Watts's District for Batt Chavis (2 horses), Isham Chavis (a horse) and Robert Chavis three days later on 26 May. He was taxable as Batt Walden in 1791, Batt Chavis in 1793 and Bartholomew Walden from 1795 to 1799 [PPTL, 1782-90, (1783, p.41), (1787 A, p.4; B, p.16) (1788 A, p.4, B, pp.5, 17); 1791-9, (1791 A, p.20), (1793 B, p.4), (1794 A, p.21), (1795 B, p.21), (1796 B, p.21), (1797 B, p.20), (1798 A, p.18), (1799 A, p.18)]. He was called Batt Waldane when he sued Micajah Harris for trespass, assault and battery in Dinwiddie County court in March 1790 [Orders 1789-91, 187].

6     iii. Isham, born about 1761.

iv. Benjamin, married Lucy Blizzard in Southampton County on 28 August 1782, Mr. John Meglamor minister [Judgment Papers 1777-83, frame 788]. He was sued by Thomas Goodrum for £7 damages in Greensville County court on 22 July 1784 [Orders 1781-9, 144].

v. Robert¹, born about 1764, enlisted for 4 years as a substitute in the Revolution from Dinwiddie County on 29 June 1782 and was sized the same day: age 28, 4'11" high, yellow complexion, a farmer, born in Dinwiddie County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.91)], called Robert Chavis when he was listed as a tithable in Dinwiddie County with Batt and Isham Chavis in 1788, called Robert Walden in 1789 [PPTL, 1782-90 (1788 B, p.5), (1789 A, p.21)], apparently identical to Robert W. Chavers who received bounty land for his service in the Revolution, enlisted for 3 years on 3 June 1782 according to his discharge on 2 November 1784 [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Chavers, Robert W., Digital Collection, LVA].

 

2.    William¹ Walden, born say 1727, was called a "Mulatto" on 17 November 1747 when he was presented by the Surry County, Virginia court for "Profane Swearing" [Orders 1744-53, 391]. He was sued for a debt of £2 in the Surry County court on 17 September 1755 [Orders 1751-57, 287]. He was married before 21 November 1758 when he was presented by the court:

Against...Wm Walden...David Walden...for each and every of them not listing their wife's according to law supposing the said persons to be Mulattoes [Orders 1757-64, 135].

He received a patent for 43 acres on the south side of Cypress Swamp in Surry County on 11 July 1761 and a patent for 27 acres on 7 August 1761 [Patents 33:1040; 34:924]. On 14 June 1762 he sold the 43 acres to David Debrix, and the following day his wife Sarah relinquished her dower rights to this land in the Surry County court. He was called William Walden, carpenter, on 21 December 1762 when he purchased 194 acres adjoining his land [DB 8:129, 151]. His 8 February 1775 will, proved 27 June 1775 in Surry County, left 221 acres of land to his wife Sarah and at her death to his three sons: William, Michael, and Drury. It also named his son John and daughters Priscilla and Elender [WB 10:405-7].

Sarah Walden was taxable in Surry County from 1782 to 1787: taxable on a slave named Glasgow in 1782; taxable on slaves Sarah and Nanny in 1788, taxable on slave Aggy in 1791, taxable on a horse from 1792 to 1798 [PPTL, 1782-90, frames 359, 380, 390, 482; 1791-1816, frames 69, 275, 308] and taxable on 147 acres from 1782 to 1787 [Land Tax List . She was deceased by 1814 when her estate was taxable [Land Tax List 1782-1820]. On 27 March 1783 the Surry court released her from paying taxes on "Betty, her Negro slave" [Orders 1775-85, 225]. William and Sarah Walden had

7     i. William², born say 1755.

ii. Micajah¹, born say 1757, married Martha Franklin who was the heir of Charles and Ambrose Franklin who died in the service during the Revolutionary War [NCGSJ III]. Micajah was in the 15 March 1780 return of troops for Northampton County, North Carolina [Troop Returns, Box 6, Folder 11] and received voucher no. 5909 for £6 in Halifax District for his military services to the Revolution [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, http://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-GR5T, Walden, Micajah]. He was head of a Northampton County household of 5 "other free" in 1790 and 8 "other free" and a slave in 1800. His will, proved in December 1806 in Northampton County, left 94 acres of land in Northampton County to his wife Martha and William³ Walden and left land in Surry County, Virginia, to his brother Drury [WB 2:575]. Drury Walden, as executor, collected debts of 7 shillings from Joel Newsom, £13 from James Keemer, £15 from Noah Franklin, £7 from Harwood Dukes, and £1 from Drury Walden [North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998, Northampton County, ancestry.com (database on-line)]. Martha's Northampton County will, proved in March 1808, named her son Noah Franklin and cousins Martha and Margaret James [WB 2:597].

8     iii. John¹, born say 1758.

9     iv. Dolly, born December 1761.

10   v. Drury¹, born about 1762.

vi. Priscilla, born say 1764, perhaps the Siller Walden who married Matthew Stewart, 25 February 1799 Mecklenburg County, Virginia bond, William Chandler security.

vii. Elender, born say 1767.

viii. Rebecca, born say 1769, "daughter of William Walden," married William Cypress, 30 December 1785 Surry County Virginia bond.

 

3.    Elizabeth Walding, born say 1728, was presented by the Surry County, Virginia court on 16 April 1746 for living in adultery with James Evans, and on 18 June 1746 the court ordered the churchwardens of Albemarle Parish to bind out her "base born child" Mary (no race indicated) as an apprentice to William Thompson [Orders 1744-49, 166, 175]. By 22 July 1747 the sheriff reported to the court that she was not to be found in the county [Orders 1744-49, 354]. She may have moved to Isle of Wight County where a month later on 13 August 1747 the court ordered the churchwardens of Nottoway Parish to bind out (her daughter?) Elizabeth Walden [Orders 1746-52, 37]. Elizabeth may have been the ancestor of

i. Mary, born say 1745.

ii. Elizabeth, born say 1747.

11   iii. Milly, born say 1758.

12   iv. Martha¹, born say 1762.

v. Lewis, an illegitimate "Molatto" child living in Orange County, Virginia, on 26 January 1775 when the court ordered the churchwardens of St. Thomas's Parish to bind him out [Orders 1769-77, 348].

 

4.    David Walden, born say 1735, a "Mulatto," was married before 21 November 1758 when he was presented by the Surry County court for failing to pay tax on his wife [Orders 1757-64, 135]. He may have been the David Walden who purchased 124 acres on Occoneechee Swamp in Northampton County, North Carolina, on 19 February 1796 for £60 and sold this land on 4 September 1798 [DB 10:213, 316]. He purchased 202 acres adjoining his land on 2 December 1798 for £50, sold this land on 4 September 1799 for £31 [DB 10:396, 491] and was head of a Moore County household of 1 "other free" in 1800 [NC:59]. His children may have been

i. Stephen¹, born say 1758, head of a Surry County household of 1 person in 1782, called a "Mulatto" in 1784 [Virginia, Surry County, public records, Census of persons and buildings; http://familysearch.org/search/film/004131664, frames 24, 34 of 49] and taxable in Surry County from 1782 to 1787 [PPTL, 1782-90, frames 354, 370, 398, 461]. He married Ann Bartel of Sussex County, 5 December 1784 Surry County bond, David Debrix surety. He was probably deceased by 1788 when Ann Walding was taxable on a horse in Surry County [PPTL, 1782-90, frame 482]. He may have been the Stephen Walden who died before 14 May 1791 when the Warren County court granted administration on his estate to John Harris in right of his unnamed wife. John (Chavis?) Walden was a buyer at the sale of the estate which totalled £38 [WB 5:257; 6:82; Minutes 1787-93, 176]. John Harris was head of a Warren County household of 6 "other free" in 1790 [NC:77].

13   ii. Drury², born about 1765.

14   iii. Sampson, born say 1766.

iv. Abel, born say 1770, a "poor infant" ordered bound apprentice in Surry County on 23 May 1775 [Orders 1775-85, 8].

 

5.    John Chavis² Walden, born say 1742, was taxable on 125 acres in Dinwiddie County in 1782 [Land Tax List 1782-1814]. He purchased 70 acres in Warren County, North Carolina, on the east side of Causeway Branch on 23 April 1782 and purchased 125 acres on the west side of Smith's Creek in Warren County for £40 on 27 February 1783. He sold (signing) the 125 acres for £50 on 1 November 1785 [DB 8:13, 93, 347]. He was taxable on 460 acres and 1 poll in Warren County in 1784 and taxable on 75 acres and no polls in 1786 [Tax List 1781-1801, 81, 119]. He purchased three tracts of land in Mecklenburg County, Virginia: 400 acres joining the Warren County line on 26 December 1785 for £120, a 1-1/5 acre lot on the south bank of the Roanoke River on the west side of the road leading to Christopher Haskins's ferry on 9 July 1792 for £12, and 110 acres on the Warren County line and the head branches of Cotton Creek for £55 on 8 January 1795 [DB 6:529; 8:149, 485]. He was taxable on 3 horses and 9 cattle in Mecklenburg County in 1787; taxable on William Kersey's tithe in 1788; taxable on slaves Pompey and Tiller in 1790; and on John Walden, Jr., in another list for 1790; on John Walden and Robert Corn in 1791; on his son Jarrell in 1795 and 1796; and taxable on son John and slaves Patty, Milly, Amy, Mary & Hannah in 1805 and 1806 [PPTL 1782-1805, frames 255, 333, 360, 416, 584, 604, 1095; 1806-28, frame 20]. He was called John C. Walden in August 1793 when the Warren County court ordered the tax collector to pay him £67 for building and keeping in repair the bridge across Palmer's Mill Pond, and on 27 August 1793 he was called John Walden of Mecklenburg County, Virginia, when he and John Birchett of Warren County posted a bond for £200 to insure their keeping the bridge in repair for seven years [Warren County Minutes 1793-1800, 15; WB 6:252]. He (signing) and his wife Rebecca sold 400 acres where he was then living in Mecklenburg County on 3 February 1797, sold 60 acres at the head of Cotton Creek on 11 March 1797, and sold 50 acres on the county line to Susanna Mayo on 25 December 1797 with Moses Stewart and Charles Durham as witnesses [DB 9:218, 219, 431-2]. He owned land in Chatham County before May 1785 when he was among the freeholders ordered by the court to work on one of the county roads [Minutes 1781-85, 109b]. On 20 July 1800 he was called John C. Walden of Chatham County when he purchased 172 acres in Randolph County on Brush Creek, and on 27 February 1805 he bought another 170 acres on Flat Creek in Randolph County which he sold to his son William on 1 September 1810 [DB 8:174; 11:110; 12:97]. In the Tuesday, November 1819 session of the Chatham County court, a bond from him and John Farrar for building a bridge and keeping it in repair for seven years was returned, and the court ordered the county treasurer to pay him $33 for building the bridge across Hughs's Creek on the road leading from Ramsey's Mills on Deep River to Fayetteville. He was head of a Warren County household of 10 "other free" in 1800 [NC:837] (perhaps the John Walden who was head of a Chatham County household of 12 "other free" in 1800), 4 "other free" and a slave in 1810 [NC:747] and 6 "free colored" in Chatham County in 1820 [NC:202]. He transferred 100 acres to his son Bartley Walden by deed proved in Chatham County court on Tuesday, November 1819 and to (his son-in-law) Wiley Jean by deed proved in Chatham County court on Tuesday, February 1821. His 12 September 1829 Chatham County will, recorded November 1829, named his wife Rebecca and thirteen children to whom he left 514 acres in Chatham and Randolph counties [WB B:170]. The will also named his granddaughter Lucy Scott, probably the Lucy Walden who married Abraham Scott, 22 October 1822 Wake County bond. John Chavis Walden's children were

15   i. Eaton, born about 1767.

ii. Mary/Polly, born say 1769, married Moses Stewart, 20 December 1788 Mecklenburg County bond with a note from the bride's father "John Cha. Walden," her brother Eaton Walden surety. Moses was head of a Randolph County, North Carolina household of 10 "other free" in 1800 [NC:341].

16   ii. John², born say 1774.

iv. ?Robert², born say 1775, (not mentioned in John Chavis Walden's will, perhaps he predeceased him), sued for a debt of £3 due by account in Mecklenburg County on 8 June 1795 [Orders 1792-5, 465], taxable in Mecklenburg County adjacent to John, Jarrell, and Eaton Walden in 1796 and 1799 [PPTL 1782-1805, frame 593]. He was probably one of John Chavis Walden's tithables since the Mecklenburg County court ordered that he work on the road from Burton's road to Haskins Ferry on 8 April 1799 [Orders 1798-1801, 151]. He married Elizabeth Evans, 15 February 1813 Wake County bond, Andrew Peddy bondsman. Jesse Walden was charged with Robert's Wake County tax in 1820 [CR 99.252], and a Robert Walden was also counted in Chatham County, head of a household of 10 "free colored" in 1820, living next to Jarrel Walden [NC:211].

17   v. James¹, born say 1776.

18   vi. Jarrel, born say 1777.

19   vii. William⁴, born say 1779.

viii. Rhoda, born say 1782, married ____ Chavis.

ix. Lucy, born say 1785, called the "consort of Willie Jean" in her father's will. Willie Jean was probably related to John Jean, born before 1776, a "Negro" head of a Guilford County household of 4 "free colored" in 1830.

x. Bartley, born before 1799, listed as an insolvent taxpayer in Chatham County in the Tuesday, August 1819 session. He received 100 acres from his father by deed proved in Chatham County in the Tuesday, February 1821 court session. He married Matilda McBain, 10 December 1829 Orange County, North Carolina bond, posting his own bond. He sold land by deed proved in the Tuesday, November 1835 session of the Chatham County court and moved to Owen County, Indiana, by 19 May 1836 when he married Lucy Walden [Book B:35]. He was head of a Washington Township, Owen County, Indiana household of 4 "free colored" in 1840 [OWEN:33].

xi. Stephen³, born say 1787, one of the freeholders of Chatham County ordered by the court to work on the road from Little Lick Creek to the Moore County line in the Tuesday, August 1823 session. The Thursday, May 1829 session of the Chatham County court ordered that he be paid $30 for building the bridge across Lick Creek near William Hinton's, and the Tuesday, November 1829 session ordered that he be paid $60 when he returned his bond for building the bridge. A deed of trust between him, Isham Rosser and Thompson Lawrence was proved in Chatham County in the Tuesday, May 1832 session, and he purchased land by deed proved in the Tuesday, May 1833 session. He was named as executor of the Chatham County will of Anthony Evans, but he was living in Indiana when the will was probated by John Dungill in the Wednesday, August 1835 session.

xii. Elizabeth, married ____ Simpson.

xiii. Sarah, married ____ Stewart.

xiv. Anna, perhaps the Ann Walden who was head of a Chatham County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [NC:209].

 

6.    Isham Chavis Walden, born about 1761, was taxable on a horse in Dinwiddie County from 1782 to 1799: called Isham Walding in 1782 and 1784, called Isham Chavis in 1787 and 1788, called Isham Walden from 1789 to 1800 and in 1801 when he was counted as a "free Negro" and called "free" Isham Chavis when he was taxable in 1804 [PPTL, 1782-90 (1782 A, p.18), (1784, p.25), (1787 B, p.2) (1788 B, p.5), (1789 A, p.21); 1791-9, (1791 A, pp. 4, 20), (1795 B, p.21), (1797 B, p.20), (1798 A, p.18), (1799 A, p.19); 1800-9, (1800 B, p.23), (1801 B, p.25), (1804 a, p.4)]. Isham Walden was taxable in Petersburg on 2 tithes and 2 horses in 1802 and 1803 [PPTL 1800-33, frames 59, 88]. He married Amy before 23 July 1798 when she registered in Petersburg: a yellow brown Mulatto woman, twenty two years old in November last, five feet one and 1/2 inches high, Bushy Hair, born free & raised in the County of Dinwiddie [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 142]. Isham Walden, a carpenter, Amy his wife (age 35), William Walden (age 22) and Herbert Walden (age 2) were in the list of free people of color in Petersburg in 1803 [List of People of Color in Petersburg 1803, African American Narrative Digital Collection, LVA]. Amy was head of a Petersburg household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [VA:123b]. Isham may have been the father of

i. Martha²/ Patty, mother of Anna Waldane who was bound out by the Dinwiddie County court in July 1789. Ann may have been identical to "free" Ann Chavis who was taxable on a slave in Dinwiddie County in 1804. Martha may have also been the mother of Stephen Waldane who was ordered bound out in Dinwiddie County in June 1789 [Orders 1789-91, 48, 55]. Stephen and Boswell Walden were "free Negro" taxables in Dinwiddie County in 1815 [PPTL, 1800-9; 1815-19, list A, p.16].

ii. William, born about 1781, over the age of 16 when he was listed in Isham Walden's Dinwiddie County household in 1800 and 1801. He was taxable in Petersburg in 1803 [PPTL 1800-33, frame 94]. He may have been the "free" William Chavis who was called the "school master" when he was taxable in Dinwiddie County in 1804 [PPTL, 1800-19 (1800 A, p.21)].

iii. Harbert¹, born say 1782, over the age of 16 when he was listed in Isham Walden's Dinwiddie County household in 1800 and 1801 [PPTL 1800-19 (1800 A, p.21)], taxable in Petersburg in 1804 [PPTL 1800-33, frame 126].

 

7.    William² Walden (William¹), born say 1755, married Priscilla Banks, daughter of John Banks, 2 February 1778 Surry County bond. He was taxable in Surry County in 1782 on 74 acres, the land he was to inherit upon the death of his mother, and he was taxable on his person from 1783 to 1796. His wife Priscilla was listed in his stead in 1797, taxable for Wright Walden who was probably their oldest son [PPTL, 1782-90, frames 367, 390, 482, 607; 1791-1816, frames 19, 119, 171, 245, 275, 308, 349, 388, 428, 466, 504, 546, 578, 602, 618, 640, 659]. He died about 1797 when the Surry County property tax alterations recorded the transfer of 74 acres from William Walden, deceased, to Sarah Walden. Priscilla was a "Molatto" weaver living on her own land in Surry County in 1803 with (her sister-in-law) Dolly Walden, (her son) John Walden, and her children Polly, Nancy, and Claiborn Walden [A List of Molatto's in Surry County in the Year 1803, http://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1468651, film no. 4121845, frame 9 of 16]. In 1820 she was taxable in Surry County on a free tithe [PPTL, 1817-1848] and head of a household of 4 "free colored." William and Priscilla had

20   i. Wright, born about 1780.

21   ii. William³, born about 1782.

22   iii. John³, born about 1783.

 iv. Jesse¹, born say 1787, married Milley Stewart, 6 April 1805 Mecklenburg County, Virginia bond, Frederick Ivy security. He was taxable in Mecklenburg County in 1806 [PPTL, 1782-1805, frame 21], taxable in Surry County, Virginia, from 1809 to 1816: called a "M"(ullato) in 1810; listed with 3 "free Negroes & Mulattoes above the age of 16" in 1813, 2 of whom were free males [PPTL, 1791-1816, frames 659, 678, 716, 761] and head of a Surry County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:619]. He may have been the Jesse Walden whose will was proved on 20 November 1838 in Putnam County, Indiana [WB PA:574]. He left 80 acres of land valued at $750 to his wife Elizabeth and their children: William M., Rachel Ann, Elizabeth Jane, John S, Palmilea E., and an infant.

v. Polly, born say 1790, married Major Debrix, 18 March 1814 Surry County bond, Nicholas Scott, surety. Her illegitimate child Elizabeth Walden, born before her marriage to Major, registered in Surry County on 23 April 1827: daughter of Polly Debereaux who was formerly Polly Walden...is upwards of 21 years old as appears from a certificate from Mary Deboreax, well made...5'6" high [Surry County Register, p.148].

vi. Nancy, born about 1791, registered in Surry County on 3 June 1817: a Mulattoe Woman about 26 year old is 5'5-3/8" high...long bushy hair, is the daughter of Priscilla Walden [Surry County Register, p.105].

vii. Claiborne (apparently an illegitimate son of Priscilla), born in April 1800, registered on 25 November 1822: Willis Claiborne Walden, son of Priscilla Walden of this County aged 21 years last April is 5'7-1/2" high, of yellow complexion [Surry County Register, p.126].

