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Elisa Kelly
of Westmoreland county 1810 head of
household of 4 other free blacks.
William Kayton,
born abt. 1716, a Mulatto Man
presented by the court May 26, 1741 for
cohabiting with a woman named Sarah
Heath and having several children by
her. He was probably the brother of
Bridget Keyton who was presented two
months later to the court on July 29,
for cohabiting with Aaron Rose and
having several children. [Orders 1739
43, 99a, 114a].
John Lawrence,
a "free Mulatto" overseer living on
Ronand's land in Westmoreland County in
1801
[Virginia
Genealogist
31:40].
Elizabeth Lucus,
born about 1717, the servant of John
Footman, confessed to the
Westmoreland
County, court on 30 March 1736 that she
had an illegitimate "Mulatto
child. The court ordered that she pay
fifteen pounds after completing her
indenture or be sold by the
churchwardens of Cople Parish for five
years [Orders 1731 9, 189a, 192a].
She and her children were listed in the
inventory of John Footman's Westmoreland
County estate, which was taken on 21
March 1739/40:
-
1 Negro man
named Sambo
26 pounds
-
1 Negro Boy
named
Anthony
10 pounds
-
1 white
servant woman that has four years &
a half to serve
9 pounds
-
1 Mulatto Boy
named Nathaniel
Lucas
25 pounds
-
1 Mulatto Boy
named John Lucas
12 pounds
-
J Mulatto Boy
named Leonard
Lucas
10 pounds
-
1 Mulatto Boy
named Abraham
Lucas
5 pounds
[Estate
Settlements, Records, Inventories 1723
46, 2211.
On 28 May 1745,
she was presented by the court for
"entertaining Negroes
& Servants &
keeping a disorderly house" [Orders 1743
7. 76, 178a]. She was the ancestor of
Senr. __________ of this County to serve
till the age of thirty-one years.
[Register of Free Persons 1785 1799,
no. 12].
Charles Lucas,
born about 1780, registered in King
George County on 9 October 1800: a dark
molatto man, aged about twenty years, &
about five feet five inches high, was
born in this County of a free malatto
woman (Register of Free Persons 1785
1799, no. 14]. He was head of a
Spotsylvania County household of five
"other free" in 1810 [VA; U2b].
Harriet Lucas,
born about 1796, registered in King
George County in March 1820; a dark
mulatto woman, about 24 years of age,
about 5 feet high, stout made, born in
this County of free Parents [Register of
Free Persons, 1785 99, no. 57].
Barbary Lucas,
born about 1780, a "Molatto" farmer
living with children Rubin and George
Locus on Thomas Sanford's land in
Westmoreland County in 1801 [Virginia
Genealogist 31:41]. She was head of a
Westmoreland County household of five
"other free" in 1810 [VA: 777].
Agatha Lucas,
born about 1770, married Newman Harrison,
15 April 1791 Westmoreland County
bond. He was called Newman Hamilton
in 1801 when he was counted with his
wife Aggy in a List of "Free Mulattoes &
Negroes in Westmoreland County"
[Virginia Genealogist 31:42].
John Lucas,
perhaps the one who served as a seaman
in the Revolution from King George
County. [Jackson, Virginia Negro
Soldiers, 40]. He was taxable in
Westmoreland County from 1794 to 1803 [PPTL,
1782 1815, frames 409, 425, 501, 587]
and a "Molatto" farmer living with
Margaret Locus and children Penny,
Margaret, and Joyce Locus on D.
McCarty's land in 1801 [Virginia
Genealogist 31:41, 42]. Margaret
Lucas, was taxable on a horse in
the upper district from 1804 to 1807 [PPTL,
1782 1815, frames 606, 666] and head
of a Westmoreland County household of
six "other free" in 1810 [VA: 777].
Elizabeth Lucas,
born about 1772, married Allen Ashton,
24 December 1793 Westmoreland County
bond.
Elizabeth Lucas,
born about 1773, married Thomas
Sorrell, 3 December 1794
Westmoreland County bond.
Spencer Lucas,
born about 1780, taxable in Westmoreland
County from 1801 to 1815 [PPTL, 1782
1815, frames 551, 635, 784, 8351, a "Molatto"
working as a distiller for Daniel
McCarty in 1801 [Virginia Genealogist
31:42].
Philip Lucas,
taxable in King George County from 1794
to 1813, listed as a "Mulatto" in 1813 [PPTL,
1782 1830, frames 127, 169, 178, 203,
218. 230, 240, 279, 305, 330, 341], head
of a King George County household of two
"other free" in 1810 [VA: 206].
David Lucas,
head of a King George County household
of four "other free" in 1810 [VA: 206].
Jane Lucas,
born about 1780, registered in King
George County on 7 September 1820:
daughter of ___ Lucas, a dark mulatto
about 40 years of age, 5' 1 inch high.
Born free in this County [Register of
Free
Persons 1785
1799, no. 63].
Natl
Lucust (Lucas)
listed with wife Jenney in Stafford
County in 1813 [Waldrep, 1813 Tax List],
head of a Stafford County household of
four "other free" in 1810 [VA: 128].
John Lucas,
listed with wife Mary in Stafford County
in 1813 [Waldrep, 1813 Tax List], head
of a Stafford County household of three
"other free" in 1810 [VA: 126].
Hannah Lucas,
born about 1788, married Samuel
Tate. 30 December 1809 Westmoreland
County bond, Lawrence Ashton security.
James Little,
head of a Westmoreland county household
of one other free.
James McCoy,
born about 1750, was taxable in the
lower district of Westmoreland County
from 1782 to 1815; taxable on two tithes
in 1787 and 1788; three from 1789 to
1792. Charged with John, George and
Garard McKie's tithes from 1793 to 1796;
called McGuy from 1782 to 1793, McKey
from 1794 to 1815 and McKoy in the 1810
census [PPTL, 1782 1815, frames 247.
269, 318, 327, 347, 358, 381, 410, 434,
450, 461, 476, 492]. He was listed as a
"free Molatto" fanner living on his own
land in Westmoreland County with (his
wife?) Polley McKey and child
James McKey in 1801 ["A List of Free
Mulattoes & Negroes in Westmoreland
County" Virginia Genealogist, 31:40].
He was head of a Westmoreland County
household of four "other free" in 1810
[VA: 778]. He received a pension for
his service as a soldier in the
Revolution [Jackson, Virginia Negro
Soldiers, 40]. His children were most
likely:
Catherine McCoy,
born about 1770, called Catherine McGuy
when she married Henry Thompson,
29 September 1789 Westmoreland County
bond, Bennett McGuy security. She may
have been the Kitty Thompson who
was a "Molatto" living alone in
Westmoreland County in 1801, a farmer on
James Cox's land [Virginia Genealogist
31:46].
Rodham McCoy,
born about 1770.
George McCoy,
born about 1772, married Nancy McCoy,
4 January 1808 Westmoreland County bond,
William Brown security. He was head of
a Westmoreland County household of five
"other free" in 1810 [VA: 780].
Gerard / Jerrard
McCoy, born about 1774, married
Winney Davis, 27 March 1801, with
the consent of Winney Davis dated the
same day. He and Winney were "Molattoes"
farming Mrs. Cox's land in Westmoreland
County in 1801 [Virginia Genealogist
31:40], and he was head of a
Westmoreland County household of five
"other free" in 1810 [VA: 780].
John McCoy,
born about 1778, a "Molatto" farmer
living with (his wile?) Margaret McKey
on Nathaniel Oldham's land in
Westmoreland County in 1801 [Virginia
Genealogist 31:40].
James McCoy,
listed in James McKoy's household in
1801.
Bennett McCoy,
born about 1757, was drafted into the
service from Westmoreland County to
serve in 1777. He was allowed a pension
in 1818 [Jackson, Virginia Negro
Soldiers, 40]. He was taxable in
Westmoreland County from 1789 to 1815:
taxable on a slave in 1800 and 1801, in
the 'list of Free Negroes & Muiattoes"
in 1813. Called McGuy from 1789 to
1793, McKey from 1794 to 1815, and McKoy
in the 1810 census [PPTL, 1782 1815,
frames 347, 358, 399, 434, 476, 512,
542, 657, 771, and 821]. In 1801, he
was listed as a "free Molatlo" farmer
with Hannah McKey and child Nancy McKey,
living on their own land [Virginia
Genealogist 31:40]. He was head of a
Westmoreland County household of four
"other free" in 1810 [VA: 780]. His
child was:
Nancy McCoy
married George McCoy, 4 January 1808
Westmoreland County bond, William Brown
security.
George McCoy,
born about 1759, married Elizabeth
Nickens, twenty-four year-old
daughter of Nathaniel Nickings,
10 March 1788 Orange County,
Virginia bond, 11 March marriage by Rev.
George Eve. He was head of a Rockingham
County household of three "other free''
in 1810 [VA: 130b]. According to his
Revolutionary pension tile, he died in
the poorhouse in Rockingham County in
1821 [Jackson, Virginia Negro Soldiers,
40]. He was probably the father of:
John McCoy,
born 26 January 1788 of free parents in
Augusta County, Virginia, registered as
a "free Negro" in Rockingham County on
17 October 1815 and recorded his "free
papers in Ross County, Ohio:
a black man, aged 28 years the 26
January 1816, 6 ft Ύ in., straight and
well made, was born free [Turpin,
Register of Black, Mulatto, arid Poor
Persons, 22; Rockingham County Register
of Free Negroes. no. 24, p. 10].
Hannah McCoy,
born about 1790, registered as a free
Negro in Rockingham County on 11 July
1811: about 5 feet 8 Inches high, about
21 years of age, a Dark Mulatto
[Register, no. 8, p. 5].
George McCoy,
born 1 June 1794, registered in
Rockingham County on 20 June 1815: about
21 years the first of this Month. Bound
an apprentice by order of the County
Court of Rockingham to Joshua Peters
also a free man of Colour to team the
trade of a Sadler, about 5 feet 7 inches
high a dark Mulatto [Register, no. 22,
p. 10].
Verlinda McCoy
McKee,
born about 1763, was called a "mulatto
woman" who had once been indentured to
James Gwatkin on 5 August 1805 when her
daughter registered as a free Negro in
Prince William County [Orders 1804 6,
205].
Rodham McCoy,
born about 1772, married Mary Asians,
23 December 1793 Westmoreland County
bond, John Kirk security. He and his
wife Molly McKey and children were
listed as Free Molatloes" fanning
William Ball's land in Westmoreland
County in 1801 [Virginia Genealogist
31:40]. He was head of a Westmoreland
County household of eight "other free"
in 1810 [VA: 778]. He married, second,
Elizabeth Brinn, 28 December 1816
Westmoreland County bond, William King
security. His children listed with him
in 1801 were:
-
Bob
McCoy.
-
Fanny McCoy.
Betsey McCoy
married Jarrat Thompson, 21 May
1822 Westmoreland County bond. Gerard
Thompson was living in the household of
(his parents?) John and Haney Thompson
in the list of "free Molattoes" in
Westmoreland County
in 1801 [Virginia
Genealogist 31:45].