 

8.    John¹ Walden (William¹), born say 1758, may have been identical to John Waldon who was a taxable "Molato" in John Hutson's Bladen County household in 1770 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, I:34]. H. Montfort received his final pay of £20 for his service in the North Carolina Continental Line [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVII:256]. He was called John Walden of Northampton County on 30 August 1783 when he received voucher no. 9036 for £4 in Halifax District for military services in the Revolution [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, http://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-GT24, Walden, John]. He was head of a household of 7 in Captain Winborne's District, Northampton County, North Carolina, for the 1786 state census and head of a Northampton County household of 7 "other free" and a slave in 1790 [NC:73]. In December 1788 he was administrator of the Northampton County estate of Charles Byrd. Drury Walden, Ruth Byrd and Nathan Byrd were buyers at the sale of the estate [Ancestry.com. North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998 (database on-line)]. On 19 February 1791 he purchased a mare and household items from Elisha Daughtry in Northampton County for 1,000 weight of tobacco, and on 1 January 1796 he purchased a mare, colt and household furniture from Batt Chavis and Aaron Hathcock, with Nathan Byrd and Charity Chavis as witnesses [DB 9:145; 11:42]. He died before 7 June 1796 when his wife Winnifred Walden was granted administration on his Northampton County estate [Minutes 1792-6, 240]. By 6 February 1802 she had married Moses Newsom who was named as the representative for the estate in the account of sales. In 1798 the estate paid debts of £4 to Mike Walden, £1 to Batt Chavis and £1 to Benjamin James. The six legatees were entitled to £28.13 each [CR 71.508.24]. Winnifred Newsom left a 4 November 1807 Northampton County will, proved in December 1807, by which she gave part of her land to Harwood Dukes in return for his lending money to her son by her previous marriage Harwood Walden, and she gave Harwood Walden the remainder of her land. She also divided four head of cattle among the unnamed children of Howell Wade and Joel Newsom and made small bequests to her daughter Penny Newsom and granddaughters Winnie Walden and Lucy Newsom [WB 2:353]. Their children were

i. Harwood, born before 1776, head of a Northampton County household of 7 "other free" in 1800, 8 "other free" and a white woman in 1810 [NC:751], 6 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:266], and 11 "free colored" in 1830. He received £42 as his legacy from his father's estate on 21 February 1806, paid by Moses Newsom, the administrator [North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998, Northampton County, Estate Records, Vol. 158, Newsom, Moses, Ancestry.com]. In 1807 he was executor of the estate of Philip Byrd who named Harriet Walden, perhaps Harwood's wife, in his will [WB 2:363]. He owed Cary Whitaker $102 on 9 November 1812 when Harwood made a deed of trust to Harwood Dukes for 100 acres to secure the bond [DB 16:160].

ii. Sarah, died before 1808 when Drury Walden was executor of her estate. The estate paid Harwwood Walden £18 for keeping Sarah's orphans Dorothy and John Walden. In 1808 the estate was credited with £28.13 from John Walden's estate [CR 71.508.24].

iii. Penny Newsom, perhaps the wife of Joel Newsom. On 27 December 1806 Joel was paid £8.12.10, "being his part of the estate due him of William Walden's estate," and another £4.15.11 as "his wife's legacy" by the estate of Moses Newsom, deceased, who had been administrator of John Walden's estate [Ancestry.com. North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998 (database on-line)]. It is likely that there was an error in the accounts, and Moses Newsom's estate paid Joel his legacy from John Walden's estate rather than William Walden's.

iv. a daughter, married Howell Wade who was paid a legacy of £8.12.10 on 15 February 1806 and £43.4 on 3 September 1806 by the estate of Moses Newsom (whose accounts also included items from his administration of the estate of John Walden) [North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998, Northampton County; ancestry.com (database on-line)]. Howell was head of a Northampton County household of 7 "other free" in 1800 [NC:485], 7 in 1810 [NC:751], and 8 "free colored" in Halifax County in 1820.

 

9.   Dolly Walden, born in December 1761, registered in Surry County on 22 May 1800: a Mulatto Woman a daughter of William Walden late of this county is of a bright Complexion...5'4" high aged about 38 last December [Surry County Register, p.117] and was head of a Petersburg household of 3 "free colored" in 1830. Her child was

i. Matilda, born in November 1803, registered in Surry County on 22 May 1820: a Mulatto Woman of rather a dark Complexion for a Mulatto a daughter of Dolly Walden...5'2-3/4" high, aged about 17 years last November [Register of Free Negroes, no. 118].

 

10.    Drury¹ Walden (William¹), born about 1762, was a Revolutionary War pensioner [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XXII:91]. He was a private and musician [DAR, Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution, 588]. He made a declaration (signing) in Northampton County court to obtain a pension on 4 September 1832. He stated that he was born in Surry County, Virginia, in 1762 and was living in Bute County in 1779 when he was called into the service. He served as a musician for 5 months in Captain Allen's Company of the 4^th North Carolina Regiment commanded by Colonel Eaton, then 3 months in the Commissary General's Department and then as a private in Captain Kidd's North Carolina Militia in Halifax County as a substitute for Edward Jackson. He marched to Augusta on his first tour and on his second tour made gun carriages for the cannon and canteens for the soldiers, so he was probably a carpenter like his father. He married Elizabeth Harris in 1780 in Northampton County. William Hardee, a clergyman, testified that Drury "was for years a preacher of the Gospel of Jesus Christ." Charles R. Kee, executor of Drury's will, testified that:

no man; no, not Jas K. Polk himself, is of better moral character [NARA, R.11014, M804, roll 2471, frame 456 of 1334].

He was taxable in Warren County in the same district as John Chavis Walden in 1786 [Tax List 1781-1801, 119], head of a Northampton County household of 8 other free in 1790 [NC:73], 9 in 1800 [NC:483], 12 in 1810 [NC:752], 11 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:266], and 4 "free colored" in 1830. He purchased 173 acres in Northampton County on the south side of Occoneechee Swamp on 27 August 1794, sold 3 acres of this land on 1 September 1797 [DB 10:204, 316], and was taxable on 288 acres in all the extant Northampton County tax lists from 1823 to 1834 [List of Taxables, 1823-1851]. On 2 March 1818 the court appointed him guardian to David Byrd on £250 bond [Minutes 1817-21, 84]. His 9 October 1834 Northampton County will, proved December 1834, named his wife Elizabeth and his children [WB 4:117]. On 2 September 1844 his son Armstead made a declaration in Northampton County court to obtain a survivor's pension in which he provided the whereabouts of each member of the family. He stated that Drury died 22 December 1834, and his wife Elizabeth died in the fall of the year 1840 [NARA, R.11014, M804, roll 2471, frame 456 of 1334]. He was the father of

i. Stephen², born say 1782, purchased 57-1/4 acres adjoining Drury Walden's land in Northampton County on 8 October 1811 for $171, and sold this land to Drury Walden on 27 April 1818 for $309 [DB 16:55, 20:51]. He was head of a Northampton County household of 9 "free colored" in 1830. He died in July 1842. Bryant (his son?) received Stephen's share of Drury's estate with instructions to support Stephen and his family. Bryant was head of a household of 7 "free colored" in Ripley Township, Rush County, Indiana, in 1840: aged 24-36 with a woman aged 55-100.

ii. Matthew², head of a Northampton County household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [NC:753] and 5 "free colored" in 1820, taxable on 1 poll in Northampton County in 1826, and deceased when Drury made his 9 October 1834 will.

iii. Drury³, born about 1786, "went to Tennessee" according to Armstead's pension application. He was listed in the Northampton County muster of soldiers in the War of 1812 [N.C. Adjutant General, Muster Rolls of the War of 1812, 20; http://digital.ncdcr.gov/digital/collection/p249901coll22/id/329625]. He was counted in the 1820 census in Halifax County, North Carolina, the 1840 Tennessee census, and the 1850 Nashville, Tennessee census: 74 years of age, with Priscilla, 75, both born in Virginia, owner of $1,000 in real estate.

iv. John⁴, born say 1790, went to Ohio according to Armstead.

v. Armstead, born about 1795, head of a Northampton County household of 9 "free colored" in 1840. Mat Walden, born about 1827 in Northampton County, N.C., son of Armistead and Winnie, married Harriet Ates (Artis) on 9 April 1885 in Petersburg.

vi. Micajah², born about 1799, "went to Indiana" where he was head of a household in Jackson Township, Hamilton County, with wife Mary and children, owning $1,200 real estate [HAMI 141].

vii. Polly, died 1835.

viii. Nancy, married Asey Byrd, 13 August 1821 Northampton County bond. She went to Ohio and died before 1834. In 1850 Asa Byrd was counted in the Jefferson Township, Logan County, Ohio census.

ix. Patsy, "went to the Red River."

 

11.    Milly Walden, born say 1758, married Jack Hatter, 14 June 1806 Petersburg Hustings court marriage. She was the mother of

i. Freeman Kelly, born about 1779, registered in Petersburg on 5 August 1800: a brown Mulatto man, five feet ten and a half inches high, spare & strait made, twenty one years old April last, son of Milly Walden a free woman & born free in the County of Dinwiddie [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 152].

ii. ?Betsy, born about 1791, registered in Petersburg on 10 May 1809: a light brown Mulatto woman, five feet three inches high, eighteen years old, long black hair, holes in her ears, born free & raised in Dinwiddie County [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 469 ]. She was head of a Petersburg Town household of 1 "other free" in 1810 [VA:118a].

iii. Boswell, born about 1794, registered in Petersburg on 5 July 1810: a brown Mulatto boy, sixteen years old, four feet eleven inches high, son of Milly Walden, now Milly Hatter, a free woman & born in Dinwiddie County [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 632].

 

12.    Martha¹ Walden, born say 1762, was the mother of James and Thomas Walden, orphans who were ordered bound to William Headen to be wagon makers by the Chatham County court in February 1792. The court rescinded the order during the same session and ordered them bound instead to Thomas Glover [Minutes 1790-4, 126, 134, 312]. Martha was probably the common-law wife of Thomas Glover who divided his land between her sons James and Thomas Walding and left his household goods, a cow and a mare to Martha and her daughters Elizabeth and Mary by his 18 October 1799 Chatham County will, proved in February 1800 [WB A:25]. Martha was the mother of

i. James², born about 1783, nine years old in February 1792 when he was bound as an apprentice.

ii. Thomas, born say 1785, about seven when he was bound apprentice in February 1792.

iii. Mary, born about 1787, a thirteen-year-old "Girl of Colour" (no parent named), ordered bound to Mary Welch by the Chatham County court in May 1800 [Minutes 1794-1800, 269].

iv. Elizabeth.

 

13.    Drury² Walden (David), born about 1765, was a "poor infant" ordered bound apprentice in Surry County, Virginia, on 26 March 1776 [Orders 1775-85, 21]. He married Hannah Scott, 29 July 1790 Surry County bond, Armstead Peters surety, 1 August marriage by Rev. Samuel Butler [Ministers' Returns, 29]. He registered in Surry County on 5 January 1796: a bright mulattoe man aged about 30 years, pretty square made bushy hair, 5'7" high, born of free parents [Back of Guardian Accounts Book 1783-1804, no.13]. He was taxable on 35 acres in Surry County (which he received by his father's will) from 1796 through 1814 [Land Tax List, 1782-1820]. He was taxed on his personal property from 1787 to 1816: listed with Armstead Peters in 1787; charged with his own tax in 1790; taxable on slave Clary in 1803; taxable on 3 free males from 1814 to 1816 [PPTL, 1782-90, frames 479; 1791-1816, frames 19, 118, 428, 602, 698, 795, 869]. He was a "Molotto" planter living on his own land in Surry County in 1803 with his wife Hannah (a weaver) and children Nora, Faithy, Edwin, and Jack Walden [List of Free Negroes, Surry County courthouse; also on http://familysearch.com/search/catalog/1468651, film no. 4121845, frame 10 of 16]. He was head of a Surry County household of 15 "other free" in 1810 [VA:619]. Hannah was head of a Surry County household of 5 "free colored" in 1830. Her 2 May 1842 Surry County will, proved 27 June the same year, named her son Drury executor and named her son Turner and his wife Nancy, formerly Nancy Debrix, and their children Elizabeth, John, Sam, and Martha Walden [WB 8:283]. Drury was the father of

i. Nora, born say 1792.

ii. Faithy, born say 1794, "daughter of Drew Walden," married Thomas Andrews, 20 February 1815 Surry County bond, 22 February marriage by Rev. James Warren, Methodist [Ministers' Returns, 97].

iii. Edwin, born say 1796.

iv. John⁶, born say 1798.

v. Turner, born say 1805, married Nancy Debrix.

vi. Drury⁴, born about 1812, registered in Surry County on 24 February 1833: a Mulatto Man aged about 21 Years, is the son of Drury and Hannah Walden...long bushy hair...5'6-1/2" high [Surry County Register, p.234].

 

14.    Sampson Walden (David), born say 1765, was taxable in Surry County, Virginia, from 1786 to 1810: listed with James Bruce in 1787 [PPTL, 1782-90, frames 403, 409, 560; 1791-1816, frames 19, 119, 308, 466, 602, 677]. He married Scillar Porter, twenty-one-year-old daughter of Edward Porter, 6 April 1793 Surry County bond, Howell Debrix surety, 7 April marriage by Rev. Berriman [Ministers' Returns, 36]. He purchased 75 acres in Surry County on the Great Branch from Sampson Grantham in 1790. This was land that Grantham purchased from Henry Charity on 15 August 1769. Sampson Walden and his wife Priscilla (both signing) sold this land to Matthew Banks on 1 February 1796 [DB 1792-99, 155, 296-7]. He purchased 45 acres adjoining Benjamin Cocke's land for £15 on 7 December 1798, and he was taxable on this land until his death in 1810 when his wife Priscilla was taxed on it [DB 1:672; Land Tax List 1782-1820]. His 6 March 1810 Surry County will, proved 24 April 1810, left all to his wife Priscilla [WB 2:343]. Priscilla was head of a Surry County household of 5 "other free" and a white woman over the age of 45 in 1810 [VA:619] and 4 "free colored" and a white woman over 45 in 1820. Her 9 September 1828 Surry County will, proved 24 October 1828, named their children [WB 6:196-7]:

i. Susannah, born say 1794, received her mother's plantation.

ii. John⁵, born say 1796.

iii. Silas.

iv. Allen Porter.

v. Elizabeth, married David Cypress, 28 July 1812 Surry County bond, David Sebrell surety, Sillar Walden witness, 6 August marriage by Rev. James Hill [Ministers' Returns, 89].

vi. Rebecca Elliott, formerly Rebecca Johns. She married Reuben Johns, 9 February 1818 Surry County bond, John Walden surety.

 

15.    Eaton Walden (John Chavis², John Chavis¹), born about 1767, was taxable in the Mecklenburg County, Virginia household of his father in 1788, taxable in his own household in 1789, taxable on his own tithe and 2 horses in 1795, and taxable on his own tithe and a horse in 1796 [PPTL 1782-1805, frame 255, 308, 584, 604]. He married Nanney Evans, daughter of Charles Evans, 20 December 1788 Mecklenburg County bond. He was taxable in adjoining Warren County, North Carolina, on 75 acres and a free poll in 1790 and taxable on a free poll in 1792, 1797, 1798, 1800 and 1801 [Tax List 1781-1801, 187, 243, 337, 362, 407, 419]. He was head of a Warren County, North Carolina household of 3 "other free" in 1790 [NC:78] and 6 in 1800 [NC:837]. He was bondsman for the 24 June 1793 Mecklenburg County marriage of Boling Chavous and Nancy Thomerson. He was taxable in Randolph County in 1815, and he was head of a Randolph County household of 8 "free Colored" in 1830 [NC:12]. By 1840 he had moved to Lafayette Township, Owen County, Indiana, where he was head of a household of 5 "free Colored" [OWEN:31]. On 7 April 1842 he was called "my father" (no name mentioned) in the Owen County will of his son Richard. In 1850 he was living with Morgan Walden in Washington Township, District 83, Owen County, counted as an 83-year-old Black man born in Virginia. Eaton's children were

i. Richard, born say 1790, an insolvent taxpayer in 1822, listed in the Wednesday, August 1823 session of the Chatham County court. He was in Owen County, Indiana, by 31 August 1826 when he purchased Lot no. 119 in the town of Spencer [DB 2:14]. He purchased Lot no. 175 on 18 August 1827 and sold Lot nos. 105 and 109 in November 1826 to Pardon Boen Roberts. He was head of an Owen County household of 1 "free colored" in 1830 and 14 in 1840: with a man and woman over 55 years of age [OWEN:18, 33]. He received a license to sell groceries and liquor in Owen County on 6 March 1833, in November 1834, January 1837, and March 1838 [County Commissioner's Record Book 2:29, 110, 259, 340]. He purchased 40 acres in Washington Township on 17 October 1836 and made a deed of gift of 1/4 acre of this land to (his brothers) Jesse and Morgan Walden as a "burying ground for myself and all my colored friends and relations forever" on 7 April 1842. His mother was already buried there [DB 5:97; 7:344]. By his 7 April 1842 Owen County will, proved five days later, he left land in Owen County to his brother Jesse and sisters Winney and Elizabeth Walden, and he mentioned but did not name his father [WB 1:57].

ii. Winney, named in her brother Richard's will.

iii. Elizabeth, named in her brother Richard's will.

iv. Jesse², born about 1795, one of the freeholders of Chatham County who were ordered by the court to work on the road from Bell's crossroads to the county line near Goodwins by the Monday, February 1825 session. He married Martha Turner, 16 October 1828 Mecklenburg County, Virginia bond. He obtained "free papers" in Randolph County on 1 October 1834 and recorded them in Owen County, Indiana, on 2 February 1835. They stated that he was a "young man of colour," a laborer, "moving to some of the western states" [DB 4:244]. He was head of an Owen County, Indiana, household of 5 "free colored" in 1840 [OWEN:37] and counted in the 1850 Owen County census: 55 years old, Black, born in Va., $250 estate, with Patsy, 35, Black, born in N.C., and nine children born in Indiana after 1834 [OWEN:089].

v. ?Morgan, married Clary Walden 20 October 1829 Randolph County bond, and was head of an Owen County, Indiana household of 9 "free colored" and a 70-80 year old white woman in 1840 (his light-skinned mother?) [OWEN:32]. Eaton (his father?) was living in his Owen County household in 1850. He was counted in the census as having an estate worth $600 and being deaf and dumb. Also listed were Morgan's wife Polly, born in North Carolina, and his five children who were all born in Indiana [OWEN 090].

vi. ?Nancy, born about 1801, living nearby Eaton Walden in the 1850 Owen County census.

 

16.    John² Walden (John Chavis², John Chavis¹), born about 1775, was taxable in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, in his father's household from 1790 to 1794 (called John Walden, Junr., in 1790), taxable in his father's household in 1805 and 1806, and a "Mulatto" taxable in his own household from 1810 to 1827: listed with 2 "Mulattoes" over the age of 16 in 1813, probably himself and his wife [PPTL 1782-1805, frames 360, 509, 1095; 1806-1828, 20, 177, 410, 609, 711, 911]. He purchased 252 acres in Mecklenburg County for £230 on 18 February 1800 and he and his wife Sarah sold this land to Ray Moss by deed proved in Mecklenburg County court on 12 October 1801 [DB 10:389; Orders 1801-3, 86]. He was taxable on 75 acres and 1 poll in Nutbush District of Warren County in 1808 and 1815 [CR 100.702.1; Tax List Papers, Vols. TC 8, 1795-1815]. He married Betsy Stewart, 6 April 1804 Mecklenburg County bond, Kinchin Chavis security, and was head of a Mecklenburg County household of 10 "free colored" in 1820 [VA:150b]. He registered in Mecklenburg County on 21 November 1831: John Walden (Blacksmith) a man of dark Complexion, 5 feet 7-1/22 inches high of Brown Complexion, about 56 years of age, who it appears was born free in Dinwiddie County [Register of Free Negroes, 1809-1841, p. 88]. He died before 14 August 1841 when his Mecklenburg County estate was appraised [WB 15:428-9]. One of his children may have been

i. Milly, married Banister Chavis, 29 December 1819 Mecklenburg County bond. Banister Chavis was living in the household next to John Walden in the 1820 Mecklenburg County census.

 

17.    James¹ Walden (John Chavis², John Chavis¹), born say 1776, was head of a Chatham County household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [NC:195]. He married Beedy Stewart according to the 1824 Wake County will of her father Thomas Stewart. He was one of the freeholders in Chatham County who were ordered to work on the road from Lick Creek to the Moore County line by the May 1816 and August 1822 session of the Chatham County court [Orders 1811-18, 266]. He may have been the father of

i. Edward/ Edmund, born about 1797, listed as an insolvent taxpayer for 1823 in the Wednesday, August 1824 session of the Chatham County court. Farrar and Sanders had a suit against him in the Tuesday, May 1827 session of the court, but it was ruled a non-suit. He and (his brother?) William Walden were ordered to work on the road from Gums Spring Meeting House to the Deep River Bridge at Haywood by the Wednesday, February 1832 session, and he was ordered to work on the road from Boylan's Mill to Stinking Creek by the Monday, November 1832 session. He was listed as a 53-year-old white farmer with $300 estate living with Lucy, age 48, and their children in the 1850 Chatham County census [NC:457].

ii. William⁵, born say 1800, listed as an insolvent taxpayer for 1823 in the Wednesday, August 1824 session of the Chatham County court. The Wednesday, August 1826 session of the court ordered seven persons paid for being witnesses in a State case against him in the Superior court.

 

18.    Jarrel Walden (John Chavis², John Chavis¹), born say 1777, was taxable in his father's Mecklenburg County household in 1795 and 1796 [PPTL 1782-1805, frames 584, 604]. He married Mourning Jackson, 16 September 1801 Mecklenburg County bond. He purchased 150 acres in Chatham County on Shaddox Creek on 9 March 1810. He was living in Wake County on 14 November 1812 when he sold 75 acres of this land and was living in Chatham County on 12 February 1816 when he sold the remaining 75 acres [DB U:181, 123; W:169]. He was head of a Chatham County household of 11 "free Colored" in 1820 [NC:211]. He received land in Chatham County from his father by deed proved in the Tuesday, February 1828 session, and he sold land by deed proved in the Monday, November 1829 session. On 1 September 1828 he paid $250 for 162 acres on the south side of Deep River in Randolph County [DB 20:102], and he headed a Randolph County household of 13 "free colored" in 1830 [NC:5]. By 1840 he was in Lafayette Township, Owen County, Indiana head of a household of 16 "free colored" [OWEN:19]. His 17 February 1843 Owen County will, recorded 5 March 1844, mentioned a lot in the town of Vandaley and named his wife Rebecca and children [WB 1:77]:

i. Harbard², born about 1803 in Virginia, married Jane Scott, 27 February 1824 Wake County bond. The Thursday, August 1826 session of the Chatham County court listed him as an insolvent taxpayer for the year 1825. He obtained free papers in Wake County on 23 March 1841 and recorded them in Owen County, Indiana, on 14 February 1846: a free man of color, thirty five years of age, five foot eleven inches high, light complected prety strait hair, Yellow eyes...with a five and seven children...his father and mother was respectable coloured people Also his wife's father and mother who is and have been Citizens of this neighborhood [DB 8:518 by Peterson, Owen County Records, 30]. He was counted near Eaton Walden in the 1850 Owen County census without a wife but with his children. He had a personal estate worth $800 [OWEN 090].

ii. Sally.

iii. Clara.

iv. Lucy.

v. Amos.

vi. Beverly.

vii. Leanah.

viii. Larken H.

ix. Betsey, married Farrow Powell, 2 April 1829 Randolph County bond. He was head of an Owen County household of 7 "free colored" in 1840, living near the Walden family [OWEN:35]. He married, second, Rebecca Bass, on 17 September 1844 in Owen County, Indiana [DB B:239]. He entered the NE:SW part of Section 28 in Marion Township of Owen County on 1 June 1849 [Land Entry Book 1].

 

19.    William⁴ Walden (John Chavis², John Chavis¹), born say 1779, bought land from his father John Chavis² Walden in Randolph County on 1 September 1810 [DB 12:97] and was taxable in Randolph County in 1815. He married (second?) Elizabeth Lytle, 6 February 1819 Randolph County bond. Elizabeth died on 12 March 1830 [NCAAHGS vol. V, no.1, 1-8]. He was head of a Randolph County household of 7 "free colored" in 1830 [NC:43] and 7 in 1840 [NC:56]. In February 1842 the Randolph County court accepted a petition signed by William, his four sons Anderson, John C., William D., and Stanford B. Walden and numerous neighbors that "as Mulattoes or free persons of Colour...of good moral character" they be allowed to carry firearms. He died before 3 May 1842 when his Randolph County estate papers were filed and his wife Levina received her widow's portion [CR 081.508.141]. His children were

i. Anderson, born about 1800, married Sally Walden, 30 September 1830 Randolph County bond. He was head of a Randolph County household of 6 "free colored" in 1840 [NC:56], counted in the household next to William Walden in the 1850 Randolph County census [NC:88].

ii. John C., born about 1807, married Martha Evans, 4 January 1836 Wake County bond, head of a Randolph County household of 3 "free colored" in 1840 and counted in the 1850 Wake County census with wife Martha and 5 children.

iii. William D, born about 1817, counted in the 1850 census for Randolph County next to Anderson.

iv. Stanford B, born about 1828, counted in the 1850 census for Randolph County near William and Anderson.

 

20.    Wright Walden (William², William¹), born about 1780, was a taxable 16-21 year old in Surry County in 1797 [PPTL 1791-1816]. He married Sally Byrd, daughter of Joseph, 30 March 1804 Surry County bond, and was head of a Surry County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [VA:619]. He registered in Surry County on 22 February 1834: bright mulatto man aged about 50 years was born of free parents...is a little grey...is 5'9" high [Surry County Register, p.250]. He was counted in the 1850 Surry County census: 72 years old with Sally, 65 years old, and $400 estate. They had

i. Reuben, born about 1807, registered in Surry County on 22 February 1834: bright mulatto man, son of Wright Walden and Sally his wife...about 27 years of age...5'5-3/4" high [Surry County Register, p.251].

ii. Eliza Ann, born about 1809, registered on 22 May 1831: daughter of Wright Walden and Sally his wife...bright complexion about 22 years of age...5'1-1/2" high [Register, 173].

 

21.    William³ Walden (William², William¹), born about 1782, was taxable in Surry County in 1800. He probably moved to Northampton County, North Carolina, about 1803 since he was not taxed in Surry County after 1802. His uncle Micajah left him 94 acres of land in Northampton County in 1806. Micajah referred to him as "Neffu William Walden son of William Walden" [WB 2:575]. He was head of a Northampton County household of 5 "other free" in 1810, 3 "free colored" in 1820, and 4 in 1830. He may have been the William Walden who married Katy Rowell, 1 April 1815 Northampton County bond, Matthew Walden bondsman. He was security for the apprentice indenture of John and Fanny Dungill, "children of color," who were bound to Beverly Brown in Northampton County on 7 June 1813 [Minutes 1813-21], and he was witness to the 13 October 1824 Greensville County, Virginia will of Patsey Stewart [WB 3:378]. He was counted in the 1850 Northampton County census: a 78 year old "Mulatto" in the household of Squire Walden (age 38), and in 1860: 90 years old, still living with Squire. He purchased 70 acres in Northampton County adjoining his land on Holly Branch of Little Swamp for $250 on 6 March 1843 [DB 30:329]. On 18 May 1844 William Herron of Franklin County, Ohio, called him "William Walling (Colloured man)" when he appointed him his agent to collect all monies due him from James Peal of Northampton County, and on 20 January 1845 Catherine Lassiter of Franklin County, Ohio, appointed him as her agent to collect all monies due her from Joab Outland and Cornelius Lassiter of Northampton County [DB 31:260, 357]. He made a deed of trust for 164 acres, 6 head of cattle, 2 horses, 12 hogs, and his household furniture to John B. Odom for a debt of $224.07, with Squire Walden as surety, and the sheriff sold the land to Odom on 30 August 1853 [DB 35:27; 36:374]. William³'s name does not appear in the 1870 census so he probably died between 1860 and 1870 at the age of 80-90 years. His son was

23   i. Squire, born about 1815.

 

22.    John³ Walden (William², William¹), born about 1783, married Eady Cannada, 9 August 1809 Surry County bond, and was taxable in Surry County from 1803 to 1809: his tax charged to (his mother) Priscilla Walden from 1803 to 1805. He probably died before 1813 when Eady Walden was listed as a "free Negro & Mulatto above the age of 16" [PPTL, 1791-1816, frames 546, 578, 659, 762]. They were the parents of

i. John⁷, born about 1809, registered in Surry County on 28 November 1831: a bright mulatto man aged about 22 years...son of Edy Walden...is 5'-1/2" high [Surry County Register, p.215].

 

23.    Squire Walden (William³, William², William¹), born about 1815, married Tempy James, 28 March 1832, Halifax County, North Carolina bond. Squire was named as surety for the bond which William³ Walden defaulted on in 1853 [DB 35: 27]. Squire was taxable in Northampton County in 1836, his free poll charged to William³ Walden, and charged with his own tax in 1849 [List of Taxables, 1823-1851]. He and his wife Tempy were listed with their children in the Northampton County census for 1850, 1860 and 1870 [NC:649]. He was listed as a ditcher who could read and write. He probably worked on his father's farm. Tempy, "Mulatto," 84 years old, born August 1816, was living with their youngest son Benjamin in dwelling no.176 in Rich Square, Northampton County in 1900. Squire's youngest child Molly Walden Markham, as an elderly woman, told a tale to the WPA Writer's Project that her mother Tempy was a white woman and her father Squire Walden was a slave on her grandfather's plantation. Tempy fell in love with Squire, her father found out about it, and sold Squire to another slave owner in another state. Tempy bought Squire's freedom and then drank the blood from a cut in his finger so she could honestly tell the justice of the peace that she had Negro blood in her [WPA Project vol. XI, part 2, 106-8]. Tempy was actually the daughter of Benjamin James, a light-skinned free African American who lived in Halifax County, North Carolina. Molly Markham said that she was the youngest of fifteen children, but only twelve were listed in Squire's household in the 1850-1870 census. Squire and Tempy's children were

i. ?John Felson, born about 1832, not listed in Squire's household, but counted with Bryant Walden (age 16) in the household of Lewis B. Hill in the 1850 Northampton County census. He married first, Rebecca Haithcock, 20 April 1853 Northampton County license, and second Henrietta Clark, 5 September 1856 Northampton County bond. They had Dilia (1859), Mary, George, Samuel, Laura (1873), Squire (1875) and Rebecca J. (1879). Laura married J.J. Peters, 29 October 1887 Halifax County bond; second: Louis Peters, son of David and Ann Peters, 14 November 1892 Halifax County bond; third (called Willie Peters, daughter of Felts and Henrietta Walden): Major Durham, 5 October 1899 Northampton County bond, Samuel Walden bondsman. She was called Laura Durham on her Northampton County death certificate in 1926. Laura and J.J. Peters had Flossie who married Henry Henderson Kee.

ii. ?Bryant, born about 1834, not listed in Squire's household.

iii. Samuel, born about 1836.

iv. William⁶, born about 1837, married Elizabeth F. Jones, 1856 Northampton County bond.

v. Amanda, born about 1838, married James Artis 28 December 1859, Northampton County bond.

vi. Martha, born about 1839.

vii. James, born about 1841.

viii. Hester, born about 1842.

ix. Peyton, born about 1845.

x. Whitand, born about 1849, living in Halifax County in 1870.

xi. Patsy, born about 1851.

xii. Betsy, born about 1853.

xiii. Benjamin, born about 1855, died 6 February 1930 in Rich Square.

xiv. Mary/Molly Walden Markham, born 20 August 1857, died 19 February 1941. She met the Reverend Edian Markham while he was on a missionary tour of Rich Square and married him in her parents' home. Reverend Markham founded the St. Joseph African Methodist Episcopal Church [NCAAHGS IV, no.4, 36]. Their son William Benjamin Markum published a booklet about his father and the founding of the church in which he wrote that tradition said his great grandfather Billy Walden rode horseback at 100 and one years old and only gave it up because he thought it unseemly. The booklet contains a photo of Molly and her three children: William Benjamin, Maggie, and Robert [Markum, The Life of a Great Man, 26-7; http://hayti.org]. They were counted in the 1900 North Carolina census [23/26/11/23]. Molly/Milly was called Tempy Waldron (age 19) when she married Eidon Marcum (age 30) on 1 April 1875 in Northampton County [North Carolina Marriages, 1762-1979]. It appears that Edian Markham was born Edian Spelman. The Markham family had in its possession the freedom certificate for Edian Spelman issued by the Pasquotank County, North Carolina court (now in the St. Joseph's Church archives) which certified that he was born free. Edian's son said that he was born in Elizabeth City [Kennedy, Brief History of St. Joseph's A.M.E. Church (1976)]. Anthony Spellman, born in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, was living in James City on 30 May 1874 when he opened an account with the Freedman's Bank and listed Eden Markham as his brother [United States Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874, New Bern; http://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSY2-1XC, accessed 21 November 2015]. Edian Spelman (about 7 years old) and Anthony Spelman (about 5 years old), sons of Mahala Spelman, "a free person of color," were bound as apprentices in Pasquotank County to William Markham on 5 March 1839 [North Carolina Apprentice bonds and records, 1716-1921, Pasquotank County, G-Misc., http://familysearch.org/search/catalog/766317].

 

Endnotes:

1.     William Walden's name was written as "William Woleing" in his Surry County, Virginia will. However, the 27 June 1775 court order to appraise the estate called him William Walden [Orders 1775-85, 9].

2. Harwood Dukes was head of a Northampton County household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [NC:435] and administrator of the Northampton County estate of (his father) William Dukes [Ancestry.com. North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998 (database on-line)]. He was counted as a white slaveowner starting in 1810.

 

WALKER FAMILY

1.    Sarah Walker, born say 1703, was the mother of "a Mulatto Boy named Daniel, Son of Sarah Walker a Mulatto Woman, aged six years last February," who was brought before the King George County, Virginia court on 7 September 1733 by Mary Brocke who asked the court to bind him to her. The court ordered the churchwardens of Hanover Parish to bind Daniel as an apprentice until the age of twenty-one [Orders 1721-34, pt.3, 649]. Sarah was the ancestor of

2     i. ?Moses, born about 1724.

ii Daniel, born in February 1727, "Free Mulatto" head of a Queen Anne's County, Maryland household of 3 "other free" in 1790 and 3 in 1800 [MD:385].

iii. ?Samuel, born about 1752, an eight-year-old "Mulatto Bastard Child" bound out in Frederick County, Virginia, on 3 September 1760 [Orders 1760-2, 159].

iv. ?George, taxable in Prince William County from 1795 to 1810 [PPTLs, 1782-1810, frames 277, 371, 462, 670, 740], head of a Prince William County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:506].

v. ?David, taxable in Prince William County from 1792 to 1807: described as "y" (yellow) in 1807 [PPTL, 1782-1810, frames 205, 411, 513, 601, 671].

 

2.    Moses Walker, born about 1724, was a sixteen-year-old "mulatto" boy who was listed in the Stafford County estate of Edward Derrick on 13 May 1740 [WB Liber M, 1729-48, 295]. He and his wife were taxable "Mulatoes" in Bladen County in 1768, taxable "free Negroes" in 1770 and 1771, "Mixt Blood" taxables in 1774, and taxable in 1775. His wife was probably Mary Walker, a "free Negro" head of a household of 1 Black from 12-50 and 1 over 50 or under 12 years of age in 1786 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, I:7, 26, 67, 124; II:39, 175]. Mary was head of a Fayetteville, Cumberland County household of 1 "other free" in 1790 [NC:42] and 3 in 1800. Moses and Mary may have been the parents of

3     i. Elizabeth, born say 1765.

 

3.    Elizabeth Walker, born say 1765, was head of a Fayetteville, North Carolina household of 1 "other free" in 1790 [NC:42]. She may have been the mother of

4     i. David, born 28 September 1785.

ii. James, born say 1787, a "free Black boy," who was living with Joseph Cain of Bladen County on 29 December 1798 when Cain bequeathed him 100 acres of land in the back of Thomas Scrivner's land and schooling [WB 1:379-81].

 

4.    David Walker, born 28 September 1785 in Wilmington, North Carolina, was the son of a free African American woman and a slave father. He travelled widely throughout the United States and settled in Boston where he owned a used clothing shop near the wharves. He was one of the most militant of the abolitionists, encouraging slaves to fight for their freedom whatever the cost in blood. He was also a militant leader of the Massachusetts General Colored Association, which was fighting for better education and employment for those who were already free as well as the freedom of slaves. This association was one of the forerunners of the Boston anti-slavery movement [Horton, Black Bostonians, 81, 93]. In 1829 he wrote and published at his own expense, "An Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World." Walker distributed his pamphlet by placing it in the pockets of the clothes he sold to sailors. One of his pamphlets was found by the mayor of Richmond in 1830 in the house of a free African American [Richmond Enquirer, January 28, 1830]. Governor Floyd of Virginia was referring to this incident when he appealed for the passage of additional restrictions against "free Negroes" since they were allowed to go at liberty and "distribute incendiary pamphlets and papers" [House Journal, 1831-32, 10, cited by Russell, Free Negro in Virginia]. Warned that his life was in danger, he refused to flee to Canada. A price was placed on his head, and in 1830 he was found dead in the doorway of his shop [New Encyclopedia Britannica, Micropedia, X:521]. His only son was

i. Edwin G. Walker, elected to the Massachusetts legislature in 1866.

 

WALLACE FAMILY

Members of the Wallace family were

1     i. Martha, born say 1720.

ii. James¹, born say 1730, a "dark Mulatto, who "called himself a Portugueze and went by the name of James Wallace alias Wadling," said to be "lurking" about Chesterfield County with his convict "doxy" and to be pretending to be a bricklayer according to an ad placed in the Virginia Gazette of 17 October 1755 by John Brunskill, Sr., of Caroline County who stated that James was suspected of stealing his horse and was headed to Gloucester County to seek work [Hunter edition, p. 3, col. 2].

 

1.    Martha Wallace, born say 1720, was living in Charles City County in November 1745 when the court ordered the churchwardens to bind out her children Philip and Lucy (no race indicated) and ordered that she be discharged from the service of Thomas Ballard [Orders 1737-51, 388]. She was the mother of

2     i. ?Elizabeth¹, born say 1738.

ii. Philip¹, born say 1740, taxable in New Kent County from 1782 to 1803, perhaps the father of Benjamin Wallis, a "Mulatto" taxable in Gerard Ellyson's New Kent County household in 1788 and a "Negroe" taxable in his own household in 1792 [PPTL 1782-1800, frames 8, 17, 44, 86, 101, 112, 154, 197, 221; 1791-1828, frames 362, 374, 387].

iii. Lucy, born say 1742, probably the Lucy Wallace who was called the indentured servant of James Major in June 1761 when the Charles City County court ruled that she had served her time and set her at liberty [Orders 1758-62, 290].

3     iv. ?James³, born say 1755.

v. ?Joseph, born about 1755, a "free man of color," appeared before a justice of the peace in Charles City County on 25 April 1835 at the age of 80 and stated that he was engaged by the army under Lord Dunmore in James City County to subdue the Indians before the Revolution, early in the Revolution enlisted in Bedford County for 3 years under Captain John Bard, then under Captain Alexander Cummings and served until the end of the war. His son and administrator of his estate, John Wallace, appeared in Charles City County court on 19 May 1843 and applied for a survivor's pension, stating that his father died on 1 January 1836 leaving only himself and his sister Sally Harris who was then a widow. The application included documentation that a certificate was issued on 30 June 1783 that Joseph Wallace received the balance of his full pay. John Wallace's agent referred to Joseph Wallace as an "ignorant negro" in explaining why he had delayed his application [NARA, R.11068, M804, Roll 2480, frame 53 of 1173; http://fold3.com/image/20354572; Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Digital Collections, LVA].

 

2.    Elizabeth¹ Wallace, born say 1738, was a "Free Negro" whose daughter Elizabeth was baptized in Bruton Parish, James City County, on 4 January 1762 [Bruton Parish Register, 20]. She was probably the unnamed "free Negro" living in York County on 19 March 1759 when the court ordered the churchwardens of Bruton Parish to bind her children Mary and James Wallace to Fleming Bates [Judgments & Orders 1759-63, 16]. She was a "free" head of a Williamsburg City household of 4 "Blacks" in 1782 [VA:45]. She was the mother of

4     i. James², born about 1752.

ii. Mary, born say 1756.

iii. ?John, born say 1760, may have been the John Wallace who was in the muster of Captain Charles Ewell's Company of the 1^st Virginia State Regiment at Camp Middlebrook in March 1779 with Anthony Peters and Anthony Roberts of York County [M246, roll 94, frame 47; http://fold3.com/image/10069313]. He purchased 48^3/4 acres of a tract of 127 acres which belonged to the estate of Keturah Trevillian in James City County in 1792. (James Cannady purchased the remainder). He sold 11^1/2 acres in 1796 which James Wallace, Sr., purchased in 1812 [Land Tax Lists, 1782-1807; 1809-1832]. He was taxable in James City County from 1785 to 1813: a Mulatto" taxable on a horse and 5 cattle in the upper precinct of Bruton Parish in 1785, taxable on 2 tithes in 1806 and 1809, listed as a "Mulatto" in 1805 and 1806, a "col^d man" with a tithable and 2 "free persons of colour" (probably himself and his wife) in 1813 [PPTL 1782-99; 1800-15].

5     iv. Elizabeth², baptized 4 January 1762.

6     v. ?Lylla, born say 1764.

vi. ?Rebecca¹, born say 1765, "Free Mulatto" mother of Rebecca Wallace who was baptized 13 March 1783 in Bruton Parish [Bruton Parish Register, 35].

vii. ?William, taxable in James City County in 1786, 1794, from 1800 to 1803 and listed as a "Mulatto" taxable in 1805 [PPTL 1782-99; 1800-15].

7     viii. ?Edward¹, born say 1771.

 

3.    James³ Wallace, born say 1755, was taxable in Charles City County from 1792 to 1805 [PPTL, 1788-1814], taxable on 30 acres in 1800 [Land Tax List, 1782-1830], head of a Charles City County household of 7 "other free" in 1810 [VA:957] and 13 "free colored" in 1820 [VA:7]. He leased 30 acres from Nicholas Holt of Charles City County for seven years on 21 August 1799 and leased 10 acres on Oldman's Run on the path from the courthouse to Samuel Hargrave's for twenty-one years on 21 January 1802 [DB 4:484, 587]. On 24 December 1811 the Charles City County estate of William H. Lightfoot, deceased, paid him $43 for clover seed [WB 2:214]. He purchased 31-1/2 acres in Charles City County adjoining Edward Wallace and the "roling road" for $126 on 16 January 1812, and he and his wife Martha made a deed of trust to sell this land for a debt of $76 they owed Samuel Ladd [DB 5:410, 432]. He and his wife transferred 30 acres to (his son?) Peter Wallis by deed acknowledged in court on 20 April 1837 [Minutes 1830-9, 317]. He registered in Charles City County about 1806 (no details provided) and "removed to Ohio" sometime after 1835 [Register of Free Negroes, 1835-64, no.1]. He was the father of

i. ?Edward², born say 1780, called Edward Wallis, Jr., when he was taxable in Charles City County from 1801 to 1805 [PPTL, 1788-1814].

ii. ?Philip², born say 1784, taxable in Charles City County in 1805 [PPTL, 1788-1814], registered in Charles City County about 1806 (no details provided) [Register of Free Negroes, 1835-64, no. 26] and was head of a Charles City County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:959]. He married Elvy Morris, daughter of James Morris, 24 March 1815 Charles City County bond [Wm & Mary Quarterly Historical Papers Vol. 8, No.3, p.195].

iii. ?Peter, born about 1808, registered in Charles City County on 17 March 1831: certificate of Emancipation from the clerk of Henrico, Peter Gwin, alias Peter Wallis, a man of dark brown Complexion and 23 years was born free [Minutes 1830-9, 43].

iv. James⁶, Jr., born about 1809, registered in Charles City County on 21 September 1826: (by testimony of Nelson New) son of James Wallace, a black boy, aged seventeen years, 5 feet 7 inches, born free in this county [Minutes 1823-9, 189].