Thomas Mahorney,
born about 1733. Living with Sarah
Weedon when he was taxable in Prince
William County in 1800 [PPTL, 1782
1810, frame 443]. He was about 85 years
old on 22 May 1818 when he made a
declaration in Prince William County
court to obtain a pension for his
services in the Revolution. He stated
that he enlisted in January 1777 in
Westmoreland County. He was called a
"free man of colour." aged about
ninety-one, on 3 October 1820 when he
appeared in court again, declaring that
his family residing with him was his
wife Mima and son Jack, both slaves
[M804-1615, frame 0568].
Winny Mahorney,
born about 1759. Registered in King
George County on 5 August 1801: a dark
mulatto woman about forty-two years of
age is a free woman, she having served
in the estate of Richard Bernard, deed,
the term of thirty-one years [Register
of Free Persons, no. 28]. She was
called Winny McHorney in Westmoreland
County, head of a household or three
"other free" in 1810 [VA: 780].
James Mahorney,
born about 1763, registered in King
George County in February 1797: a black
man, about thirty-four years old, having served his time with William
Bernard, Gent., of this County, p. order
or certificate of said County of King
George | Register of Free Persons 1785
1799, no. 7].
Sukey Mahorney,
born about 1775, registered in King
George County on 5 August 1801: a black
woman, aged about twenty-six years.
Is
a free woman, she having served William
Bernard, Esqr., the term of twenty-one
years [Register of Free Persons, no,
30]. She was called Susan Mahorney in
Westmoreland County, head of a household
of five "other free" in 1810 |VA: 780].
Rachel Mahorney,
born about 1780, registered in King
George County on 5 August 1801: a black
woman, aged about twenty one years, is
a free woman, she having served in the
estate of Richard Bernard, deed., the
term of twenty one years [Register of
Free Persons, no. 29].
Caty Mahorney,
born about 1792, registered in King
George County on 7 April 1814: a black
woman aged about twenty-two years, spare
made about five feel four and a quarter
Inches high, was born free of a woman
emancipated by Richd. Bernard late of
King George County deed. [Register of
Free Persons, no. 46].
Hanna Martyn
born about 1703 was the servant of
Martha Rust on August 20, 1721 when she
confessed to the Westmoreland county
court that her child was begott by a
Negro [Orders 1721 31, 7] she may
have been an ancestor of Ann born circa
1734.
Elizabeth Morgan,
born about 1685, was a white servant of
Henry Ashton, Gent., on 25 July 1705
when the Westmoreland County, Virginia
court convicted her of having a
"mulatto" child [Orders 1698 1705,
268]. She was probably the ancestor of:
Anthony Morgan,
born about 1705, living in Richmond
County, Virginia, in May 1736 when his
white servant, James Talent, complained
that he was being misused by his master
and that his master was a "Mulatto.
The court ruled that Salient be
immediately discharged from his service
[Orders 10:3941]
Thomas Morgan,
born about 1731, a soldier from Suffolk,
Virginia, in the French and Indian War
who deserted from the Virginia Regiment
in September 1757 and was described as
age 26, 5'7", mulatto [Magazine of
Virginia Genealogy 31:96].
Edward Mozingo,
born about 1664, brought suit against
Edward Barrow in Richmond County,
Virginia court on 5 April 1705 [Orders
1702 4, 3]. His mother-in-law
Elizabeth Booth mentioned him and his
children Sarah and John in her 27
October 1708 Cople Parish, Westmoreland
County will, proved 26 January 1708/9.
She left Edward 500 pounds of tobacco
and five head of cattle, and left his
daughter Sarah furniture and pewter
dishes. Elizabeth also named her
daughter Ann Grimstead, grandchildren
William and Thomas Grlmstead, and named
son-in-law Thomas Grimstead executor [WB
4:169-70]. On 28 October 1709, Edward
appeared in Westmoreland County,
Virginia court as the "nearest Friend"
of Sara Mazingoe in her suit against
Thomas Grinstead, executor of the estate
of Elizabeth Booth. Grinstead was
ordered to deliver to Sarah a bed,
furniture, and pewter dishes which were
willed to her by Elizabeth Booth. In
the same court, Edward and his wife
Elizabeth brought a successful suit
against Grinstead to deliver to Edward
five head of cattle and 500 pounds of
tobacco, which was his legacy from
Elizabeth Booth [Orders 1705 21.
133a].
The Grinstead/Grimstead
family descended from Elizabeth Key, a
mixed-race slave who sued for her
freedom in Northumberland County in 1656
and later married her white attorney
William Grimstead [Northumberland County
Record Book 1652 58, 66, 67, 85a, 85b:
1658 66, 27, 43, 44], Edward Mozingo
appeared in Richmond County court
numerous times between 1721 and 1752
[Orders 9:61, 97, 284. 343, 358, 370;
10:403; 11:29, 294, 379, 395, 403, 442,
457, 542; 12:48, 69, 79, 340]. On 27
March 1734, he and Ephraim McCarty were
acquitted in a trial held in
Westmoreland County court in which they
were charged with breaking open a
tobacco house and stealing tobacco,
which belonged to Nicholas Minor [Orders
1731 9]. His 10 November 1753
Richmond County will was proved by his
son Edward on 1 April 1754. He left his
land, tobacco house, and property to his
sons Edward, George, and John, and
pewter dishes to his daughter Margaret.
He allowed (his son-in-law) George
Henson and (daughter) Margaret Henson to
lease the land they were then living on
for seven years. He also named his
daughter-in-law Hannah and his daughter
Sarah Chandler [Wills 1753-671].
Edward and Elizabeth were the parents
of:
-
Edward Mozingo.
-
George Mozingo.
-
John Mozingo.
Margaret Mozingo
married Francis Chandler in North
Farnham Parish, Richmond County on 18
July 1731 [King, Registers of North
Farnham Parish, 135]. She was called
the wife of Francis Chandler on
26 May 1741 when the Westmoreland County
court presented George Hinson of
Washington Parish for living in adultery
with her and presented Francis
Chandler and Rebecca Payn for
cohabiting together. The case against
George Hinson was dismissed on 27
February 1741/2 when it was suggested to
the court that he had run away [Orders
3739-43, 100, 115a, 134].
Sarah Mozingo
married John Chanler in North
Farnham Parish on 25 August 1729 (King,
Registers of North Farnham Parish,
135]. He was called John Chandler, a
"Mulatto," when he was sued in
Westmoreland County, Virginia court for
a two pound debt on 30 September 1755 J
Orders 1755 8, 7a]. Most of their
descendants were considered white by
1790. However, three descendants were
counted in "A List of Free Mulattoes &
Negroes in Westmoreland County" in 1801
[Virginia Genealogist 31:421]:
Thomas Mozingo,
taxable in the upper district of
Westmoreland County from 1787 to 1810
when his name was crossed off the list [PPTL,
1782 1815, frames 310, 333, 443, 521,
587, 707], married Mary Cannady, 24
September 1793 Westmoreland County bond.
Richard Mozingo,
taxable in the upper district of
Westmoreland County from 1789 to 1801 [PPTL,
1782 1815, frames 341, 426, 484, 501,
532], married Nancy Yardly, 10 May 1796
Westmoreland County bond.
William Mozingo,
taxable in the upper district of
Westmoreland County from 1790 to 1809 [PPTL,
1782 1815, frames 353, 388, 426, 532,
686].
Mary Murray,
born about 1700, was the servant of
Nicholas Minor on 25 March 1719 when the
Westmoreland County court presented her
for having an illegitimate "Mulatto"
child. The court ordered that she be
sold by the churchwardens after she
completed her indenture to Minor [Orders
1705 21, 367]. She was probably the
mother of Ann, born about 1719.
Ann Murray,
born about 1719, was a "Mulatto woman"
living in Yorktown, York County, on 18
June 1753 when she bound her son Gabriel
as an apprentice to John Richardson,
carpenter and joiner [Deeds & Bonds
5:5501. She was indicted in York County
for selling liquor without a license on
19 November 1759 and fined 10 pounds
currency. On 21 November 1763, the
court presented her for not listing
herself as a tithable, and on 16 July
1764, Mary Brown paid her as a witness
in the York County suit of James Reade.
On 17 November 1766, the court again
presented her for not listing herself as
a Tithable [Judgment & Orders 1759 63,
90, 126; 1763 5, 90, 126, and 248:
Orders 1765 8, 161, 206].
Mary Oliver,
born about 1692, was living in St.
Stephen's Parish, Northumberland County,
on 18 December 1712 when the grand jury
indicted her for having a "Mulatto"
child the previous May. She did not
appear in court until 18 November 1713
when she was ordered to pay a fine of
500 pounds of tobacco [Orders 1699
1713, 812: 1713 19, 6]. She may have
been the ancestor of:
William Oliver,
head of a Westmoreland County household
of 12 "other free" in 1810 [VA: 781].
William Oliver,
head of a Lancaster County household of
five "other free" in 1810 [VA: 355]
James Oliver,
"free negro" head of a Gloucester County
household of one "other free" in 1810
[VA: 665].
Benjamin Oliver,
"free Negro" taxable in Hanover County
in 1800 [Virginia Genealogist 29:105].
Ann Palmer,
born about 1706, was the servant of
Michael Gilbert of Cople Parish,
Westmoreland County, Virginia, on 24 My
1724 when she acknowledged having a
"Mulatto" child "begott of her body by a
negro Man" [Orders 1721 31, 70a]. She
may have been the ancestor of:
John Palmer,
head of a Loudoun County household of
five "other free" in 1810 [VA: 393].
Betty Palmer,
head of a Queen Anns County, Maryland
household of two "other free" in 1790.
Samuel Palmer,
head of a Kent County, Maryland
household of three "other free" in 1800
[MD: 165].
for the use of
Francis Payne Negro towards his
freedom, and within a year Payne
completed the payments. He was free by
1651 when he successfully sued Joseph
Edlowe of Maryland for a debt of 300
pounds of tobacco for a heifer Edlowe
purchased from him, and he had to pay
Randall Revell a 4430-pound debt later
that same year [DW 1651 54, 119, p.
38, fol. 50, p. 69]. He purchased a
mare in June 1655 and sold its colt to
Anthony Johnson on 31 January 1660 [DW
1655 68, fol. 19; 1657 66, fol.
74]. His former mistress confirmed his
freedom in the July 1656 Northampton
County court:
I Mrs Jane
Eltonhead...have hereunto sett my hand
that ye aforesd Payne (a negro) shall
bee discharged from all hinderances of
servitude (his child) or any that doth
belong to ye sd Payne
|DW 1654 55 fol.
100].
By September 1656,
he had married Amy, a white woman, who
he gave a mare by deed of jointure.
Later that year he sued John Gussall for
failure to pay him rent [Orders 1665
56, 15; DW 1654 55, fol. 138; DW 1655
68, fol. 19, 21]. In 1665, he and
Emmanuel Driggus were security for
Hannah Carter when she was manumitted by
her master, Francis Pigot [DW 1665 68,
pt. 2, 15]. He was called "Francis Pane
Negro" in the Northampton County tithe
lists on which he was taxable on two
tithes in 1663 and only one tithes from
1664 to 1668. He left a 9 May 1673
Northampton County "will, proved 29
September 1763 leaving all his estate to
Agnes Pane, stating that Devrox Dregushe
(Driggers) was to have nothing [Orders
1657 64, 176, 198: 1664 74, fol. 14,
p. 42, fol. 54, 217, 220-1]. The only
evidence that Francis Payne ever had any
children was the mention of a child in
Jane Eltonhead's 1656 confirmation of
his freedom. However, the following may
have been his descendants:
Rebecca Paine,
born about 1720, was living in
Westmoreland County, Virginia, on 1
April 1741 when the court presented
Francis Chandler for cohabiting
with her. He was the husband of
Margaret Chandler, a "Mulatto"
woman. Rebecca was called a "Molatto"
on 12 May 1746 when she agreed to serve
William Bayley for four years to pay a
ten pound debt she owed him [Orders 1739
43, 100; 1743 7, 137]. She may have
been the mother of:
Virgin Paine,
born about 1745.