 

4.    James² Wallace, born about 1752, was living in Williamsburg on 11 July 1780 when he enlisted in the Revolution for the duration of the war: age 28, 5'3-1/4" high, a planter, born in New Kent County, black complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA accession no. 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf (p.43)]. He was about 75 years old on 13 August 1832 when he made a declaration in James City County to obtain a pension for his services in the Revolution. "Being a Coloured man," he acted as a cook for Colonel Porterfield and guarded prisoners. He enlisted in James City County and returned there after the war [NARA, S.7834, M804, Roll 2479, frame 0558]. He was taxable in James City County from 1786 to 1813: listed as a "Mulatto" in 1805 and 1806, taxable on 2 tithables in 1806, 3 in 1809, 2 in 1810, taxable on 2 tithables and a "free person of colour" (probably his wife) in 1813 [PPTL 1782-99; 1800-15]. He was called James Wallace, Sr., when he purchased 11=1/2 acres in James City County which was part of a tract of 48-3/4 acres which (his brother?) John Wallace sold in 1796 [Land Tax Lists, 1782-1807; 1809-1832]. He may have been the father of

i. Joseph D., taxable in James City County from 1806 to 1814: taxable on a tithe and a "free person of colour" (probably his wife) in 1813 [PPTL 1800-15].

ii. Nathaniel¹, taxable in James City County from 1806 to 1810, a "col^d man" taxable on a tithe and a "free person of colour" (probably his wife) in 1813 [PPTL 1800-15].

iii. James⁵, Jr., a "col^d man" taxable in James City County in 1813 [PPTL 1800-15]. perhaps the James Wallace who was head of a Warwick County household of 6 "free colored" in 1830.

iv. Jasper, taxable in James City County in 1813 [PPTL 1800-15].

 

5.    Elizabeth² Wallace, baptized 4 January 1762 in Bruton Parish, was a "mulato" head of a James City County household of 2 "free persons of colour above the age of 16" in 1813. With her approval her daughter Rebecca Wallace bound herself to Toby and Rebecca Jackson of Richmond City on 27 July 1789 [Hustings Court Deeds 1:365-6]. Elizabeth was the mother of

i. Rebecca, born about 1776, bound apprentice to Toby and Rebecca Jackson of Richmond City for 5 years to be a seamstress.

ii. Henry, obtained a certificate of freedom in James City County and registered it in York County on 15 July 1833: son of Betty Wallace (remainder of certificate not copied by the York County clerk) [Free Negroes Register 1831-1850, no. 349].

 

6.    Lylla Wallace, born say 1764, was the "Free Mulatto" mother of Matthew Wallace who was baptized in Bruton Parish on 2 March 1783 [Bruton Parish Register, 35]. She was the mother of

i. Matthew, baptized 2 March 1783, head of a Norfolk County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:926].

ii. ?Mahlon, born 1776-1794, head of a Guilford County, North Carolina household of 6 "free colored" in 1830.

iii. ?Polly, born about 1798, registered in York County on 16 December 1822: a Mulatto about 24 years of age...has short hair...Born free [Register of Free Negroes 1798-1831, no. 170].

 

7.    Edward¹ Wallace, born say 1771, was taxable in Charles City County from 1792 to 1801 [PPTL, 1788-1814]. He was a resident of Henrico County on 16 January 1812 when he purchased 31-1/2 acres adjoining the land of James Wallace in Charles City County [DB 5:408]. He was head of a Charles City County household of 3 "free colored" in 1820 [VA:7]. His widow Rhoda Wallis registered in Charles City County on 18 June 1835: widow of Ned Wallis, a black woman, thirty eight years of age [Minutes 1830-9, 237]. He was the father of

i. Nathaniel², born about 1816, registered in Charles City County on 20 April 1837: son of late Ned Wallis, a black man, twenty one years of age [Minutes 1830-9, 316].

ii. Alexander, born 14 July 1818, registered in Charles City County on 16 June 1836: son of late Ned Wallis, aged seventeen years 14 July last, black lad [Minutes 1830-9, 280].

 

A member of the Wallace family may have had a child by a slave:

i. James³, born about 1760, registered in York County on 18 June 1810: James als. James Wallace, a bright Mulo. about 49 or 50 years of age, 5 feet 9-1/2 Inches high...long hair which seems inclined to curl - Liberated by deed from Sam. L. Goodson & Wm. G. Goodson by deed recorded in York Ct. [Register of Free Negroes 1798-1831, no. 43]. He was head of a Williamsburg, York County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:886].

 

Endnote:

1.    Toby Jackson was emancipated by Henrico County deed proved on 3 July 1786 by his wife Rebecca Jackson, a "Mulatto woman" emancipated by Thomas Johnson by deed proved on 4 November 1782 [Orders 1781-4, 114; 1784-7, 509; 1789-91, 493]. Toby and Rebecca were married in Henrico County on 24 August 1787.

 

WARBURTON FAMILY

1.    "John Wabbleton, a Molatto fellow," born say 1750, and his wife Beck were taxables in Sarah Smithwick's household in the Bertie County tax list of Joseph Jordan in 1772 [CR 10.702.1, box 3]. He and Beck were taxables in Luke Smithwick's household in the 1775 list of David Standly, and he was called John "Wharburton" in 1790: head of a Bertie County household of 4 "other free" [NC:15]. He may have been related to Richard Wattleton, "free negro" head of a Norfolk County household in Elizabeth River Parish in 1768 [Wingo, Norfolk County Tithables, 1766-80, 83].

 

WARRICK/ WARWICK FAMILY

1.    Hannah Warwick, born say 1647, was convicted of an unspecified offence, but the General Court of Virginia ruled on 23 April 1669 that the case against her was "extenuated because she was overseen by a negro overseer" [McIlwaine, Minutes of the Council and General Court of Colonial Virginia, 1622-1632, 1670-1676, 513]. She may have been the mother of

2     i. John, born say 1668.

 

2.    John Warrick, born say 1668, was called "Jack Orrick a Mollato" in May 1686 when Mary Arsbrook, a servant of Francis Mason, confessed in Surry County court that Jack was the father of her bastard child [Haun, Surry County Court Records, IV:567]. On 7 September 1687 Mary's daughter, Mary Arsbrooke, was bound as an apprentice to Thomas Drew [DW&c 4:39]. He was called "Jno. Warwick" when he was taxable in Mason's household in 1690 and called "Orick Negro" when he was taxable in Mason's household in 1695 [DW 4:332b, 5:22b, 59, 61b, 108a, 122b, 190b, 208b, 257b]. He purchased 80 acres at Upper Chipoakes adjoining the county line on 6 September 1698. He and his wife Mary sold this land on 2 February 1723 and sold another 95 acres in the same area adjoining Charles City County on 14 May 1723 [DW&c 5:161; 7:470, 472]. He was the father of

i. Mary Arsbrooke, born about 1686.

3     ii. ?Job, born say 1705.

 

3.    Job Warrick, born say 1705, was sued in Surry County court by the executors of Thomas Cocke for ,11.8 on 22 July 1752 [Orders 1751-3, 109], and he sued Solomon Borakin in Brunswick County, Virginia court on 24 May 1757 [Orders 1757-9, 20]. He sold 10 acres in Northampton County, North Carolina, on the state line with Brunswick County to (his son?) Jacob Warrick on 23 April 1772. He was deceased by 10 January 1776 when a deed of sale from his son Jacob referred to land belonging to the heirs of Job Warrick [Northampton DB 5:205; 6:86]. He may have been the father of

4     i. Jacob, born about 1721.

ii. Moses, born say 1740, listed among the "Black" members of the undated colonial muster of Captain James Fason's Company of Northampton County militia [Mil. T.R. 1-3], perhaps the Moses Warwick who was counted as white in Robeson County in 1790: head of a household of 3 males and 1 female [NC:49].

iii. Henry, head of a household of 1 "Black" person 12-50 years old and 2 "Black" persons less than 12 or over 50 years old in Elisha Webb's District of Northampton County for the 1786 state census.

 

4.    Jacob Warwick/ Warrick, born about 1721 in Surry County, Virginia, was listed among the soldiers in King George's War who failed to report to their camp at Williamsburg on 23 July 1746 according to an ad placed in the 14 August 1746 issue of the Virginia Gazette: a whitish mulatto, aged about 25, five feet ten inches high, living near Notaway River in Surry county [Parks edition, p. 3, col. 1-2]. He was called Jacob Warrick, Junr., in July 1746 when he sued John Mons in Surry County court [Orders 1744-9, 195]. He was a resident of Isle of Wight County when he purchased 100 acres in Northampton County, North Carolina, joining the county line and Thomas Jordan on 21 February 1746/7 [DB 1:288]. On 24 September 1754 the Brunswick County, Virginia court ordered Jacob and Job Warwick to clear the road from Longs Road to the country line across Fountain Creek on the southside [Orders 1753-6, 286]. He was sued for debt in Sussex County in September 1754 [Orders 1754-56, 68]. The sheriff sold 50 acres of his Northampton County land on 26 November 1755 and sold another 100 acres of his land on 10 May 1757. Jacob purchased 10 acres at "Country Line" adjoining Arthur Hart from Job Warrick on 23 April 1772 [DB 2:262, 404; 5:205]. He, Job, and Moses Warrick were "Black" members of the undated colonial muster of Captain James Fason's Company of Northampton County Militia [Mil. T.R. 1-3]. He was called Jacob Warrick of Brunswick County, Virginia, blacksmith, on 20 January 1776 when he sold 100 acres "lying in Brunswick and Northampton Counties...by Fountain Creek...by the land belonging to the heirs of Job Warrick...being all the land he now owns." Perhaps it was this land belonging to the heirs of Job Warrick, "90 acres bounded by the land Jacob Warwick formerly possessed," which he sold two years later on 23 April 1778 [Northampton County DB 6:86, 230]. He may have been the Jacob Warrick who was counted as white in Wayne County in 1790: head of a household of 2 males and 1 female [NC:149]. He left a 12 January 1794 Wayne County will in which he named his daughter Silviah Mallaby and son Wiot Warrick [North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998, Original Wills, Ancestry.com]. He was the father of

i. Sylvia Mallaby.

ii. Wyatt, head of a Wayne county household of 7 whites in 1790. He received voucher no. 798 for £139 on account of his pay to 1 January 1782 in Halifax District on 1 September 1784 [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, http://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-PQGZ, Warwick, Wyatt]. He testified for Josiah Mainor on 18 May 1819 that he served in the army commanded by General Green and that they were discharged at the same place and returned home together. Silvy Mallaby and Jacob Warwick were present at the marriage of Sarah Wilson and Wyatt on 25 December 1790 in Wayne County [NARA, M804, W.3898, http://fold3.com/image/28747711, 23396853, 20342510].

 

Other members of the family were

i. James, born before 1776, called James Warwik in the Third Company detached from the Northampton County Regiment in the War of 1812 [N.C. Adjutant General, Muster Rolls of the War of 1812, 20]. He was head of an Anson County household of 7 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:13].

ii. Riley, head of an Anson County household of 6 "free colored" and 2 white women in 1820 [NC:13].

 

Another Warwick family:

i. Abraham, born about 1743, enlisted for the length of the war in 1782: age 39, 5'4-1/2" high, black complexion, residence: Frederick County, born in Loudoun County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.91)]. General Morgan received his final pay of £87 on 7 April 1783 [NARA, M881, Roll 1096, frames 1044-7 of 2087]. He was taxable in the western cistrict of Hardy County in a "List of Free Negroes & molattors" from 1801 to 1815: listed with his wife and 4 children in 1801; taxable on his son in 1802, living on Matthias Woolham's land with his wife Cristeny and 4 children in 1804 and 1805, taxable on son John in 1813, taxed on a horse but not his own tithe in 1815 [PPTL, 1786-1806, frames 348, 357, 405, 459, 471; 1807-1819, frames 57, 104, 183, 274].

 

Endnotes:

1.     Only John Newsom had "Black" written next to his name in Fason's Muster, but all those persons listed below him were counted as "other free" in the census.

 

WALTERS/ WATERS FAMILY

1.    Joseph Walters, born say 1670, complained to the lieutenant governor of Virginia that the child born to his wife while she was the slave of Isaac Collyer was held by Collyer as his slave. The case was referred to the York County court which decided that the child was born while Joseph's wife was still a slave. He and his wife Mary, "free Negroes," were arrested for assault and battery in York County on 24 August 1693. His wife Mary was convicted of assaulting Elizabeth Samson, and there was also a "general complaint against her...of threats...of dangerous consequence," so the court ordered her transportation out of the colony. Joseph was probably identical to Joseph Waters, a "free Negroe," who the grand jury of York County presented on 25 February 1694/5 for "keeping company with an English woman & constantly lying with her." The court also presented the unnamed English woman for having a "Molotto Child" [DOW 9:173, 240, 255, 270; 10:106].

 

WATKINS FAMILY

1.    Mary Watkins, born say 1720, confessed to the Northumberland County court on 12 June 1738 that she had a "mulatto" child "got by a negro," and the court ordered that she pay a fine of £15 or be sold by the churchwardens of Wiccocomoco Parish for five years after the completion of her service to her then master [Orders 1737-43, 47]. A Catherine Watkins, apparently a white woman, was listed in the inventory of the Northumberland County estate of John Coppedge between 1743 and 1749, valued at £4. Also listed were "Molatto" children Robert, Jeane and Michael Watkins, valued at £15, £13 and £11 respectively [RB 1743-9, 131]. Mary may have been the mother of

i. Robert¹, born say 1737, perhaps the Robert Watkins whose petition against Seymour Powell was dismissed by the Brunswick County, Virginia court on 27 June 1758 after hearing both sides [Orders 1757-9, 202].

2    ii. Jean/ Jane¹, born say 1739.

3    iii. Michael, born say 1741.

 

2.    Jean/ Jane¹ Watkins, born say 1739, was a "Molatto" listed in the Northumberland County estate of John Coppedge, valued at £13 [RB 1743-9, 131]. She may have been the mother of

4    i. Moses, born say 1760.

 

3.    Michael Watkins, born say 1741, was living in Lancaster County on 21 October 1765 when the court ordered his daughter Kate Watkins bound to Robert Watkins [Orders 1764-7, 168]. He was in Brunswick County, Virginia, on 25 January 1779 when the court ordered the churchwardens of St. Andrew's Parish to bind out his "poor Children" William and Robert Watkins. His wife was apparently Ann Watkins who was living in Brunswick County on 22 April 1771 when the court ordered her children William, Robert, and Mary Watkins, "(Mulattoes) poor Children," bound out by the churchwardens of St. Andrew's Parish [Orders 1768-72, 346; 1774-82, 242]. He was taxable in St. Andrew's Parish, Greensville County, Virginia, from 1787 to 1820: taxable on a horse and 4 cattle in 1787, taxable on a free male tithable 16-21 years of age in 1790, 1795 and 1796; taxable on James Watkins's tithe in 1804 and 1805, listed in 1813 with Ann Watkins ("Mulattos") [PPTL 1782-1850, frames 57, 124, 149, 157, 195, 207, 236, 271, 299, 317, 334, 350, 369, 384, 399, 413, 430, 444, 460, 503, 599]. He was head of a Greensville County household of 5 "free colored" in 1820 [VA:266]. Michael and Ann were the parents of

5     i. Catherine, born say 1763.

ii. William, born say 1768.

6     iii. Robert², born about 1770.

7     iv. Mary, born say 1771.

v. ?John¹, born before 1776, taxable in Greensville County from 1797 to 1820: listed with (his wife) Sally, "Mulattos," in 1813 [PPTL 1809-50, frames 225, 236, 250, 290, 307, 317, 341, 375, 450, 466, 538, 610]. He was head of a Greensville County household of 12 "free colored" in 1820 [VA:266]. He was a 50-year-old man who emigrated to Liberia from Brunswick County, Virginia, aboard the ship Harriet in 1829 with Rebecca Watkins (age 24) and two children [http://fold3.com/image/46670285].

vi. ?Daniel¹, born before 1776, taxable in Greensville County in 1795, 1799 and 1800 [PPTL 1782-1850, frames 195, 249, 257], head of a household of 6 "free colored" in 1820 [VA:266].

8     vii. ?David, born say 1780.

viii. ?James, born say 1782, married to Sally on 8 May 1809 when they sold 30 acres on the south side of Fountain Creek and both sides of Jordan's Road in Greensville County. This was their allotment of the estate of Lucretia Byrd, widow of Thomas Stewart [DB 4:117]. He was taxable in Michael Watkins's household in 1804 and 1805, in his own household from 1807 to 1811, probably deceased by 1812 when Sally Watkins was taxable on a horse in 1812 and listed by herself as a "Mulatto" in 1813 [PPTL 1782-1850, frames 369, 399, 384, 403, 417, 430, 444].

ix. ?Frederick, born in 1785, registered in Greensville County on 10 November 1806: aged 21 years the 24 December 1806 is free born, of a yellowish complexion...about 5 feet 8-1/2 Inches high [Register of Free Negroes, no.6] and was head of a Rutherford County, Tennessee household of 6 "free colored" in 1820.

 

4.    Moses Watkins, born say 1760, served as a soldier in the infantry in the Revolution. Col. Gaskins received his final pay of £35 on 27 February 1784 [NARA, M881, Roll 1096, frame 1092 of 2087: http://fold3.com/image/23329340]. He was a "Mulatto" taxable in Culpeper County from 1789 to 1794 [PPTL 1782-1802, frames 307, 338, 416, 437, 498] and a "free negro" taxable in Fauquier County in 1798 [PPTL 1797-1807, frame 100]. On 13 July 1789 he rented for £5 annually 100 acres on the west side of the Hatyman River from William Allason by Culpeper County deed during the natural life of himself, his wife Judie and his son Robert who was then under eight years of age. He also agreed that within two years he would build a 20 foot square house, 16 foot square kitchen, 20 x 16 foot stable, 30 x 20 foot barn, and plant 50 apple and 50 pear trees [DB P:243]. His father-in-law James Nickens made the same agreement with Allason about two weeks later [DB P:249]. He and his wife Judy were the parents of

i. Robert³, born about 1781.

 

5.    Catherine Watkins, born say 1763, was bound to (her uncle?) Robert Watkins in Lancaster County in 1765. She was living in Greensville County, Virginia, on 26 June 1783 when the court ordered the churchwardens of St. Andrew's Parish to bind out her illegitimate children Moses and Cherry Watkins [Orders 1781-9, 73]. She was the mother of

i. Moses², born 1776-94, head of a Warren County, North Carolina household of 1 "other free" and 3 slaves in 1810 [NC:756], and 3 "free colored" and 6 slaves in 1820. His widow Nancy was allotted a year's support in 1826 [Gammon, Record of Estates Warren County, vol. II, no. 566]. She was head of a Warren County household of 2 whites and 2 slaves in 1830.

ii. Cherry.

 

6.    Robert² Watkins, born about 1770, married Nancy Jones, daughter of Thomas and Rebecca Jones, 10 February 1796 Greensville County bond, Abraham Artis surety [Marriage Bonds, 34]. He was taxable in Greensville County from 1792 to 1815: in the same household with John Deen in 1792 when they were taxable on a slave, taxable on 2 horses in 1793, his tax charged to George Harwell in 1799, taxable on a slave and 2 horses in 1812, listed with Nancy ("Mulattos") in 1813 [PPTL 1782-1850, frames 149, 157, 207, 244, 264, 278, 299, 317, 334, 350, 384, 417, 436, 450, 489]. Robert and his wife Nancy and Mark Gowen and his wife Sally sold 9 acres in Greensville County on 23 September 1799 which was part of the land their wives inherited from their father Thomas Jones [DB 2:577]. Robert registered in Greensville County on 1 September 1824: a free Man of Colour of a Yellow Complexion supposed to be 54 years old, 5'9-1/4 inches high (in shoes)...a farmer [Register of Free Negroes, no.113]. He was head of a Greensville County household of 5 "free colored" in 1820 [VA:266]. He may have been the father of

i. Sterling, born about 1807, registered in Greensville County on 1 April 1825: free born of a yellowish Complexion about Eighteen years old, 5 feet 10-1/2 inches high in shoes...a planter [Register of Free Negroes, no.141].

 

7.    Mary Watkins, born say 1771, "Mulato" daughter of Ann Watkins, was bound apprentice in Brunswick County on 22 April 1771 [Orders 1768-72, 346]. She was a "free Mulatto Woman" living in Greensville County between 1822 and 1826 when her children registered. They were

i. Daniel², born about 1798, registered on 29 April 1817: free born of a black complexion, nineteen years of age the 28^th May next, five feet 9^3/4 inches high (in Shoes), a planter. He was the son of Mary Watkins, daughter of Mycal Watkins, according to a document signed by Henry Jarratt for Daniel's registration [Register of Free Negroes, no. 66; Loose documents recorded with Free Negro Register, http://familysearch.org/search/catalog/374663, film 1976193, image 504]. He married Fanny Dungill, 10 February 1824 Greensville County bond, David Wadkins surety, 12 February marriage by Rev. Nathaniel Chambliss [Ministers' Returns, 93].

ii. John², born 14 August 1802, registered in Greensville County on 17 July 1822: (son of Mary Watkins a free Mulatto Woman) free born of a black complexion, about 20 years of age, five feet 7 inches high (barefoot), a sawyer. He was the son of Mary Wadkins and her husband Bumbo, the Negro slave of Ingram Blanks, according to a note sent to the clerk by Mary's mother Nancy Wadkins [Register of Free Negroes, no. 100; Loose documents recorded with Free Negro Register, http://familysearch.org/search/catalog/374663, film 1976193, image 495].

iii. Jesse, born about 1804, registered in Greensville County on 3 January 1826: son of Mary Watkins, free born 22 years of a yellow Complexion, 5'8-1/8 inches high (in shoes)...a ditcher [Register of Free Negroes, no.151]. He was head of a Halifax County, North Carolina household of 5 "free colored" in 1830.

 

8.    David Watkins, born say 1780, was taxable in Greensville County from 1798 to 1820: taxable on a horse in 1805, his tax charged to John Blanks in 1806 and 1807, taxable on a slave in 1809, 5 slaves in 1811 and 4 slaves and 3 horses in 1812, listed with (wife) Jemima ("Mulattos") in 1813 [PPTL 1782-1850, frames 235, 249, 257, 299, 317, 334, 347, 367, 367, 384, 413, 430, 444, 459, 478, 503, 551, 575, 599]. He married Mima, "a mulatto woman freed by Mr. John Wickham," 25 December 1805 Greensville County bond, James Watkins surety. He was head of a Greensville County household of 12 "free colored" and 7 slaves in 1820 [VA:266] and 21 "free colored" and 12 slaves in 1830 [VA:41]. He was the father of

i. Mary Ann, born say 1804, "daughter of David Watkins," married Thomas King, "people of color," 29 January 1822 Greensville County bond.

 

Other members of the family in North Carolina and Virginia were

i. Clarkey, born before 1776, head of a Caswell County household of 5 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:93].

ii. Sarah, born before 1776, head of a Guilford County household of 8 "free colored" in 1830.

iii. Robert⁴, born about 1786, registered in Chesterfield County, Virginia, on 8 January 1811: twenty five years old, yellow complexion, born free [Register of Free Negroes 1804-53, no. 152].

iv. Isaac, born 1776-94, head of a Caswell County household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [NC:512] and 7 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:93], married Jenny Jones, 23 February 1816 Caswell County bond.

v. Jane², born say 1780, living in Caswell County on 22 February 1805 when the court ordered her unnamed children bound apprentices. Her children were probably Betsy, "child of colour," and Lewis Watkins, a five-year-old, both bound to Christopher Dameron on 30 July 1806 [CR 20.101.1]. Jane was a "Negro" head of a Guilford County household of 4 "free colored" in 1830.

vi. Nathan, born 1776-94, head of a Gates County household of 1 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:145].

 

WATTS FAMILY

Members of the Watts family were

i. Charles, born about 1749, taxable in the part of Petersburg that was in Dinwiddie County from 1787 to 1799: a "free" taxable on 2 "Blacks" (including himself) in 1795, taxable on 2 slaves and 3 horses in 1798, a slave and 2 horses in 1799 [PPTL, 1787-99, frames 669, 707, 762, 786, 805, 823, 836]. He registered in Petersburg on 16 August 1794: a light Mulatto man, forty five years old, five feet seven inches high, born free in the county of Prince George [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 7]. He was a 53-year-old painter listed in Petersburg with his 40-year-old wife Polly Cary and 15-year-old painter Vine Guy [List of People of Color in Petersburg 1803, African American Narrative Digital Collection, LVA].

ii. the unnamed sister of Charles, married John Chavis who served as a wagoner in the Revolution according to the legislative petition of their children Charles, John, Mary and Randol Chavis. A certificate was issued to John at the end of the war for his service, but it was burnt in a fire in the Petersburg home of her brother Charles Watts, according to the testimony of Thomas Evans who had been a resident of Petersburg at the time of the fire [Townes, Joseph: Petition, Mecklenburg County, 1820-12-14; Goode, William O., Correspondence, Mecklenburg County, 1836-01-19, Legislative Petitions Digital Collections, LVA].

 

WEAVER FAMILY

Henry Weaver, early settler of Weaver, Indiana

 

William W. Weaver (sitting), born about 1817, registered in Norfolk County on 18 December 1850: age 33, 5'7-1/2" high, Indian complexion, Indian descent [Register of Free Negroes, 1809-1852, no. 1583].

 

Three members of the Weaver family, probably brothers, were called "East Indians" in Lancaster County between 1707 and 1711. They were

1     i. Richard¹, born say 1675.

ii. John¹, born say 1684.

2     iii. William¹, born say 1686.

 

1.    Richard¹ Weaver, born say 1675, was called an East Indian by the Lancaster County court on 11 April 1711 when it granted him judgment against the estate of Andrew Jackson for 400 pounds of tobacco due by bill [Orders 1702-13, 262]. He and Elizabeth Weaver were witnesses to the 21 September 1735 Lancaster County will of Edward Nicken and proved the will in court on 12 November 1735 [WB 12:355; Orders 1729-43, 131]. Thomas Edwards sued him for 319 pounds of tobacco on 10 April 1733. On 11 November 1737 the Lancaster County court presented him and his wife Betty of Wiccocomoco Parish for being absent from Church for one month, but the case was dismissed the following month. He was called "an ancient poor man of Wiccocomoco Parish" on 12 September 1739 when the Lancaster County court excused him from paying taxes in the future. James Scrosby sued him for 500 pounds of tobacco on 10 September 1742 [Orders 1729-43, 106, 185, 187-8, 251, 358]. His son Isaac Weaver was a tithable in his household in 1745 [Lancaster County Tithables 1745-95, 2]. Moses Weaver's suit against him in Lancaster County on 11 March 1748 for debt due by account was dismissed on 11 March 1748 [Orders 1743-52, 181a]. He left a 28 August 1756 Northumberland County will, proved 14 Mary 1759, by which he left his estate to his wife Elizabeth during her lifetime and then to sons Joseph and Benjamin Weaver. The inventory of his estate, appraised at £17, included a bible and a prayer book [RB 1758-62, 74, 89]. Richard was the father of

3     i. Ann¹, born say 1720.

4     ii. Isaac¹, born say 1722.

5     iii. Aaron¹, born say 1725.

iv. Joseph¹, born say 1730, received a certificate from the Lancaster County court on 16 August 1756 for taking up Dinah, "a Runaway Negro woman Slave" belonging to the estate of William Harvey, deceased, of Northumberland County [Orders 1752-6, 264]. He won a suit in Lancaster County court on 19 August 1773 against Charles Barratt for £2.8 [Orders 1770-8, 343]. He was head of a Northumberland County household of 6 "Black" persons in 1782 [VA:37], taxable in Northumberland County from 1782 to 1790: listed with 2 tithes, 18 cattle, and a horse in 1782, charged with Benjamin Weaver's tithe in 1783, 1786 and 1787; listed as Benjamin's tithe in 1789; charged with 2 tithes in 1791 [PPTL, 1782-1812, frames 235, 249, 293, 315, 337, 374]. On 14 June 1790 the Northumberland County court exempted Benjamin and Joseph Weaver, "free negroes," from paying personal taxes [Orders 1790-5, 2].

v. Benjamin¹, born say 1732, living in Northumberland County when John Clayton wrote a promissory note to pay him £1.11 by 19 August 1772. Benjamin sued Clayton for debt in Lancaster County court on 17 March 1785 [Lancaster Judgments 1702-1785, frames 593, 761-2; Orders 1783-5, 93a]. He was taxable in Northumberland County from 1787 to 1795: his tax charged to Joseph Weaver in 1787, taxable on himself and Joseph Weaver in 1788, taxable on his own tithe and a free male aged 16-21 in 1790, taxable on Richard Weaver in 1791 and 1792 [PPTL 1782-1812, frames 337, 360, 376, 389, 403, 420, 434]. On 14 June 1790 the Northumberland County court exempted him and Joseph Weaver, "free negroes," from paying personal taxes [Orders 1790-5, 2]. He purchased 100 acres in Lancaster County on 3 May 1796, another 10 acres on 19 November 1803 [DB 23:89; 25:20] and was head of a Lancaster County household of 6 "other free" and 2 slaves in 1810 [VA:364]. His 13 July 1812 Lancaster County will, proved 17 November the same year, lent his land to his nieces Elizabeth and Jenny, left a Bible to his niece Jenny Weaver, and left his land to Jenny's male issue [WB 28:137].

vi. ?Moses¹, sued Richard Weaver in Lancaster County court for debt due by account on 11 March 1748 and sued Aaron Weaver on 17 January 1754, but the cases were dismissed on agreement of the parties [Orders 1743-52, 181a; 1752-6, 210, 212]. Edward Kerr sued him for debt in Northumberland County on 15 April 1755 [Orders 1753-6, 303, 336, 359, 432, 435]. He was paid 3 shillings for sureproofing the tobacco house of the orphans of John Hutchings in Lancaster County in 1762 [Deeds & Wills 1758-63, 234].

 

2.    William¹ Weaver, born say 1686, and Jack Weaver, "East Indy Indians," sued Thomas Pinkard for their freedom in Lancaster County court on 13 August 1707. The court allowed them five days time to produce evidence relating to their freedom but ordered them not to depart the county to some remote county without giving security to return to their master within the time allowed. Neither party appeared for the trial on 10 March 1707/8 [Orders 1702-13, 183, 176, 185]. William was probably identical to "William an East India Indian servant" who sued Daniel Neale in Westmoreland County for his freedom on 25 June 1707. The case came to trial on 30 March 1708 when "Will an East India Indian late a supposed slave" testified that some time in the year 1689 he was fraudulently trepanned out of his native country in the East Indiies, transported to England and soon after brought to this country where he faithfully served his master. The court ordered that Neale pay him his freedom dues [Orders 1705-21, 59, 59a, 74a, 83]. William may have been the father of

6     i. ?William², born say 1710.

ii. ?Elizabeth, born say 1714, living in Bertie County, North Carolina, on 12 August 1735 when the court nullified the indenture of "Elizh. Weaver Setting forth that being a Free woman she is detained by Edmd. Wiggons as a servant by indenture illegally obtained...from the Petnrs. mother." And on 13 August 1740 the court read the petition of Charles Horne "Shewing that he has bound to him by ye Cts. of ye N W Par & two Majestrates O. & Elizabeth Weavers a Mallatto Boy wch Allex. Cotton refuses to Deliver ye sd. Boy" [Haun, Bertie County Court Minutes, I:152, 293].

7     iii. ?James¹, born say 1718.

 

3.    Ann¹ Weaver, born say 1720, a "Mulatto," was married to Allen Kelly on 24 May 1755 when they bound themselves and her "Mulatto" son Elijah Weaver to serve Benjamin Waddy of Lancaster County for three years to pay a debt they owed John Heath. Waddy sold Elijah's indenture to William Pullen who sued Waddy, testifying on 17 December 1762 that Elijah, the son of "Nanny Weaver a free mullattoe," had served only two years because he reached the age of twenty-one after the second year [LVA, chancery suit 1765-001, http://virginiamemory.com/collections/chancery]. She was the wife of Thomas Nicken on 30 November 1777 when her brother Isaac Weaver called Nicken his brother-in-law in his Lancaster County will [WB 20:120] and on 22 April 1778 when her husband Thomas Nicken left his estate to her and her grandchild Ann Weaver Kelly [RB 10:375]. She was the mother of

8     i. Elijah¹, born about 1736.

 

4.   Isaac¹ Weaver, born say 1722, was taxable in the Lancaster County household of his father Richard Weaver in 1745 and taxable in John Longworth's household in 1775 and 1777 [Tithables 1745-95, 2, 14, 22, 35]. He sued John Coan in Northumberland County for trespass, assault and battery on 13 May 1746 and was awarded 40 shillings by a jury on 8 December 1746. James Lawler was his witness [Orders 1743-9, 109, 127, 136, 140]. He was sued by Thomas Edwards, Gent., for £2.9 due by account in Lancaster County on 13 June 1746 [Orders 1743-52, 102]. The churchwardens were ordered to bind out his children in Lancaster County on 17 April 1764. He brought a successful suit in Lancaster County against William Steptoe for 429 pounds of tobacco on 21 May 1764. His suit against Joseph McAdams was dismissed on 19 November 1764, and on 15 July 1765 David Galloway won a suit against him for £13.13. This was for merchandise that Isaac purchased from Galloway between 9 August 1762 and 26 February 1764 that included a linen handkerchief, brown sugar, 3 pints of rum, a drinking glass, 2 men's felt hats, 2-5/8 yard fine linen, a quart of rum, molasses, another pint of rum, men's shoes, a thimble, a narrow ax, and a quart of rum. It also included £10.13 which Galloway paid to settle Isaac's account with Hugh Ker on 8 September 1762 and a deduction of 2 shillings which was paid for Isaac by John Nicken. Isaac was living in Northumberland County on 14 August 1762 when he signed (making his mark) a promissory note to Ker for the £10.13. The suit was settled when Elmour Doggett agreed to pay Galloway from Isaac's crop when finished after deducting one broad and narrow hoe as well as his levy and poll tax [Lancaster County Orders 1764-67, 27, 32, 39, 78, 144; Judgments 1765-7, frames 178-182]. His children were probably the "Mulatto" boys and girls who William Heydon of Wiccocomico Parish named in his 17 June 1765 Lancaster County will, "To my Son in Law Ambrose Jones...my Mulatto boy John Weaver...To my Son John Heydon...my Mulatto Girl Betty Weaver...To my Granddaughter Tabitha Oldham my Mulattoes Tom and Darcus Weaver...To my Grandson William Oldham...my Mulatto Boy William Weaver." They were listed in the 17 June 1765 inventory of his estate: Darcus Weaver (£25), John Weaver (£20), William Weaver (£18), Thomas Weaver (£15) and Betty Weaver (£10) [DW 1764-70, 34, 38, 78, 81]. Isaac's 30 November 1777 Lancaster County will, proved 19 March 1778, named his brother Aaron Weaver and his brother-in-law Thomas Nicken [WB 20:120]. His children were probably

i. Dorcas, born say 1755, mother of Wilson Weaver who was bound to Thomas Lovelace in Halifax County, Virginia, on 19 September 1776. On 27 February 1792 the Halifax County court ordered the overseers of the poor of the upper southern district to bind out her son William Weaver to William Smith [Pleas 1774-9, 172; 1790-2, 341]. Her son Wilson Weaver registered in Halifax County on 30 August 1802: aged about twenty five years, five feet seven inches and three quarters high, yellow colour...born free [Register of Free Negroes 1802-31, no. 21]. He may have been the son of a member of the Wilson family of Halifax County. He was a "Moloto" taxable in Pittsylvania County in 1803, living at John Fitzjahrelds's in 1804 [PPTL 1792-1812, frames 412, 484].

ii. John⁴, born about 1760, petitioned the Lancaster County court on 19 October 1786 for his freedom from Susannah Leland who was holding him in servitude until the age of thirty-one. The court ruled that he was free since he had served for twenty-one years [Orders 1786-9, 32]. He married Dorcas Bell, 10 June 1789 Lancaster County bond, Elijah Weaver surety. He received a certificate of freedom from the Lancaster County court on 19 April 1796 that he had been a servant until the age of twenty-one [Orders 1792-9, 268]. He was taxable in Lancaster County from 1788 to 1813 [PPTL, 1782-1839, frames 54, 86, 291, 322, 385]. He registered in Lancaster County on 19 September 1808: Age 48, Color yellow, Height 5'3-1/4. His wife Dorcas registered on 18 July 1803: wf/o John, Age 49, Color dark, Height 4'11, Served till 31 years of age [Burkett, Lancaster County Register of Free Negroes, 1]. He made a 6 November 1809 Lancaster County will, proved 20 February 1815, by which he loaned his messuage and all his estate to his wife Darkey Weaver, and at her death to his grandson John Bell and named grandsons James and Samuel Bell. Betsy Bell was one of the witnesses to the will [WB 28:162]. Dorcas left a 23 July 1820 Lancaster County will, proved 21 August the same year, naming her son Coleman Bell and grandchildren John Weaver Bell, James Bell, and Nancy Bell [WB 28:208].

iii. William³, born say 1760, perhaps the William Weaver who the Lancaster County court ordered on 20 June 1771 to remain with his mother Sinah Hamlin (Hamilton?) until further order [Orders 1770-8, 109], taxable in Mary Haydon's Wicomico Parish, Lancaster County household in 1781 [Tithables 1745-95, 38].

iv. Thomas¹, born say 1762, married Eliza Lawes/Laws, 7 July 1794 Lancaster County bond, and was granted a certificate of freedom by the Lancaster County court on 21 July 1795 [Orders 1792-9, 225]. He was taxable in Lancaster County in 1795 [Tithables 1745-95, 58], taxable in Northumberland County from 1805 to 1809, a "Blk" taxable in 1809, and a "free mulatto" head of a Northumberland County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [VA:998]. (His widow?) Betty Weaver who was listed as a "free Negro" in Northumberland County with a male over 16 years of age and 2 slaves over 16 in "A list of Free Negroes and Mulattoes" in 1813 [PPTL 1782-1812, frames 588, 597, 616, 645; 1813-49, p.13].

v. Elizabeth, born say 1763, taxable in Northumberland County on 4 cattle in 1787, taxable on 2 horses in 1797 and 1798 [PPTL 1782-1812, frame 315, 466, 488].

 

5.    Aaron¹Weaver, born say 1725, was sued by Moses Weaver in Lancaster County court on 17 January 1754, but the case was dismissed on agreement of the parties [Orders 1752-6, 210, 212]. He purchased household items at the sale of the Northumberland County estate of David Lattimore on 10 January 1769 [RB 1770-2, 105, 107]. He was named in the 30 November 1777 Lancaster will of his brother Isaac Weaver [WB 20:120]. He was taxable in Lancaster County in 1775 in the list of John Longworth on himself and slave Phebe, on himself in 1776, one of Betty Brady's tithables in 1777, a tithable head of a household with slave Sarah in 1779, and tithable on himself and slave Lucy in 1781 [Tithables 1745-95, 14, 18, 22, 35, 42]. He was head of a Northumberland County household of 9 "Black" persons (called "Free Aaron Weaver") in 1782 [VA:37], taxable in Northumberland County in 1782 and 1783 [PPTL 1782-1812, frames 232, 249], and taxable in Lancaster County from 1783 to 1785 [PPTL, 1782-1839, frames 18, 32]. On 16 February 1786 the Lancaster County court excused him from paying taxes because he was aged and infirm. He was taxable on 50 acres in Lancaster County from 1782 to 1799, and his estate was taxable on this land from 1791 to 1801 [Land Tax List 1782-1850]. He made a deed of gift to Betty Brady and Joseph Weaver, and Betty Brady made a deed of gift to Easter Longworth which was proved in Lancaster County court on 18 January 1791. On the same day Easter Longworth was presented by the grand jury for having an illegitimate child [Orders 1786-9, 2a; 1789-92, 254, 258]. He may have been the father of

9     i. Aaron², born about 1745.

ii. Richard², born about 1752, an indentured servant who ran away from Robert Dudley of King and Queen County, who offered a reward for his return in the 21 March 1771 issue of the Virginia Gazette, describing him as a young Negro fellow...about 19 years of age, of a yellow complexion, and very spare, had on when he went off a grey serge coat and waistcoat, lined with red, and a pair of leather breeches [Virginia Gazette, Rine edition, p. 4, col. 3]. He may have been the Richard Weaver who was on the muster roll of Captain Samuel Hawes's Company in the 2^nd Virginia Regiment in July 1777 and in Captain Richard Stevens Company of the 10^th Virginia Regiment in November 1777: enlisted until February 1778 [NARA, M246, Roll 96, frame 205 of 736; Roll 108, frames 755, 797, 801 of 1044; http://fold3.com/image/9098496]. Joseph Saunders received his final pay of £64 on 29 August 1786 [NARA, M881, Roll 1096, frame 1179 of 2087; http://fold3.com/image/286702539]. He was taxable in Lancaster County in 1787, perhaps identical to Richard B. Weaver who was taxable there from 1797 to 1813 [PPTL, 1782-1839, frames 46, 157, 178, 191, 206, 219, 232, 385]. On 18 March 1788 he and Peter Haw admitted to the Lancaster County court that they owed Meredith Nelms a balance of £3.12 of a debt of £7. He was called a "free Negroe" on 21 July 1794 when the Lancaster County court granted him a certificate that he was born free [Orders 1786-9, 133a; 1792-9, 182]. He was listed as one of Nathan Pullen's tithes in Northumberland County in 1790 [PPTL 1782-1812, frame 359]. On 13 October 1794 he was administrator of the Northumberland County estate of Rebecca Weaver [Orders 1790-95, 471], and on 18 March 1795 he was awarded £4.10 in his suit against the estate of Francis Rock [Orders 1792-9, 154, 213].