Lawrence Paine,
born 4 October 1748.
William Paine,
born about 1750, a "Mulatto" boy bound
to William Hancock, then to Robert
Wooding, Gent., who then sold the
indenture to Joseph Gill in May 1764.
The Halifax County, Virginia court
ordered him returned to Wooding [Pleas
4:266, 279].
Francis Paine,
head of a Gloucester County household of
five "other free" in 1810 [VA: 666]. He
and his unnamed wife were "Mulattoes"
living in Gloucester County in 1813. He
was over the age of forty-five in 1815 [PPTL
1800 2O].
Evan Paine,
born about 1757, a "mulatto" listed
among fourteen deserters from Lieutenant
John Tankersley's troops. Tankersley
offered a reward for their deliver)' To
King George courthouse in the 3 October
1777 issue of the Virginia Gazette [Purdie
edition, p. 3, col. 11].
Benjamin Paine,
born about 1760, a "yellow" complexioned
soldier from Buckingham County listed in
(lie size roll of troops who enlisted at
Chesterfield Courthouse. [The
Chesterfield Supplement cited by NSDAR,
African American Patriots, 152]. He
enlisted in Goochland County [Jackson,
Virginia Negro Soldiers, 41].
Joshua Paine,
born about 1760, a man of color born in
Westmoreland County who was living in
King George County when he was listed in
a register of soldiers who served in the
Revolution [NSDAR, African American
Patriots, 1521. He was head of a
Rockingham County, North Carolina
household of five "other free" in 1800
[NC: 491].
Sarah Paine,
head of an Accomack Parish, Accomack
County household of 2 "other free" and
three slaves in 1800 [Virginia
Genealogist 2:13].
Thomas Paine,
head of a Prince William County
household of six "other free" in 1810
[VA: 510].
Joanna Paine,
"Free Negroe" head of a Fauquier County
household of two "other free" in 1810
[YA: 375]
Molly Paine,
head of a Queen Ann's County, Maryland
household of one "other free" in 1790.
Ben Paine,
a "Mulatto" head of a 96 District,
Abbeville County. South Carolina
household of one "other free" in 1790
[SC: 57].
Ann Pursley,
born about 1715, was living in Cople
Parish on 30 June 1736 when the
Westmoreland County, Virginia court
convicted her of having a "Mulato" child
[Orders 1731 9, 252a]. She was the
ancestor of:
Jeremiah Pursley,
an overseer for William Weatherspoon,
counted in "A List of Free Mulattoes &
Negroes" in Westmoreland County in 1800.
Baker Purse,
a gardener for Taker Carter, counted in
"A List of Free Mulattoes & Negroes" in
Westmoreland County in 1801 [Virginia
Genealogist 31(1987):42], head of a
Westmoreland County household of 1
"other free" in 1810.
James Pursley,
a taxable in Bladen County with Gilbert
Cox in 1770 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax
Lists, 1:34].
Mary Richardson (Richerson),
born about 1735, was a "free Negro"
woman living in Fredericksburg on 4
October 1757 when she bound herself to
Ann Manning for ten years [WB B: 398].
She was living in King George County on
4 March 1762 when die churchwardens of
Brunswick Parish were ordered to bind
out her "natural daughter" Frank to Ann
Mannan [Orders 1751 65, pt. 4, 973].
She was the mother of:
Frank Richardson,
born about 1761.
Jesse Richardson,
head of a Westmoreland County household
of 10 "other free" in 1810.
Nancy Richardson,
head of a Lancaster County household of
seven "other free" in 1810 [VA: 358].
Clary Richardson,
head of an Essex County household of
three "other free" in 1810 [VA: 202].
Margaret Redley,
born about 1692, was presented by the
churchwardens of Washington Parish,
Westmoreland County, Virginia, on 28
June 1710 for having a bastard child.
She may have been identical to "Margrett
a Servt. to Calleb Butler" who was
presented by the churchwardens of
Washington Parish on 28 May 1707 and 22
February 1710 for "fornication & haveing
a Mulatto bastard. On 24 June 1713 she
and Edward Buss "a Mulatto" were
presented by the grand jury for
fornication and cohabiting together
[Orders 1705 21, 58, 66, 136a, 140a,
143a, 145a, 155a, 217]. She was
probably the mother of:
Moses Redley,
born about 1710, owned land in Orange
County, North Carolina, adjoining George
Gibson and Thomas Collins [Orange County
Loose Papers, vol. V, no. 131; vol.VI,
no. 579]. He and his wife Mary were
"Mulatto" Orange County taxables in 1755
[N.C. Archives T&C 1, p. 8]. He was
called a poor debtor in February 1761
when William Chavis sued him in Orange
County court [Haun, Orange County Court
Minutes, 1:459]. He was probably
related to Moses Ridle, an "Indian"
tithable in John Wilson's Pittsylvania
County tax list for 1767.