iii. Lucy², a witness to the 22 February 1775 Northumberland County will of Judith Hughlett [RB 1772-6, 566], called Lucy Weaver, Senr., on 12 July 1796 when she and Lucy Weaver were sued in Northumberland County court by Daniel Muse. She acknowledged a debt to him of £32 which was to be discharged by paying £16 with interest from 27 September 1790 [Orders 1796-7, 55]. She was taxable in Northumberland County on a free male, 3 cattle and a horse in 1782; taxable on a slave in 1790 and 1794 [PPTL 1782-1812, frames 238, 368, 427] and was a "free mulatto" head of a Northumberland County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:999].

iv. John³, born about 1757, residing in Richmond City when he enlisted in the Revolution in Northumberland County for 2 years on 16 June 1782 and was sized the same day: age 25, 5'4" high, black complexion, Negro, a planter, born in Lancaster County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.91)]. He was taxable in Portsmouth and Elizabeth River Parish in Norfolk County in 1788 and 1789 and from 1796 to 1806: called a "Mulatto" in 1798, 1800 and 1804; a labourer in Western Branch Precinct in a "List of Free Negroes and Mulattoes" in 1801 [PPTL, 1782-1791, frames 633, 652; 1791-1812, frames 180, 235, 261, 306, 364, 384, 569, 584]. He purchased 11 acres in Norfolk County at the head of the Western Branch of the Elizabeth River adjoining John Cooper, James Manning and Thomas Taylor on 1 February 1798 and purchased another 8 acres from John Cooper adjoining this land near Hall's Mill and Mary Ann Hall for $110 on 15 March 1803, with Thomas Newton (signing) and Wright Bowers as witnesses [DB 37:136-7; 41:49]. He and his wife Mary sold 11 acres of this land to Adam Perkins for £40 on 9 December 1805, and they sold 8 acres adjoining their land to Richard David for $200 on 17 March 1806 [DB 43:4, 72-3]. He was head of a Northampton County, North Carolina household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [NC:750], 5 "free colored" in Hertford County in 1820 [NC:206] and 3 "free colored" in Hertford County in 1830. On 28 November 1823 he testified in Hertford County court for Evans Archer that he was in the same regiment with him during the Revolution, stationed in South Carolina. On 13 October 1828 he was about 71 or 72 years of age when he made a declaration in Hertford County court to obtain bounty land for his service in the Revolution, stating that he served in the Virginia Line in a regiment that was commanded by colonels Davis, then Cambell, then Quebeck but lost his discharge in a sea wreck soon after the war. James Smith testified that he performed the service. He received bounty land [NARA, B.LWt.1391-100, M805, Roll 845, frame 272]. He may have been identical to the John Weaver who received bounty land by virtue of a voucher by Lieutenant Colonel Ed. Carrington in 1783 that John Weaver the bearer belonged to the Fifth Troop in the 1^st Regiment of Light Dragoons commanded by Colonel George Baylor and had leave of absence. He served for 3 years [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Weaver, John, Digital Collection, LVA]. He was a Revolutionary War veteran who died before 19 May 1834 when his only heir Betty Weaver was named in Lancaster County court [Orders 1834-41, 7]. Eliza Weaver, born about 1789, was head of a Lancaster County household of 3 "free colored" in 1830 and a 43-year-old woman counted in the middle district of Lancaster County in 1832 [List of Free Negroes and Mulattoes in the County of Lancaster 1832, African American Narrative Digital Collection, LVA].

v. Ann², born say 1778, married Henry Johnson, 13 February 1795 Lancaster County bond.

vi. Anthony, born about 1780, married Susan Causey, 30 May 1807 Northumberland County bond, James Toulson surety, and was "a free mulatto" head of a Northumberland County household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [VA:998]. He registered in Northumberland County on 13 May 1811: Mulatto, about 31 years, 6 feet 1-3/4 Inches high [Register of Free Negroes, 1803-50, no. 52]. He was a "Blk" taxable in Northumberland County from 1807 to 1812: called Anthony, Sr., in 1810 when he was taxable on a slave [PPTL 1782-1812, frames 616, 645, 661, 676].

vii. Henry, married Jenny Weaver, 28 November 1811 Lancaster County bond. He was a "Blk" taxable in Northumberland County from 1806 to 1811 [PPTL 1782-1812, frames 597, 616, 645, 661, 676] and was listed with Jenny Weaver in the list of "free Negroes & Mulattoes" in Lancaster County in 1813 [PPTL 1782-1839, frames 382, 385, 398]. He was taxable on 100 acres of "forest" or "High" land near Grist Mill from 1813 to 1849 which was land Jenny received from her uncle Benjamin Weaver [Land Tax List, 1782-1850].

viii. Joseph², born about 1788, married Nancy Causey, 6 May 1810 Northumberland County bond, Amos Nicken security. He was a "Blk" taxable in Northumberland County from 1809 to 1812 [PPTL 1782-1812, frames 645, 661, 676], registered in Lancaster County on 15 February 1810: age 22, yellow, 5'7", was born free...(has) holes for rings pierced in his ears [Burkett, Lancaster County Register of Free Negroes, 5].

ix. S., head of a Lancaster County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:364], perhaps identical to Sally Weaver who registered in Northumberland County on 6 July 1810: black woman, about 36, 5 feet 5-1/2 inches high [Register of Free Negroes, 1803-50, no. 45].

x. Moses², born about 1785, registered in Lancaster County on 17 February 1807: Age 22, Color mulatto...born free [Burkett, Lancaster County Register of Free Negroes, 3]. He was taxable on 173 acres in Lancaster County on the Northumberland County line from 1827 to 1830 [Land Tax List 1782-1850]. He married Janetta Smith, daughter of Sally Mactear, 31 December 1816 Lancaster County bond. Sally McTyre registered on 15 May 1829: Age 42, Color bright...born free [Burkett, Lancaster County Register of Free Negroes, 9]. Sally was head of a Lancaster County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [VA:354]. Moses married, second, Jane Lowe alias Mercer after 16 November 1830 when her freedom was approved by the Lancaster County court. Gawin Corbin emancipated her mother Anna Lowe alias Mercer and Anna's children and grandchildren by his Lancaster County will, recorded 19 May 1823. Gawin stated that he was the father of her two youngest children Jane and Robert Lowe and left land in trust for Anna's use. On 2 January 1843 Anna's older children Dianna Lowe (mother of Joseph and Frederick) and Eliza Lowe sued Moses as administrator of Robert Lowe's estate, but the record showed that most of Corbin's land had been sold to pay his debts [LVA, chancery suit 1830-005, 1845-006, http://virginiamemory.com/collections/chancery].

 

6.    William² Weaver, born say 1710, was taxable in Norfolk County in Thomas Archer's household in 1732 and 1733, charged with his own tax in 1734, and taxable on his own tithe and James Weaver's in 1735 [Wingo, Norfolk County Tithables, 1730-50, 59, 78, 122, 167]. In February 1741 he paid £70 for 300 acres adjoining Alexander Cotton and Jonathan Clift in the part of Bertie County, North Carolina, which became Hertford County after 1759, with Thomas Archer as witness [DB F:319]. He and his wife Elizabeth Weaver were taxable in Bertie County as "free Mulattos" from 1751 to 1758: charged with James Weaver's tithe in 1757 [CCR 190; CR 10.702.1, Box 1]. He purchased 100 acres on Potecasi Creek joining John Carter's Mill on 27 August 1753 [DB H:4]. Most early Hertford County records were destroyed in courthouse fires, but William was taxable there on 2 persons in 1770 and his taxable property was recorded in a 1779 Hertford tax list for District 3 filed with the state government: 300 acres, 2 horses, 16 cattle, and £143 money, but not listed in the tax list for 1784 [Fouts, Tax Receipt Book, 66; GA 30.1; GA 64.1]. William's children may have been

10   i. Amey, born say 1730.

ii. Charles¹, born before 1748, taxable in the household of Peter Jones in John Brickell's Bertie County tax list for 1759 and taxable on 2 persons in Hertford County from 1768 to 1770 [Fouts, Tax Receipt Book, 13], head of a Hertford County household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [NC:350], 6 in 1810 [NC:106], and 13 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:182].

11   iii. Jesse¹, born before 1759.

12   iv. Edward (Ned), born say 1760.

v. James³, born say 1762, taxable on a horse and 7 cattle in Halifax County, North Carolina, in 1782, perhaps absent from the county when (his wife?) Mary Weaver's property was assessed at £20 in 1783 [GA 46.1, 64.1]. He received voucher no. 8299 in Halifax District for £18 on 19 June 1783 for military service in the Revolution [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, http://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-5HTZ]. He purchased 160 acres on the south side of Conway Creek in Halifax County on 13 October 1784 and sold this land on 3 May 1792 [DB 15:467; 17:746]. He was head of a Halifax County household of 4 "other free" in 1790 [NC:63], 5 in 1800 [NC:350], 9 in 1810 [NC:54], and 10 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:170]. He was charged with bastardy by Martha Lynch in Halifax County court on 24 May 1798. Their son was probably two-month-old Charles Lynch who was ordered bound to James Weaver on the same day to learn the trade of cooper [Minutes 1796-8].

 

7.    James¹ Weaver, born say 1718, was taxable in Norfolk County from 1734 to 1736: listed as James Howard's tithable in 1734, listed as William Weaver's tithable in 1735, and charged with his own tax in the district from Ferry Point to Great Bridge in 1736 [Wingo, Norfolk County Tithables, 1730-50, 130, 167, 181]. He was listed as William Weaver's tithe in the Bertie County list of John Brickell in 1757 and listed as a "negro" tithable with Peter and Elizabeth Jones, "Blacks," in 1758. Perhaps his widow was Sarah Weaver who was taxed on 300 acres and 5 cattle in District 4 of Hertford County in 1779 [GA 30.1]. Their children may have been

13   i. James², born about 1749.

ii. Charles², head of a Hertford County household of 1 "other free" in Captain Langston's District in 1800.

iii. Mary, head of a Hertford County household of 6 "other free" in Captain Lewis's District in 1800.

 

8.    Elijah¹ Weaver, born about 1736, was a "Mulatto" bound out by his "Mulatto" mother Ann Kelly on 24 May 1755 to serve Benjamin Waddy of Lancaster County for three years. Waddy sold the indenture to William Pullen on 12 December 1755, but Elijah turned twenty-one two years later and refused to serve the remaining year of the indenture [LVA, chancery suit 1765-001,  http://virginiamemory.com/collections/chancery]. John Heath, factor for Anthony McKitrick & Company, sued him on 17 February 1764 for £6.9 which was for merchandise Elijah had purchased between January 29, 1760 and March 1762: including osnaburg, shalloon and linen cloth, thread, buttons, worsted stockings, and a fur hat. The case which was dismissed in Lancaster County on 7 March 1764, probably upon payment of the debt [Judgments, 1763-4, frames 431-4; Orders 1764-67, 15]. He purchased household items at the sale of the Northumberland County estate of David Lattimore on 10 January 1769 [RB 1770-2, 106, 108]. He was administrator of the estate of John Kelly in Northumberland County in 1778 [Orders 1773-83, 362, 371, 374]. He complained to the 22 March 1782 Lancaster County court that Jesse Waddy carried away his son Spencer. The case was dismissed and he was required to pay costs [Orders 1778-83, 93, 94]. He may have been the Elijah Weaver for whom John Keys received £81 final pay on 11 July 1783 for service in the Revolution [NARA, M881, Roll 1096, frame 1170 of 2087; http://fold3.com/image/23329619]. He was taxable in Lancaster County in 1781 [Tithables 1745-95, 41] and taxable there from 1783 to 1791 [PPTL 1782-1839, frames 18, 23, 64, 86]. Thomas Mott sued him for 900 pounds of tobacco on 24 October 1784 [Court Papers, 1770-1780, frame 276]. On 21 June 1790 the Lancaster County court exempted him from paying taxes in the future [Orders 1789-92, 150]. He was taxable on 159 acres in Lancaster County from 1787 to 1791 [PPTL 1782-1850] and registered in Lancaster County on 18 July 1803: Age 66, Color dark...born free. His wife Dorcas Weaver registered the same day: wf/o Elijah, Age 62, Color mulatto...born free [Burkett, Lancaster County Register of Free Negroes, 1]. He was a Revolutionary War veteran who died intestate in Lancaster County before 15 September 1834 when his heirs Spencer Weaver, Elijah Weaver, Mary Pinn, Agatha Bell, Betsy Weaver, and Polly the wife of Armstead Nicken were named in court [Orders 1834-41, p.37]. The application for his bounty warrant for Revolutionary War service included a Lancaster County affidavit on 22 May 1834 by Richard Nicken, a near-neighbor of Elijah, that Elijah served on board the Dragon or Tartar for 3 years as a seaman. And it included a note that he had received £58 as the balance of his full pay as a seaman on 27 October 1783 [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Weaver, Elijah, Digital Collection, LVA]. His children may have been

i. Ann², born about 1762, registered in Lancaster County on 18 July 1803 (the same day as Elijah and his wife Dorcus): age 41, dark mu(latto), 5'4-1/2", served till 31 years of age [Burkett, Lancaster County Register of Free Negroes, 1], perhaps the Nanny Weaver who was head of a Lancaster County household of 8 "other free" in 1810 [VA:363].

ii. Spencer, born about 1773, taxable in Lancaster County from 1794 to 1810 [PPTL 1782-1839, frames 124, 206, 277, 338] and granted a certificate of freedom by the Lancaster County court on 21 July 1795 [Orders 1792-9, 223]. On 10 November 1801 he and his "Brother" William or Billy Weaver purchased a vessel from a Mr. Arbothnott and signed a promissory note for $110 to a Mr. Thomas Brown which was payable at the office of discount & deposit at Norfolk for which he was sued in Lancaster County court for payment in 1809 [LVA, chancery suit 1811-025, http://virginiamemory.com/collections/chancery]. He registered in Lancaster County on 16 January 1804: Age 31, Color mulatto [Burkett, Lancaster County Register of Free Negroes, 2].

iii. William/ Billy, born 11 September 1777, recorded a Lancaster County certificate of freedom in Norfolk County on 19 August 1801: a bright mulatto of the middle size and was born 11 September 1777 [Weaver, William (M, 24): Free Negro Certificate, 1801, African American Narrative Digital Collection, LVA] and registered in Lancaster County on 23 May 1808: age 30, yellow color, 5'7" [Burkett, Lancaster County Register of Free Negroes, 4].  He purchased a vessel from a Mr. Arbothnott and signed a promissory note on 10 November 1801 for $110 to a Mr. Thomas Brown payable at the Office of Discount & Deposit at Norfolk. His brother Spencer stated that Billy sailed to Charlotte in 1802 as a mariner for about $30 wages to pay the note. Billy was not an inhabitant of Lancaster County in 1809 when Spencer and he were sued for payment of the note [LVA, chancery suit 1811-025, http://virginiamemory.com/collections/chancery] and was not listed in the Lancaster County tax lists.

iv. Elijah², married Elizabeth Frary, 8 April 1796 Westmoreland County bond, Tracy Richard Clayton security.

v. Mary Pinn, probably the Mary Weaver of Wicomico Parish who was bound apprentice by the Northumberland County court on 9 June 1772 [Orders 1770-73, 378]. Mary Kelly Weaver, daughter of Elijah Weaver, married Aaron Pinn, 3 March 1794 Lancaster County bond, Spencer Weaver surety.

vi. Agatha, born about 1785, registered in Lancaster County on 18 July 1803: Age 18, Color bright mulatto...born free [Burkett, Lancaster County Register of Free Negroes, 1]. She married Coleman Bell, 26 December 1806 Lancaster County marriage.

vii. Betsy.

viii. Polly, married Armstead Nicken, 21 January 1819 Lancaster County bond.

 

9.    Aaron² Weaver, born say 1745, was head of a Lancaster County household of 3 free persons and a slave in 1783 [VA:55]. and a "F.B." taxable on a horse in the Eastern Branch Precinct of Princess Anne County from 1784 to 1815: exempt from personal tax starting in 1813 [PPTL, 1782-89, frames 600, 682, 719; 1790-1822, frames 21, 40, 47, 69, 104, 112, 141, 179, 186, 206, 244, 252, 290, 299, 335, 347, 397, 419, 431, 479, 534]. He registered in Princess Anne County on 27 September 1800: Aaron Weaver & Martha Nicken were married in the county of Northumberland the 7th February 1766. Their children are Rhoda, married Peter Harris, Sailor, in Norfolk, abt 33 years old; Moses Weaver, abt 24 years old; Elizabeth, married to Dempse Anderson, living in Norfolk, abt. 22 years old; Mary married to Benjamin Weaver about 19 years old. Martha Weaver, abt 17 years old. The above Aaron Weaver & Martha Nicken were born free [Weaver, Aaron (M): Free Negro Affidavit, 1800, African American Narrative Digital Collection, LVA]. He was a "F.B." head of a Princess Anne County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:479]. On 10 December 1811 he petitioned the legislature for a pension for his services in the Revolution, stating that he served as a seaman for 3 years aboard the galley Protector and ship Tartar and was wounded. William Cassady of Northumberland County, aged 56, deposed that he served with him and witnessed Aaron being wounded. He received state pension no. 442 and bounty land warrant VA 1477. He died in Princess Anne County about July-August 1819 [Legislative Petitions of the General Assembly, 1776-1865, Accession no. 36121, Box 309, folder 62; Virginia Revolutionary War Pension Applications, Digital Collection, LVA]. Aaron and Martha were the parents of

i. Rhoda, born about 1767, married Peter Harris.

ii. Thomas², born say 1772, registered in Princess Anne County on 22 October 1794: This is to certifie that Thomas Weaver son of Aaron Weaver is free born. Charles Lattimore [Weaver, Thomas (M): Free Negro Certificate, 1794, African American Narrative Digital Collection, LVA]. He was taxable in Princess Anne County from 1793 to 1795 [PPTL, 1790-1822, frames 69, 104, 112].

iii. Moses, born about 1776.

iv. Betsy, born about 1778, "daughter of Aaron Weaver," married Demce Anderson, Jr., 4 January 1796 Princess Anne County bond, Thomas Weaver surety.

v. Mary, born about 1781, married Benjamin Weaver, perhaps the Benjamin Weaver who applied for a certificate of freedom in Norfolk County on 30 July 1799: Cebra Turner made oath that she was the midwife at the birth of Benjamin Weaver...his mother was born free and obtained the certificate on 26 August 1799: a mulatto man aged twenty one years, five feet six inches and a half high, born free [Weaver, Benjamin (M): Free Negro Certificate, 1799, African American Narrative Digital Collection, LVA].

vi. Martha, born about 1783.

 

Other members of the family in Princess Anne County were

i. Betsy, born about 1785, registered in Princess Anne County on 3 October 1831: 5'3/4", age 46, a Bright mulatto woman, born free in Princess Anne County [Register of Free Negroes, 1830-62, no. 277].

ii. Lucretia, born about 1791, registered in Princess Anne County on 7 October 1833: 5'1-1/2", age 42, a bright Mulatto woman, born free in Princess Anne County [Register of Free Negroes, 1830-62, no. 318].

 

10.    Amey Weaver, born say 1730, "a Free Mullattoe," was taxable in the Bertie County household of Margaret Bynus (also a taxable) in William Wynn's list for 1757. Her children bound apprentices in Bertie County were

14    i. Lucy¹, born about 1746.

ii. Peter, born about 1750, bound to John Campbell to be a seaman on 28 January 1757 [NCGSJ XIII:168].

iii. John², born about 1753, a six-year-old son of "Free Mullattoe" Amey Weaver, bound to William Witherington to learn the trade of shoe making in July 1759 [Haun, Bertie County Court Minutes, II:491].

iv. Bridgett, born about 1756, three-year-old daughter of "Free Mullattoe" Amey Weaver, bound to William Witherington to learn household business [Haun, Bertie County Court Minutes, II:491]. She was head of a Hertford County household of 2 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:206].

v. ?James⁴, born say 1770, head of a Hertford County household of 6 "other free" in Captain Lewis's District in 1800.

 

11.    Jesse¹ Weaver, born before 1759, was taxable on 1 poll in District 3 of Hertford County in 1779 [GA 30.1] and taxable on 230 acres and 1 poll in Hertford County in 1784 [GA. 64.1]. He received voucher no. 2686 for £7 in Edenton District on 29 December 1783 for military service in the Revolution [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, http://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-PKVC, Weaver, Jesse]. He was head of a Hertford County household of 6 "other free" in 1790 [NC:26], 5 in Captain Lewis's District in 1800, 3 in 1810 [NC:102], 13 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:182], and 6 "free colored" in 1830 [NC:404]. His 14 January 1834 Hertford County will was proved in February 1834. He (signing) directed that his land and mill be sold and after his wife received her one-third part, the money be divided among his children: William, Jesse Wood, Fanny, Nancy, Pheba, and Martha Weaver. His two sons, who were keeping the mill, were to be executors and to receive $100 more than his other children. He gave his daughters Fanny Cotton and Phebe Cotton a bed and furniture for the use of their children and lent Mary Flood a bed and furniture during her lifetime. William was called William Weaver, Junr., when he qualified as executor [WB A:65]. His children were

15   i. William⁴, born before 1776.

ii. Jesse³, born 1776-94, head of a Hertford County household of 6 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:206] and 3 "free colored" in 1830.

iii. Fanny Cotton. Micajah, Wiley, and Richard Cotton were among the "Sundry persons of Colour of Hertford County" who petitioned the General Assembly in 1822 to repeal the act which declared slaves to be competent witnesses against free persons of Colour [NCGSJ XI:252].

iv. Phebe Cotton.

v. Nan.

vi. Martha.

 

12.    Edward (Ned) Weaver, born say 1760, was taxable in Hertford County on 200 acres and 1 poll in 1784, 337 acres in 1815 [GA 64.1; T&C, Box 5], head of a Hertford County household of 7 "other free" in 1790 [NC:25] and 7 "other free" in 1800. He appointed an attorney to receive his final settlement for service in the Revolution on 29 March 1791 [NCGSJ XVIII:92-3; http://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-P4QL]. His 8 April 1816 Hertford County will was proved in May 1816. He left land in the middle of little wood yard at James Smith's line to his wife and then to his granddaughter Polly Weaver with the balance of his land to be rented out to pay his wife $25 annually. He named his granddaughter Anga Weaver, grandson Allen Newton, granddaughter Hester Newton, son John Weaver and grandson Benjamin Weaver. Margaret Hall was a witness to the will [WB A:188]. His children were

i. John⁴, head of a Hertford County household of 3 "free colored" in 1830 [NC:403].

ii. ____, married Newton, parents of Allen and Hester Newton.

 

13.    James² Weaver, born about 1749, was taxable in St. Bride's Parish, Norfolk County, in 1765 [Wingo, Norfolk County Tithables 1751-65, 211], head of a Princess Anne County household of 6 whites (free persons) in 1783 and 1785 [VA:60, 103], and taxable on a horse in Blackwater Precinct of Princess Anne County from 1782 to 1787 [PPTL, 1782-9, frames 558, 568, 613, 632, 654, 696]. He obtained a certificate of freedom in Norfolk County on 4 May 1797: a mulatto man of the age of forty eight years & of the hight of five feet eight inches who was born free [Weaver, James (M, 48): Free Negro Certificate, 1797, African American Narrative Digital Collection, LVA]. He apparently used the certificate to move to Gates County, North Carolina, where he was head of a household of 6 "other free" in 1790 [NC:23] and 4 in 1800 [NC:280]. The Gates County court ordered Benjamin Weaver, "Molatto" son of Lucy Weaver, bound to him as an apprentice shoemaker in August 1793 [Fouts, Minutes of County Court 1787-93, 133]. His children Carter and Joel Weaver were called orphans of James Weaver when they were bound out in Gates County in 1802 [Farlow, Gale J., Black Craftsmen in North Carolina, UNC master's thesis, NCGSJ XI:95]. Perhaps his widow was Jane Weaver, thirty-three-year-old daughter of Henny Smith who obtained a certificate of freedom for herself and her children in Norfolk County on 13 June 1801 [Smith Sr, Henny: Free Negro Certificate, 1801, African American Narrative Digital Collection, LVA]. Jane was charged in Norfolk County court with "preparing a potion of medicine supposed to be poison" but released on 17 August 1801, "it appearing the said Jean Weaver is a free person." She was charged with stealing several articles of wearing apparel from the house of ___ Nash but found not guilty on 19 November 1805 [Orders 1801-3, 42a; 1804-5, 217a]. Milley Clayton asked the Norfolk County court to issue a peace warrant against her, but the court dismissed the case on 15 June 1806 [Orders 1806, 79b]. She was in a list of "Free Negroes & Mulattoes" in St. Brides Parish, taxable on a slave and a horse from 1801 to 1803 [PPTL, 1791-1812, frames 400, 416, 456]. James and Jane were the parents of

i. ?Willis¹, born say 1774, head of a Hertford County household of 3 "other free" in 1810. He made a 10 April 1814 Norfolk County will witneessed by Thomas Archer and Jesse Weaver, proved 18 July the same year, by which he left his wife Sarah Weaver 50 acres "in the County of Norfolk and State of North Carolina" to keep and support his children [WB 4:193-4; Original Wills, Vol. 7-8, 1811-1817].

ii. ?Willoughby, born say 1780, a labourer heading a household in Western Branch District of Norfolk County in a "List of Free Negroes and Mulattoes" in 1801 and included in Josiah Flood's household in the same list [PPTL, 1791-1812, frame 383]. Perhaps his widow was Mrs. Mary Ann Weaver who married John Robbins, "free persons of colour," 1816 Norfolk County bond, Robert Barrett security.

16   iii. ?Jesse², born say 1782.

iv. Carter, born about 1790, bound to Richard Rawls of Gates County to be a house carpenter, a "F Blk" taxable in Princess Anne County from 1813 to 1822 [PPTL, 1790-1822, frames 492, 511, 554, 667, 686, 705], head of a Princess Anne County household of 7 "free colored" in 1820.

v. Joel, born about 1792, bound to Richard Rawls of Gates County to be a house carpenter, a "F Blk" taxable in Princess Anne County from 1813 to 1821 [PPTL, 1790-1822, frames 492, 511, 554, 667, 686].

vi. Milha, "daughter of Jane Weaver," bound to Martha Smith in Portsmouth Parish, Norfolk County, on 18 January 1808 [Orders 1806-8, n.p., page 6 of January court].

 

14.    Lucy¹ Weaver, born about 1746, the eleven-year-old daughter of "Amiah Wever a free Mullattoe," was bound to John Campbell by the Bertie County court on 28 January 1757 [NCGSJ XIII:168]. (There was also an eleven-year-old "Molatto" girl named Lucy Weaver who was bound by the Pasquotank County court on 14 October 1766 to Joshua Gambling until the age of twenty-one [North Carolina Apprentice Bonds and records, Pasquotank County, G-Misc, 1716-1881, frame 861 of 2042; http://familysearch.org/search/catalog/766317].) She was called "Negroe Lucy Weaver" on 29 January 1767 when the Chowan County court bound her four-month-old "Free Negroe" son Lewis to Richard Brownrigg, Esq., until the age of twenty-one [Minutes 1766-72, 318]. In August 1793 the Gates County court ordered her fourteen-year-old "Molatto" son Benjamin Weaver bound as an apprentice shoemaker to James Weaver [Fouts, Minutes of County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions 1787-93, 133]. She was the mother of

i. Lewis, born about October 1768, four months old on 29 January 1767 when he was bound to Richard Brownrigg. He was head of a Hertford County household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [NC:102] and 1 "free colored" in 1830 [NC:398].

ii. Benjamin², born about 1779, bound apprentice in 1793.

 

15.    William⁴ Weaver, born say 1772, was head of a Hertford County household of 17 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:186] and 9 "free colored" in 1830 [NC:407]. He was taxable in Hertford County on 50 acres in 1815 [T&C, Box 5]. William, Elias, Lawrence, Jesse, Charles, Thomas and John Weaver were among the "Sundry persons of Colour of Hertford County" who petitioned the General Assembly in 1822 to repeal the act which declared slaves to be competent witnesses against free persons of Colour [NCGSJ XI:252]. He left an undated Hertford County will, proved November 1844, by which he left his wife Anny Weaver his plantation of 60 acres where he was then living, to be divided at her death between his two sons Lawrence and Eli Hugh Weaver. He left half his 50-acre plantation called "the old place" to his son Edward and the other half to his daughter Angeline, daughter Milly and grandson William Alfred Weaver. He left his sons John and Willis Weaver the plantation called "the Bizzell place," left daughters Jenny Hall and Feby Williamson 5 shillings each, and left all his other property to be equally divided between his five sons: Lawrence, Hugh, John, Willis and Edward Weaver. Lawrence was executor [WB 219-20]. Anna Weaver, born about 1785, was a "Mulatto" head of a Hertford County household in 1850 with Ellen Weaver (age 16) and Edward Weaver (age 30). Her real estate was valued at $100. William and Anna were the parents of

i.  Jenny Hall, born about 1799, listed with Allen Hall in the 1850 census.

ii. Lawrence, born about 1801, a 49-year-old "Mulatto" listed in the 1850 census for Hertford County.

iii. Hugh, born about 1805, a "Mulatto" listed with a white woman named Margaret Curl in his household for the 1850 census.

iv. John, born 1804-1816, head of a Hertford County household of 3 "free colored" in 1840.

v. Fereby Williamson, born about 1810, listed with 59-year-old "Mulatto" Trial Williamson in the 1850 Hertford County census.

vi. Willis², born about 1814, a farmer with $100 real estate in the 1850 Hertford County census with wife Sally and children.

vii. Edward, born about 1820.

 

16.    Jesse² Weaver, born say 1782, was a "M"(ulatto) taxable in Portsmouth and Elizabeth River Parish District of Norfolk County from 1803 to 1817 [PPTL, 1791-1812, frames 471, 585, 653, 698, 750; 1813-24, frames 115, 257] and head of a Norfolk County household of 8 "other free" in 1810 [VA:819]. He married Eliza Archer in Norfolk County on 14 September 1805 [Ministers' Returns, 1787-1840, 34]. On 5 March 1817 he purchased 4 acres at the head of Western Branch from Thomas Archer, who called Elizabeth Weaver his daughter on 20 October 1812 when he made a Norfolk County deed of gift to her of all his personal estate [DB 47:168; 48:85]. Jesse was head of a Norfolk County household of 12 "free colored" in 1830. Elizabeth registered in Norfolk County on 21 May 1832: age 48, 5 ft 7-1/4, a mulatto, Born free and registered two years later on 19 August 1833 after the "not Negro" law was passed: age 49, 5 ft 8, Indian complexion, Indian descent [Register of Free Negroes & Mulattoes, 1809-1852, no. 870]. He, making his mark, left a 11 March 1832 Norfolk County will, proved 16 September 1846, by which he left all his real and personal estate to his wife Elizabeth, to be equally divided among his unnamed children at her death or marriage. His widow Betsey was head of a Norfolk County household of 9 "free colored" in 1840. In 1874 William Bass filed a suit in 1874 to force the sale of 60 acres of land that his wife Jerusha and her brothers and sisters had inherited from ____ Weaver, who was apparently Jesse Weaver. The land was located in Portsmouth and Elizabeth Parish bounded by Allen Newton's land. The heirs were Jerusha who married the petitioner, Nancy Weaver, William W. Weaver, Willis Weaver, Anne E. who married Sam Sebastian, and Fanny who married ___ Banks. Both Fanny and her husband had died and left three children under twenty-one: Mary E., John and Thomas Banks [LVA chancery file 1874-036; http://virginiamemory.com/collections/chancery/]. Jesse's children were

i. Nancy, born about 1807, apparently identical to Ann Joseph Weaver who registered in Norfolk County on 21 May 1832: age 25, 5 ft 7-3/4, a mulatto, Born free, called Nancy Weaver when she registered on 19 August 1833: age 26, 5 ft 9, Indian complexion, Indian descent [Register of Free Negroes & Mulattoes, 1809-1852, nos. 871, 910]. Nancy was a 55-year-old Indian head of a Portsmouth Parish, Norfolk County household in 1860 with $125 real estate. Margaret Williamson, born in North Carolina, was a 30-year-old Indian domestic in her houshold.

ii. ?Sarah Ann, born about 1809, not named in the chancery suit, but registered the same day as (her mother?) Elizabeth Weaver on 21 May 1832: age 23, 5 ft 5, a mulatto, Born free, registered as Sally Weaver on 19 August 1833: age 24, 5 ft 6, Indian complexion, Indian descent [Register of Free Negroes & Mulattoes, 1809-1852, nos. 872, 911].

iii. Jerusha, deceased by 1860, the mother of Eliza (26), John (19), and Ellen (17) Bass who were listed in William Bass's Portsmouth Parish household in 1860.

iv. William W., born about 1817, registered on 18 December 1850: age 33, 5-7-1/2, Indian complexion, Indian descent [Register of Free Negroes & Mulattoes, 1809-1852, no. 1583]. He was 42 years old in the 1860 census.

v. Willis Lafayette Weaver, born about 1824, registered on 18 December 1850: age 26, 5'9, Indian complexion [Register of Free Negroes & Mulattoes, 1809-1852, no. 1585], listed as Willis Weaver, 36-year-old Indian in Nancy Weaver's household in the 1860 census for Portsmouth Parish.

vi. Anne E., born about 1838, married Samuel Sebastian, a white seaman, counted in the 1860 census for Norfolk County.

vii. Fanny, married ___ Banks.

 

Other members of the family in Virginia were

i. Mary, granted a certificate of freedom by the Lancaster County court on 20 June 1796 [Orders 1792-9, 280].

ii. Dorcas², born about 1782, married Joshua Steward, May 1802 Petersburg bond, Joshua Thompson surety. She registered in Petersburg on 21 December 1809: a light brown Mulatto woman, wife of Joshua Steward, 5'3-3/4" high, about 27 yrs old [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 502]. They emigrated to Liberia aboard the Cyrus in 1824 [http://fold3.com/image/46670224].

iii. Jemima, born about 1794, no race or parent indicated, bound to Ann Hansford to be a seamstress in Portsmouth Parish on 16 December 1805 [Orders 1804-5, 248a], registered in Norfolk County on 19 December 1815: 5 feet 2 ins., 21 years of age of a Yellowish complexion, born free in the county of Norfolk, registered again on 13 November 1821: light complected woman, probably the Miny Weaver who registered on 19 September 1831: 37, 5 ft 3-3/4, a mulatto, Born free, and probably the mother of Mary Weaver who registered on the same day: 13, 5 ft 1/2 inch, Dark complexion, Born free [Register of Free Negroes & Mulattoes, 1809-1852, nos. 105, 239, 714-5].

iv. William L., born about 1795, registered in Petersburg on 9 November 1818: a free man of colour, five feet six inches high, twenty three years old, born free in Lancaster County, a barber [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 936]. He married Christina Rose, 7 December 1818 Petersburg bond, Joshua Stewart surety, and was a 30-year-old barber who emigrated to Liberia aboard the Cyrus in 1824 [http://fold3.com/image/46670226].

v. Charlotte, born about 1798, a ten-year-old "girl of color" bound to Mrs. Mason Laws in Portsmouth Parish until the age of eighteen on 21 September 1808 [Orders 1808-10, 113].

vi. Anderson, born about 1802, a "free boy of color" bound to Thomas Owens to be a ship carpenter in Portsmouth Parish on 21 September 1808, called a seven-year-old "Mulatto boy" on 20 November 1809 when the order was repeated [Orders 1806-8, 245; 1808-10, 361]. He registered in Norfolk County on 12 November 1822: 21 years, 5 ft 6-1/2, of light complexion, Born free [Register of Free Negroes & Mulattoes, 1809-1852, no. 272].

vii. John, born about 1803, registered in Norfolk County on 17 July 1826: 23, 5 ft 9, light black, Born free [Register of Free Negroes & Mulattoes, 1809-1852, no. 346].

viii. Abby, born about 1803, registered in Norfolk County on 9 October 1822: 19 years, 4 feet 10-3/4 in, a light complexioned woman, Born free [Register of Free Negroes & Mulattoes, 1809-1852, no. 271].

ix. William, born about 1823, a fourteen-year-old "free boy of colour" bound by the overseers of the Poor of Portsmouth Parish in Norfolk County on 20 February 1837 to Ambrose G. Cherry to learn the trade of shoemaker, but rescinded on 17 August 1840 [Weaver, William (M, 14): Indenture of Apprenticeship, 1840, African American Narrative Digital Collection, LVA].

 

Those counted as "other free" in Orange County, North Carolina, in 1800 were

i. Penny, head of a household of 7 "other free" [NC:605]. She died before 29 May 1835 when Jesse Greer was granted administration on her Orange County estate on $200 bond. Nancy, Frances and Betsy Weaver were buyers at the sale of the estate [North Carolina Estate Files, 1666-1979, Orange County, Weaver, Penelope (1835); http://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89CD-19QH-J?wc=Q64M-HNL%3A183210201%2C183410401%2C1066665021&cc=1911121].

ii. Zadock, head of a household of 6 "other free" [NC:605].

 

Those counted as "other free" in South Carolina were

i. Bett, (free) head of a household of 4 "other free" and a slave in St. Philip's & Michael's Parish in 1790.

ii. John, head of a Liberty County, South Carolina household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [SC:804].

 

Endnotes:

1.    Alexander Cotton owned land in Hertford County adjoining (Elizabeth Weaver's brother?) William Weaver.

 

WEBB FAMILY

1.    Daniel¹ Webb, born say 1646, was a tithable slave in the Northampton County, Virginia household of Captain John Custis from 1664 to 1677: called Daniel Negro from 1664 to 1671 and called Daniel Webb when he was listed with Isbell Webb } Negroes in 1677 [Orders 1657-64, fol.198; 1664-74, p.15, fol.42, p.55, fol.114; OW&c 1674-79, 191]. He was witness to the 6 February 1677 Northampton County will of "King Tony Negro" [Orders, Wills 1674-9, 247]. Daniel was probably the father of several children born to Ann Williams, a white indentured servant. Two of their children, Jane and Ann, were listed in 1693 in the Northampton County will of Henry Warren, a neighbor of Captain Custis [OW 1689-98, 261-2; OW&c 1674-79, 191]. Warren's widow Susanna married Hamond Firkette, and Ann's "Maletto" daughter Anne Williams was bound apprentice to him on 30 November 1699. The indenture required Firkette to pay Henry Warren's daughter Esther 1,000 pounds of tobacco at the expiration of the indenture when Anne reached the age of eighteen years [OW&c 1698-1710, 30]. Daniel was the father of

2     i. ?Daniel², born about 1666.

3     ii. Jane, born about 1682.

iii. Ann¹, born in September or October 1686, named in Henry Warren's Northampton County will, a thirteen-year-old "Maletto childe" called Anne Williams when she was bound to Hamond Firkette of Northampton County on 30 November 1699 [OW&c 1698-1710, 30].

 

2.    Daniel² Webb, born about 1666, was a "molatto" son of an English woman and had attained the age of twenty-one on 5 October 1687 when the Northumberland County, Virginia court released him from his service to the orphans of Major John Mottram. He probably had a child by Mary Day, an indentured white servant, who had a "molatto child" Samuel Webb alias Day who was apprenticed in Northumberland County on 23 November 1694. On 16 July 1701 another English woman named Margaret Lawson confessed in court that "a Negro called Daniell Webb" was the father of her illegitimate child. The court ordered the churchwardens to dispose of her according to law at the expiration of her service to Sarah Dawson [Orders 1678-98, 405, 412, 681; 1699-1713, part 1, 167, 272]. Daniel was the father of

i. ?Samuel¹ Webb, alias Day, born say 1694, son of Mary Day, apprenticed in Northumberland County on 23 November 1694. See the Day history.

ii. Robert¹ Lawson, born say 1701. See the Lawson history.

 

3.    Jane Webb, born about 1682, was called a "muletto Girle named Jane" in the Northampton County will of Henry Warren in 1693. She agreed to indenture herself for seven years to Thomas Savage in exchange for permission to marry his slave Left. On 17 April 1711 the court bound her children Diana, Daniel and Frances to her master, and on 20 June 1716 the court bound to Savage her two "Malatto" children Ann and Elizabeth, "Born of ye body of Jane Webb ye wife of a Negro man belonging to Captain Thomas Savage" [Orders 1711-6, 225]. On 16 August 1722 Jane was called "Jane Webb, formerly Jane Williams, the daughter of a white woman," when she petitioned the court to release her children Diana (then eighteen), Daniel and Frances from their indenture to Savage, asking the court not to adjudge her children in servitude since they were born in lawful wedlock. Savage delayed the case until 10 January 1722/3 when the court ruled that her petition was frivolous [Orders 1719-22, 185, 191; 1722-9, 11, 46; Deal, Race and Class, 466-71; Mihalyka, Loose Papers II:41-2]. She sued Benjamin Barth for 3-1/2 yards of Virginia linen in November 1723 [Mihalyka, Loose Papers II:60]. She was head of her own Northampton County household in 1724, called Jane Webb in one list and "Jane Left mulatto" in the list of tobacco planters. In February 1724/5 the court dismissed her petition for release of her daughter Diana from servitude, but it released her two months later when Diana produced evidence from the parish register that she was twenty-one. In February 1725/6 Savage petitioned the court to have her children Lisha and Abimeleck bound to him because their mother "has no visible means of support" [Mihalyka, Loose Papers II:125]. She brought a suit in chancery against Savage, maintaining that as part of her original indenture he had agreed to free her husband Left and had agreed not to make any claim on her children born after her servitude was completed. And she stated that Savage had taken the written indenture and would not allow her to see it [Mihalyka, Loose Papers II:147]. On 12 July 1726 two of Savage's neighbors, Colonel George Harmonson and Mrs. Margaret Forse, testified that they had seen an indenture by which Jane agreed to serve Savage seven years and that any children born in the lifetime of her husband Left should serve Savage in exchange for his permission to allow her to marry his slave Left. Savage failed to produce the indenture in court, but testified that he had never agreed to free her husband Left. When asked for what term the children were to serve him by the indenture, he answered that he could not say. His witnesses Colonel Harmonson and Philip Jacob testified that they had heard Jane declare, "if all Negros had as good a heart as she had they would all be Free," for which she received ten lashes. The case was discontinued on 14 December 1726 while the court considered whether to allow the evidence of "Free Negros." Jane failed to make her court appearance shortly after the court decided not to allow her evidence, and the case was dismissed on 11 July 1727 [Orders 1722-32, 247, 248, 258, 260, 265, 278, 287, 297]. She was called Jane Webb, alias Left, in September 1727 when she petitioned to have her name added to the list of tithables. She was head of a household with son Daniel and daughter Dinah in 1728, and she was in the household of her daughter Dinah Manly in 1730 and 1731. Dinah left the county before 1735, and Jane was tithable as Jeane Webb in Thomas Savage's household in 1737 [Bell, Northampton County Tithables, 53, 67, 102, 149, 167, 206, 214, 221, 265, 284]. On 14 June 1732 she informed the court that Sophia Savage had not listed her overseer as a tithable and that Major James Forse had not listed her daughter Elizabeth as a tithable, but the court dismissed her evidence as insufficient and did not pay her the usual informer's fee [Orders 1732-42, 6]. On 12 August 1740 the court excused her from paying taxes because of her old age [Orders 1732-42, 409]. She, called Jane Left, died before November 1764 when the vestry of Hungar's Parish paid Abemileck Webb for burying her [Hungar's Parish Record 1758-82, 19]. Jane and Left's children were

i. Dinah, born 14 February 1703/4, eighteen years old in 1722 when her mother petitioned the court for her release from indenture. When she was twenty-one years old, Dinah petitioned the court herself with a note from the parish certifying her birth date, and the court released her on 14 April 1725 [Orders 1722-9, 17, 46, 179; Mihalyka, Loose Papers II:100]. She married Gabriel Manly and was called Dinah Manly on 1 September 1727 when she petitioned to have her name added to the list of tithables [Orders 1722-9, 206].