Thomas Sorrell,
born about 1758, married Elizabeth
Lucas, 3 December 1794 Westmoreland
County bond. He was listed among the
"Free Molattoes" living on Thomas
Rowaud's land in Westmoreland County in
1801 with his wife Elizabeth and
children William and Libby Sorrell
[Virginia Genealogist 31:41]. He was a
sixty-two-year-old resident of
Westmoreland County living with his
forty five-year-old wife and
eleven-year-old daughter in 1820 when he
applied for a Revolutionary War pension
[M804-2246, frame 0992], He was probably
the father of:
Sukey Sorrell,
born about 1770, married Spencer
Thomas, "widower. 11 June 1792
Northumberland County bond.
Fannah Sorrell,
born about 1771, married John Evins, 23
November 1792 Northumberland County
bond, Thomas Pollard security.
Grace Sorrell,
born about 1774, married Augustin Boyd,
24 July 1795 Northumberland County bond,
Thomas Pollard security.
William Sorrell,
a "free Molatto" living with Thomas
Sorrell in 1801.
Libby Sorrell,
a "free Molatto" living with Thomas
Sorrell in 1801.
William Stewart,
"a Colored man, free born" about 1759 in
Brunswick County, Virginia, according to
his Revolutionary War pension file. He
enlisted in 1777 under Major Hardy
Murphy in Northampton County, North
Carolina, and marched to West Point and
Valley Forge. After the war, he
returned to Northampton County. He
married Mary Artis, 3 January 1792
Greensville County, Virginia bond, 5
January marriage, John Jeter, Sr.,
surely [Ministers' Returns, 25]. He was
taxable in Greensville County in
Lucrelia Stewart's household in 1791 and
taxable on a horse in his own household
from 1793 to 1799 [PPTL 1782 1850,
frames 129, 164, 181, 193, 206, 220, and
248]. He was head of a Northampton
County, North Carolina household of
seven "other free'' in 1800 [NC: 479|,
perhaps the William Stuart who was
witness lo Mary Smart's September 1778
Northampton County will [WB 1:309]. He
moved with his family to Westmoreland
County, Pennsylvania, where he had been
living from 1814 until 19 May 1835 when
he made his pension application, Nancy
Scott, a "Colored woman, who came to
Pennsylvania with the Stewart family,
testified on his behalf [M805-773, frame
400].
James Tate,
born circa 1660, "a Negro slave to Mr.
Patrick Spence, was married to Hester
Tate, an English woman servant of James
Westcomb. Their son James was bound an
apprentice to James Wesleomb in
Westmoreland County, Virginia, in 1691,
and that same year three more of their
children were bound apprentices. Her
children were probably the "two mulatto
servants" who belonged to the orphans of
Patrick Spence. Jr., in December 1703
[Orders 1690 98, 40 41; 1698 1705,
210a]. James and Hester's children
were:
James Tate,
born about 1685, bound to James Westcomb
in 1691. On 30 August 1716, John
Chilton sued Joseph Moxley, claiming
that he was detaining James who he
claimed as his servant. The court ruled
that James was a free person [Orders
1705 21, 261a].
Jane Tate,
born about 1687, bound apprentice to
Patrick Spence in 1691.
Elizabeth Tate,
born about 1688, bound to Patrick Spence
in 1691. She was presented by the
churchwardens of Cople Parish,
Westmoreland County, in September 1714
for having a "Mulatto" bastard child.
On 27 April 3 715 her attorney George
Eskridge argued that she was not within
the purview of the law against having
illegitimate children because she was a
"Mulatto. He posted bond to appeal the
case to the general court. On 30 August
1716, the court ordered that John
Chilton, Gentleman, pay her 1,160 pounds
of tobacco for attending court for nine
days in the suit, which he brought
against Joseph Moxley for detaining his
servant James Tate [Orders 1705 21,
261a, 293].
William Tate,
born about 1690, bound to Patrick Spence
in 1691.
Their descendants
were:
-
William Tate,
born about 1726.
-
Joyce Tate,
born about 1730.
-
Penelope Tate,
born about 1732.
-
Winnie Tate,
born about 1750.
-
Nancy Tate,
born about 1758.
Jesse Tate,
born about 1758, a seaman in the
Revolution aboard the Dragon from 1777
to 1779 [Jackson, Virginia Negro
Soldiers, 44] and head of a Richmond
County household of eight "other free"
in 1810 [VA: 395].
William Tate,
born about 1766.
James Tate
married Charity Grimes, 22 August 1804
Westmoreland County bond. Nathaniel
Brewer security.
Peggy Tate,
born about 1780.
Peter Tate,
born about 1780, a "Molatto" farmer
living with (his wife?) Phillis Tate in
Westmoreland County on William Hurt's
land in 1801 [Virginia Genealogist
31:45]. Phillis Tate was in a "List of
Free Negroes and Mulattoes over the age
of 16" in Northumberland County in 1813
[PPTL frame 22].
Jane Tate,
head of a Stafford County household of
three "other free" in 1810 [VA: 128].
William
Tate,
born about 1726, was a "Mullatto" boy
who still had 17 years to serve when he
was listed in the inventory of the
Westmoreland County estate of Captain
Patrick Spence taken on 10 April 1740
[Estate Settlements Records, Inventories
1723 46, 230]. He was taxable in the
upper district of Westmoreland County
1783 to 1791: taxable on William Tate,
Jr.'s tithe in 1787 and 1789 [PPTL, 1782
1815, frames 263, 311, 335. 343, 343,
355]. Perhaps his widow was Judy Tate
who was taxable on two horses in the
upper district of Westmoreland County
from 1792 to 1797 [PPTL, 1782 1815,
frames 395, 419, 444, 469]. She was
listed as a farmer in Westmoreland
County in 1801 with children: Elfried,
Molley and Yewell Tate and Mimea Locus.