4     ii. Daniel³, born 25 August 1706.

iii. Frances, born 14 January 1708/9 [Mihalyka, Loose Papers II:100].

iv. Ann², born about 1711, "a malatto...Born of ye body of Jane Webb ye wife of a Negro man," bound to Thomas Savage on 20 June 1716 and had four more years to serve when she was listed in the inventory of estate of Thomas Savage who died in 1728 [Orders 1711-16, 255; DW 1725-33, 229-30]. On 9 May 1732 she was presented for bastard bearing and the same day petitioned the court against Sophia Savage who was detaining her children Daniel and Abraham in servitude on the pretense that Ann owed her three years of service for having three bastard children during her servitude. The court ordered that she be set free and ordered Mrs. Savage to deliver her clothes and bedding to her [Orders 1729-32, 143-5; 1732-42, 7, 8, 14]. On 12 February 1733/4 she was called "Nanny Week, late Nanny Webb," when the court bound out her three-year-old "free Negroe" son Daniel to William Scott with her consent [Orders 1732-42, 92]. She and her descendants were called Weeks thereafter. See the Weeks history.

5     v. Elizabeth¹, born about 1713.

vi. Lisha/ Elishe¹, born about 1716, bound to Thomas Savage on 17 July 1726 [Orders 1722-9, 247]. She had nine more years to serve when she was listed in the inventory of the estate of Thomas Savage who died in 1728 [DW 1725-33, 229-30]. She was presented by the grand jury on 12 March 1733/4 for having a bastard child which she charged to William Beckett [Orders 1732-42, 97, 103, 107].

6     vii. Abimileck, born about 1720.

 

4.    Daniel³ Webb, born 25 August 1706 in Northampton County, was "the son of Left and Jane" according to the petition of his sister Dinah Webb in April 1725 [OW 1698-1710, 397; Mihalyka, Loose Papers II:100]. He was probably identical to Daniel, a "negro" tithable in the household of Thomas Savage from 1723 to 1726, tithable in the household of his mother "Jane Web malato" in 1728, in Daniel Jacob's household in 1729, in the household of his sister Dinah Manly in 1730, and with his wife Frances Jacob in Daniel Jacob's household in 1731. Frances was Daniel Jacob's daughter who was listed in his household as Frances Jacob from 1724 to 1729 and called Frances Web in 1731 [Bell, Northampton County Tithables, 47, 92, 116, 149, 190, 214, 229]. Daniel Webb was called a "Negroe" on 14 August 1733 when he admitted in Northampton County court that he owed Peter Mifflin a debt of 18 bushels of corn due by obligation [Orders 1732-42, 67]. He received two patents for 200 acres each in Duplin County, North Carolina, on Sampsons Landing on Jumping run by the Great Coharie on 3 March 1759 [Patent Book 13:183; 15:250], purchased 150 acres on the west side of the Great Coharie in Duplin County on 31 March 1757 for £20, and was in New Hanover County on 28 May 1764 when he sold this 150 acres for £10.2 [DB 1:456; 2:406]. He was called a "free Negro" on 1 October 1764 in a New Hanover County deed, proved on 2 September 1766, by which he purchased 100 acres on the east side of the mouth of Nichols Creek and the Sound from Joshua Pavey (Peavey), "a Mullato" [DB E:274; Minutes 1738-69, 274]. He was a "Mul." taxable on 6 Negro men and 1 Negro woman in New Hanover County in 1767 [SS 837, Box 1]. Daniel's 18 July 1769 New Hanover County will was proved on 5 October the same year with his sons Isaac and Samuel Webb qualifying as executors. He left £30 to his son William Webb, £20 to his grandson John Webb, £14 to his granddaughter Elizabeth Webb and divided his land and property between his sons Samuel and Isaac who he made executors. He left only a shilling each to his sons Solomon and Jacob [Original, NC Archives; WB C:432; Minutes 1738-69, 418, 420]. His children were

7     i. ____, born say 1730.

8     ii. William, born say 1738.

iii. Solomon, received only "one shilling and no more" by his father's will.

iv. Jacob, purchased 300 acres on the east side of the Black River in New Hanover County on 2 November 1759 for £20 [DB D:412] and was taxable on 1 Negro man (himself) in New Hanover County in 1767 [SS 837, Box 1]. (Another Jacob Webb was a "Black" taxable in Alex McDowgal's Bladen County household in 1763 [SS 837, Box 1]).

v. Samuel², born about 1744, one of the executors of his father's will. He enlisted in the Revolution from Bladen County for 18 months as a substitute on 20 August 1782: 5'10", age 38, black complexion, black hair, black eyes, in Duprie's Company, occupation carpenter [T.R., Box 6, folder 30, http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p16062coll26/id/1017/rec/320 (accessed 6/17/2018)].

vi. Isaac¹, born in August 1743, an eighteen-year-old "Negro" bound by the Northampton County, Virginia court to John Ellegood on 12 May 1762 [Minutes 1761-5, 28]. He was one of the executors of his father's 18 July 1769 Hanover County, North Carolina will.

 

5.    Elizabeth¹ Webb, born about 1713, "a malatto...Born of ye body of Jane Webb ye wife of a Negro man belonging to Captain Thomas Savage," was bound to Savage in Northampton County, Virginia, on 20 June 1716 [Orders 1711-16, 255]. She was about nineteen on 14 June 1732 when her mother Jane Webb informed the court that Major James Forse had failed to list her as a tithable. On 11 December 1733 she was presented for having a bastard child, and on 9 January 1733/4 agreed to serve Major James Forse and his wife Margaret for three years for the trouble of his house and fine for having the child. She was called "Betty Webb Mulatto" on 9 May 1738 when she was again presented for having a bastard child [Orders 1732-42, 6, 87, 89, 312, 321; Mihalyka, Loose Papers II:5]. She was a taxable "negro" in John Ellgood's household from 1737 to 1739 [Bell, Northampton County Tithables, 255, 276, 292]. She may have been identical to Elizabeth Laylor, otherwise Webb, who was presented for bastardy on 11 May 1756, perhaps the wife of "William Ailor (Negro)" who was sued by Arthur Robins on 12 February 1754 [Orders 1753-8, 67, 315]. Elizabeth Webb was the mother of

9     i. Katherine, born on 26 January 1732/3.

 

6.    Abimileck Webb, born about 1720, was bound to Thomas Savage in Northampton County on 17 July 1726 [Orders 1722-9, 247]. He was a "mulatto boy" with thirteen more years to serve when he was listed in the estate inventory of Thomas Savage who died in 1728 [DW 1725-33, 229-30]. He was probably the "Ebemilech" listed among Norly Ellgood's tithables from 1737 to 1740. He was called Bemalidg Web when he was tithable in George Winget's household in 1744 [Bell, Northampton County Tithables, 264, 284, 358]. On 11 September 1750 he was accused of "combining with sundry Negros in a conspiracy against the white People of this county." His companion, Barbary White, a white hired laborer, deposed that he had told her that

they (Negroes) would be free...with their one indeavour [an]d godalmightys assistance or blessing, for what would it be for the Negroes to go through this County in one nights time.

He received thirty-nine lashes and was ordered to give security of £100 for his good behavior for a year [L.P. #36 (1750), cited by Deal, Race and Class, 470; Orders 1748-51, 271-2]. He was tithable in Thomas Speakman's household in 1765 and head of his own household with (his wife?) Susanna Webb in 1769 [Bell, Northampton County Tithables, 374, 388]. Perhaps she was the Susannah Webb who was taxable on 2 horses and 4 cattle in Northumberland County in 1787 [Schreiner-Yantis, 1787 Census, 1276]. They may have been the parents of

i. Charles, born about 1760, a "Mulattoe" delinquent tithable in Northampton County in 1786 [Virginia Genealogist 20:269] and taxable in Northampton County from 1786 to 1792 [PPTL, 1782-1823, frames 54, 119, 149]. He married Sinah Sample ("Free Negroes"), 7 June 1791 Northampton County bond, William Satchell security. On 9 July 1793 the Northampton County court bound Aaron Webb, son of Leah Webb, to him as an apprentice. He registered as a "free Negro" in Northampton County on 14 May 1794 [Orders 1789-95, 296, 349]. He was a "fn" taxable in Accomack County from 1800 to 1813, listed with wife Sinah and son Henry at Sleek Neck in 1813 [PPTL, 1782-1814, frames 437, 601, 835], head of a St. George Parish, Accomack County household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [Virginia Genealogist 2:165] and 9 in 1810 [VA:69]. He registered in Accomack County about 1832: born about 1760, a Black, 5'8-3/4", born free in Accomack County. His wife Sinah Webb registered about the same time: born about 1762, a light black, 5'3-3/4" high, born free in Accomack County [Register of Free Negroes, 1785-1863, nos. 623, 626].

ii. Leah, mother of Aaron Webb (born Christmas 1785) who was bound as an apprentice to (his uncle?) Charles Webb on 9 July 1793 [Orders 1789-95, 296]. Aaron married Catherine Drighouse, 31 December 1811 Northampton County bond, James Carter surety, and was taxable in Northampton County from 1809 to 1813 [PPTL, 1782-1823, frames 459, 553]. (His widow?) Catherine Webb was head of a Northampton County household of 7 "free colored" in 1820 [VA:214A].

 

7.    ____ Webb, born say 1730, child of Daniel Webb, was the parent of Daniel's grandchildren John and Elizabeth Webb who he gave a total of £34 by his 18 July 1769 New Hanover County will [Original, NC Archives]. Children:

i. John, born say 1750, received £20 by his grandfather's will. He was taxable in Bladen County on 1 male and 2 female "Mixt Bloods" in 1774, taxable on 1 "Black" male and 2 "Black" females in 1776, taxable on 100 acres, 4 horses and 3 cattle in 1779, taxable on 150 acres and 1 black poll in Captain Dupree's District of Bladen County in 1784, taxable on 4 "Blacks" from 12-50 years old and 5 under 12 or over 60 in 1786 and taxable on 200 acres in 1789 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, I:124; II:48, 97, 141, 169, 204; G.A. 64.1]. He was head of a Bladen County household of 8 "other free" in 1800. His farm animals and household goods were sold for a debt in Bladen County on 28 February 1797 [DB 12:51]. In 1810 he was in South Carolina: head of a Richland District household of 6 "other free" [SC:176].

ii. Elizabeth², head of a Bladen County household of 6 "other free" in 1800.

 

8.    William Webb, born say 1738, was taxable on a horse in Bladen County, North Carolina, in 1779, taxable on 150 acres and 1 black poll in Captain Dupree's District of Bladen County in 1784 and taxable on 1 "Black" male from 12 to 50 years old in 1786 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, II:141, 173, 202; G.A. 64.1]. He purchased 50 acres in Bladen County on 3 October 1786 between Fryar and Slapass and another 50 acres on 30 October 1786 [DB 1:302; 25:243]. He was head of a Bladen County household of 7 "other free" in 1800, 2 in 1810 [NC:204], and 4 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:150]. His children may have been

i. Daniel⁴, born say 1770, head of Brunswick County household of 8 "other free" in 1810 [NC:230] and 8 "free colored" in Cumberland County in 1820 [NC:152]. He may have been the father of William² Webb, born after 1776, head of a Cumberland County household of 5 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:153].

ii. Pegg, a "Malatto," bound to William Rutlege by the 10 July 1790 New Hanover County court [Minutes 1779-92, 388].

iii. Benjamin, married Chloe Webb, "Blacks," on 13 June 1806 in St. Philip's Parish, Charleston, South Carolina.

iv. Matthew, petitioned the South Carolina State Legislature on 1 January 1791 to repeal the discriminatory laws against free African Americans [Berlin, Slaves Without Masters, 65-66].

 

9.    Katherine Webb, born on 26 January 1732/3, one-year-old daughter of Elizabeth Webb, was bound apprentice to Major James Forse and his wife Margaret in Northampton County, Virginia, on 26 January 1733/4 [Minutes 1732-42, 89]. She was presented for bastard bearing on 8 May 1750, 10 July 1753, and on 8 June 1756. She complained to the court on 13 August 1755 that she had been bound to John Ellegood and completed her servitude while serving his son by the same name. However, he sold her to George Scott for a further five years. The court ordered that she be discharged and paid her freedom dues [Orders 1748-51, 207, 228, 241; 1751-3, 293, 316; 1753-8, 243, 248, 330]. She was awarded £2 by the court on 11 July 1786 in her suit against Charles Floyd for debt. Her suit for trespass against Peter Warren was dismissed by the court on 13 March 1793. She and Grace Webb registered as "free Negroes" in Northampton County on 13 June 1794 [Orders 1783-7, 501; 1789-95, 276, 364]. She was the mother of

i. ?Elishe², born about 1748, bound to Stratton Caple on 11 June 1755 [Orders 1753-8, 219].

ii. ?Bridget, born in August 1750, bound to Stratton Caple on 11 June 1755 [Orders 1753-8, 219].

iii. Isaac², born in September 1752, the three-year-old son of Catherine Webb (no race mentioned), bound apprentice to George Scott on 9 September 1755. He was eleven years old when he was bound to John Wilkins, Sr., Gent., on 10 January 1764 [Orders 1754-61, 251; Minutes 1761-5, 95]. He was living with his wife Margaret on 20 March 1778 when he was charged with felony in Northampton County court and sent for further trial. He was awarded £12 on 9 June 1784 in his suit against Kendall Goodwin for trespass [Minutes 1777-83, 43; Orders 1783-7, 126]. He was taxable in Northampton County from 1783 to 1789: taxable on a free male tithable in 1789 [PPTL, 1782-1823, frames 16, 29, 54, 105]. He and (his wife) Peggy Webb registered as "free Negroes" in Northampton County on 11 June 1794 [Orders 1789-95]. He was head of an Accomack Parish, Accomack County household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [Virginia Genealogist 2:83] and 3 in 1810 [VA:69].

iv. ?Susanna, born in August 1756, bound apprentice to James Ellot in Northampton County on 8 October 1765 [Minutes 1765-71, 19].

v. ?Grace, registered as a "free Negro" in Northampton County on 13 June 1794. She died before 16 September 1795 when the court ordered the overseers of the poor of the Second District to bind her sons John and James Webb to (their uncle?) Isaac Webb [Orders 1789-95, 296, 507].

 

Other members of the Webb family in Northampton County, Virginia, were

i. Aaron, born say 1760, a "Negro" bound to John Stripe, Jr., by the Northampton County court on 10 May 1763 [Minutes 1761-5, 65]. He was taxable in Northumberland County in 1787. He may have been the father of Salley Webb, born about 1783, who registered in Fluvanna County on 28 September 1807: a Mulatto Woman...about the age of twenty four years, about five feet seven inches high, thick bushy hair, a bright Mulatto. produced a certificate from the clerk of the Borough of Norfolk by which it appears she was born free in Northumberland County [Webb, Salley (M, 24): Free Negro Certificate, 1807, African American Narrative Digital Collection, LVA].

ii. Armstead, born 1 March 1762, a ten-year-old "negro" bound apprentice in Northampton County on 11 August 1772 [Minutes 1771-77, 77]. He was taxable in York County from 1791 to 1812, head of a household of 4 "free Negroes and mulattoes above 16," 2 of whom were tithable in 1813 [PPTL, 1782-1841, frames 175, 185, 196, 214, 248, 259, 280, 320, 357, 397, 413] and head of a York County household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [VA:886].

iii. Mark, born 11 June 1769, bound to William Roberts, Sr., by the Northampton County court on 14 April 1779 [Minutes 1777-83, 148]. He was taxable in Northampton County from 1790 to 1792 [PPTL, 1782-1823, frames 119, 142, 149] and taxable in Western Branch Precinct of Norfolk County from 1796 to 1814: called a "M"(ulatto) in 1801 when he and William Webb were labourers [PPTL, 1791-1812, frames 181, 384, 585, 750; 1813-24, frame 16].

iv. Levin, born in February 1771, a three-year-old "negro" bound apprentice to Mark Beckett in Northampton County on 10 May 1774 [Minutes 1771-77, 251]. He was taxable in Northampton from 1794 to 1800 [PPTL, 1782-1823, frames 184, 295] and head of a Northampton County household of 9 "free colored" in 1820 [VA:215].

v. Southy, born say 1774, an orphan who complained to the Northampton County court against Thomas Speakman on 13 November 1781 and was bound to Major Brickhouse on 12 June 1782 [Minutes 1777-83, 331, 364]. He married Ann Miles, 26 October 1795 Northampton County bond, John Carpenter surety, and was taxable in Northampton County from 1795 to 1812 [PPTL, 1782-1823, frames 201, 294, 520].

vi. William, a "free Negro" taxable in Northampton County in 1796 [PPTL, 1782-1823, frame 219].

 

Spotsylvania County, Virginia

1.    Frances Webb, born say 1705, was called "Francis Tibbo a Mullato" in Spotsylvania County court on 3 October 1733 when her master, James Roy, petitioned to have her son George bound to him. But the court ruled that the case was "not properly coming before this Court." On 1 July 1735 she petitioned the court for her freedom from Roy, stating that she had been bound until the age of thirty-one and that her time had expired. She was called "Frances Webb alias Tibbo" in December 1735 when the court ruled that she should be free on 22 April 1736 according to a letter from Mrs. Frances Smith, widow of William Bird, Gent., who sold her to David Darnell. On 2 March 1735/6 James Roy petitioned the court for an additional year of service from her for having a bastard child, but the court ruled that the law did not apply to her because she was a "Mullatto." She was probably the mother of the "Mulatto girl," about eleven or twelve years old and bound until the age of thirty-one, who was listed in the estate of David Darnell on 2 February 1742/3 [Orders 1735-8, 401, 412, 423; 1740-2, 204]. She was living in adjoining King George County on 5 September 1740 when the court ordered that she serve Peter Lee twelve months for having a bastard child and that the child be bound to Lee by the churchwardens of Brunswick Parish until the age of eighteen. A suit brought against her by the churchwardens of Brunswick Parish was dismissed on 5 June 1741 and another dismissed on 6 August 1742 because it had not been executed [King George Orders 1735-51, 240, 254, 296]. On 5 December 1758 the Spotsylvania County court bound her illegitimate "Mullatto" sons John and Richard Tibbo, who were born after her servitude, to John Carter, Gent., until the age of twenty-one [Orders 1755-65, 127]. She was the mother of

i. Catherine Webb alias Tibbo, born about 1729, probably the "Mulatto girl," about eleven or twelve years old and bound until the age of thirty-one, who was listed in the Spotsylvania County estate of David Darnell on 2 February 1742/3. She sued her master Thomas Roy for her freedom in Spotsylvania County court on 7 December 1756, but the court ruled that she serve him another three years from 3 March 1757. It also ruled that he provide her with warm clothing [Orders 1755-65, 59, 64].

ii. George, born before 3 October 1733, perhaps the George Web who was head of a New Kent County household of 1 "other free" and 2 slaves in 1810 [VA:772].

iii. John, born say 1748.

iv. Richard Webb, born about 1750, a 25-30 year old "mulatto" servant who ran away from Hunter's Forge near Falmouth according to the 27 November 1778 edition of the Virginia Gazette [Virginia Gazette (Dixon & Hunter), p.4, col. 1].

 

Other members of the family in Virginia were

i. Betsy, head of a Richmond City household of 4 "other free" and 2 slaves in 1810 [VA:317].

ii. William, head of a Norfolk County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [VA:815]. He married Sally Bailey, 18 December 1792 Norfolk County bond, James Williams surety.

 

WEBSTER FAMILY

1.    Daniel Webster, born about 1752, was head of a Prince William County, Virginia household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [VA:501], a 60-year-old "free Negro" living in Prince William County in 1812 when he petitioned the legislature to allow him to free his wife Lucy and children who were his slaves and remain in the state [Schweninger, Race, Slavery, and Free Blacks, Series 1, 251]. He and his wife Lucy were residing at Accoquan Mills in Prince William County on 28 September 1821 when their son William Armstead Webster registered in the District of Columbia in Alexandria: free born, twenty-three years of age, a bright mulatto [Arlington County Register of Free Negroes, 1797-1861, no. 89, p.65].

 

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