She married Dick Young, 3 June 1805
Westmoreland County bond, John Watts and
Jesse Tate security. William may have
been the father of:
William Tate,
born about 1771, taxable in the upper
district of Westmoreland County from
1787 to 1798, called William, Jr., in
1790 and 1791 [PPTL, 1782 1815, frames
395, 419, 469, 485], listed as a "free
Mulatto" in 1801 when his place of abode
was Louisa County [Virginia Genealogist
31:42].
-
Elfried Tate.
-
Molley Tate.
-
Yewell Tate.
Joice Teet (Joyce
Tare),
born about 1730, was an "Old woman" in
1801 when she was a "free Molatto"
living on William Fitzhugh's land in
Westmoreland County, listed next to
James Teet [Virginia Genealogist 31:42],
She may have been the mother of:
James Tate,
born about 1760, taxable on two horses
and three cattle in Westmoreland County
in 1782 [PPTL, 1782 1815, frame 249].
He was a "Molauo" farmer living with
(his wife?) Sarah Teet and children
Lovell, Betsey, Mauening, Sary,
Laurence, and Lucey Teet on Henry Lee's
land in Westmoreland County in 1801.
Perhaps John and Ann Locus, two children
living in their household, were his
wife's relatives [Virginia Genealogist
31:42].
Samuel Tate,
horn about 1779, married Hannah Lucas.
30 December 1809 Westmoreland County
bond, Lawrence Ashton security. Samuel
Teet was head of a Westmoreland County
household of four "other free" in 1810
[VA: 788]. He registered in
Westmoreland County in May 1843: light
complexion, 5 feet 6½ inches high, about
64 years of age. Born free [Register of
Free Negroes, 1828 1849, no. 349].
Joseph Tate,
born about 1781, a "free Molatto" farmer
living with Felicia Tate and children
Sophia and Delphia on William Fitzhugh's
land in Westmoreland County in 1801
[Virginia Genealogist 31:47). He was
head of a Westmoreland County 8 "other
free" in 1810 [VA: 787]. Felicia
registered in Westmoreland County in May
1833: a mulatto woman, 5 feet 4-1/2
inches high, 50 years of age, born free
[Register of Free Negroes, 1828 1849,
no. 180].
Ann Tate
listed with children Nacy and Willis
(?) Tate in Westmoreland County on
William Fitzhugh's land in 1801
[Virginia Genealogist 31:47], head of a
Westmoreland County household of four
other free"' in 1810 [VA:
787]. Perhaps Willis (?) was she
William Tate who married Pumroy,
1805 Westmoreland County bond. William
Teet was head of a Westmoreland County
household of four "other free" in 1810
[VA: 787].
Penelope Tate,
born about 1732, brought complaint to
the Westmoreland County court against
(her master) James Clayton on 29 January
1756. The suit was dismissed in
February 1757 [Orders 1755 8, 34,
123a]. She was living in Richmond
County on 6 April 1767 when the court
ordered the churchwardens of Lunenburg
Parish to bind her son Charles to
William Dekins. On 5 June 1786, the
parish of Lunenburg allotted 280 pounds
of tobacco to (her son?) Matthew Tait
for her support [Orders 1765 9, 237;
1784 6, 335]. She was the mother of:
Matthew Tate,
born about 1760, allowed 280 pounds of
tobacco for the support of (his
mother?) Penelope Tait on 5 June 1786.
He was a "free Molatto" farmer living
with children; John, Lucy, Rodham, Alcey,
and Presley Teet on Lusetly Smith's land
in Westmoreland County in 1801 [Virginia
Genealogist 31:42].
Charles Tate,
born about 1765, a "free Molatto" farmer
living with (his wife?) Abby Teet and
children James, Betsey, John, and
Campbell Teet on John Neat's land in
Westmoreland County in 1801 [Virginia
Genealogist 31:42].
Winnie Tate,
born about 1750, was living in
Westmoreland County on 26 August 1777
when the court ordered that she appear
at the next session to show cause why
her daughter Judith should not be bound
out [Orders 1776 86, 46]. And on 22
February 1785 she was summoned to appear
at the next court to show cause why her
son Henry should not be bound out. On
26 March 1793, the court ordered her
children Jesse and William bound out but
rescinded the order the following day
[Orders 1776 86, 46, 262; Orders 1790
5, 236, 239, 253]. She was the mother
of:
Judith Tate,
born about 1770, married John Evins, 28
April 1795 Westmoreland County bond,
Hugh Quinton, security. John and Judy
Evins and child Rockey Tate were "free
Negro" farmers living on William
Fitzhughs land in Westmoreland County
in 1801 [Virginia Genealogist 31:47].
Henry Tate,
born about 1780, married John
Johnson, 25 December 1809
Westmoreland County bond, Edmond Tate
security
Jesse Tate,
born about 1782.
William Tate,
born about 1784.
Peggy Tate,
born about 1780, was head of a
Westmoreland County household of four
"other free" in 1810 [VA: 787]. She was
the mother of:
Henry Tate,
born about 1800, registered in
Westmoreland County in September 1821: a
Black Boy about 5 feet 6 or 7 inches
high about 21 years of age and son of
Peggy Teete who was free born [Free
Negro Register 1819 1826, p. 7].
William Tate,
born about 1766, married Ann West, 28
January 1787 Culpeper County bond. He
was taxable in Madison County from 1793
to 1817: taxable on his unnamed son in
1803, taxable on two sons in 1809. A
F.N." listed with unnamed wife and son
in 1813 [PPTL, 1793 1818]. He was
bead of a Madison County household of 14
"oilier free" in 1810 [VA: 409]. He was
apparently the father of:
Beverly Tate,
born about 1789, taxable in Madison
County on John Tate's lithe and 2 horses
in 1811 [PPTL, 1793 1818]. Registered
in the Corporation of Staunton,
Virginia, on 14 August 1820: a yellow
man (now) aged about 51 years, five feet
7Ύ inches high, who was born free; is
registered upon the certificate of
Benjamin Cave, Clerk of Madison County
Court dated 10 October 1812 [Register of
Free Negroes, no. 53].
John Tate,
taxable in Madison County in 1811,
listed as a "F.N." in 1813 [PPTL, 1793
1818].
Reuben Tate,
a "F.N." listed with his unnamed wife in
Madison County in 1813 [PPTL, 1793
1818].
Coleman Tate,
a "Free Negro" taxable in Madison County
in 1815 [PPTL, 1793 1818],
Nancy Tate,
born about 1758, living in Westmoreland
County on 26 March 1793 when the court
ordered the overseers of the poor in
Cople Parish to bind out her children
Edmond and Eliza. The court rescinded
its order the following day [Orders 1790
5, 236, 239, 253]. She was a "free
Negro" farmer on William Edward's land
in Westmoreland County in 1801 with
children Edmund, Jesive(?), Lewis,
Haney, and Simon Tate [Virginia
Genealogist 31:44]. Her children were:
Jesive Tate
(?).
Lewis Tate,
born about 1775, perhaps identical to
James Lewis alias Tate who registered in
Westmoreland County on 16 May 1835:
light complexion, about 60 years old, 5
feet 4-1/2 inches. Born free [Register
of Free Negroes, 1828 1849, no. 215].
Edmond Tate,
born about 1779, married Peggy Aston
(Ashton), 12 December 1806 Westmoreland
County bond, Joseph Tate security. He
registered in Westmoreland County in
October 1828: a black man, five '6"
high, about 49 years of age. Free born
[Register of Free Negroes, 1828 1849,
no. 24].
Haney Tate,
listed in Nancy Tate's Westmoreland
County household in 1801, perhaps
identical to Haraway Tate (born about
1786) who registered in Westmoreland
County in April 1846: a Mulatto woman, 5
feet 2-1/2 inches high, about 60 years
of age. Born free [Register of Free
Negroes, 1828 1849, no. 415].
Simon Tate.
Joshua Thompson,
born about 1690, and his wife Sarah
bound their daughter Martha to John
Sorrell until the age of twenty-one. On
25 March 1732, Martha petitioned the
Westmoreland County court for freedom
from John Footman, Gentleman, who then
held the indenture. She testified that
she was twenty-one years old on 22 June
1731 and the daughter of Sarah Thompson,
a free "Mulatto" who was married to
Joshua Thompson by whom she had several
children [Orders 1731 9, 15]. Joshua
and Sarah were the ancestors of:
Martha Thompson,
born 22 June 1710, was twenty-one years
old on 25 March 1732 when she
successfully petitioned the Westmoreland
County court for her freedom. She may
have been the mother of:
Thomas Thompson,
born about 1731, a "Free Mulatto" who
bound himself as an apprentice carpenter
and joiner for six years to John Ariss
of Cople Parish by Westmoreland County
indenture on 31 January J 748/9 [Records
& Inventories 1746 52, 81].
William Thompson,
born about 1735, a "Mailato boy" listed
in the 4 June 1751 Westmoreland County
inventory of the estate of Thomas
Collensworth.
John Thompson,
born about 1737, a "Mailato boy" listed
in the 4 June 1751 Westmoreland County
inventory of the estate of Thomas
Collensworth [Records & Inventories 1746
52, 156b].
Henry Thompson,
born about 1768, married Catherine
McGuy, 29 September 1789
Westmoreland County bond, Bennett
McGuy security. Catherine may have
been the Kilty Thompson who was a "free
Negro" farmer in Westmoreland County in
1801 [Virginia Genealogist 31:46].
John Turner,
head of a Westmoreland county household
of eight other free in 1810 [VA: 59]
Samuel Walker,
born about 1152, an eight-year-old
"Mulatto Bastard Child" bound out in
Frederick County, Virginia, on 3
September 1760 [Orders 1760 2, 159].
Thomas Walker,
head of a Westmoreland County, Virginia
household of eight "oilier free" in
1810.
Elijah Weaver
married Elizabeth Frary April 8,
1796 Westmoreland County bond, Tracy
Richard Clayton security.
Mary Williams,
born say 1685, was the white servant of
Willoughby Allerton, Gent, of the Parish
of Copely, on 25 April 1705 when she was
convicted by the Westmoreland County
court of having a "mulatto" child by a
"Negro man" [Orders 1698 1705, 256a].
She was probably the mother of:
William Williams,
born say 1704, was a "free Mulalo" who
petitioned the Westmoreland County,
Virginia court for his freedom from
Isaac Allerton on 31 July 1733. On 27
March 1753 the court ordered "his
several Children" bound out as
apprentices. And on 25 March 1755 he
sued John and Spencer Ayris for
detaining his children, but the court
stood by its original order [Orders 1731
9, 99a; 1752 5, 60, 227, 249]. He
may have been the father of
George Williams,
born about 1731, a soldier from Richmond
County in the French and Indian War, age
26, a mulatto, 67", when he was listed
as a deserter on 2 September 1757
[Magazine of Virginia Genealogy 31:95].
Ann Wilson,
born about 1675, an English servant
woman, appeared in Westmoreland County,
Virginia court on 26 July 1693 and "made
confession she was lately delivered of a
bastard mulatto child begott on her body
by Jack a Negro slave to Youel. On 26
May 1697, she petitioned the court for
her freedom, but the court ruled that
she still had considerable time to serve
for having bastard children. In
February 1699/1700, she confessed to
having an illegitimate child by a white
man [Orders 1690 8, 102, 242; 1698
1705, 71, 73a].
Sall Young,
head of Westmoreland county household of
two other free in 1810. |
