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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** Line Surname of Deceased Given Name of Deceased Surname of Slave Owner Given Name of Slave Owner Date of Death Sex White Colored Place of Death Cause of Death Age Parents of Deceased Where Deceased Born Occupation Consort or Unmarried Name of Person Giving Information Designation of Informant Page 54 1 Amy Robertson Ennis O 00/May/1859 F FALSE Slave Pig River Typhoid Fever 55Yrs Pittsylvania Cnty E O Robertson Owner of Decd 2 Epriam " " 00/Jul/1859 M FALSE Slave " " 20Yrs Pittsylvania Cnty " " 3 Eddie ' " 00/Jul/1859 F FALSE Slave " " 23Yrs Pittsylvania Cnty " " 4 Milton " " 00/Jun/1859 M FALSE Slave " " 21Yrs Pittsylvania Cnty " " 5 " " 00/May/1859 F FALSE Slave " " 1Mo7Days Pittsylvania Cnty " " 6 Grandison Royall Nathl R 31/Aug/1859 M FALSE Slave Sandy River Consumption 40Yrs Pittsylvania Cnty Nathl R Royall " 7 Amelia Royall John C 24/Apr/1859 F FALSE Slave " " 24Yrs Pittsylvania Cnty John C Royall " 8 Reynolds Elizabeth 05/Feb/1859 F TRUE Tomahawk 78Yrs Jas and Sallie Mitchell Pittsylvania Cnty Farmer Hugh Reynolds decd Jas M Reynolds son 9 Mary Robertson Henry 00/Apr/1859 F FALSE Slave Pig River 53Yrs Pittsylvania Cnty Henry Robertson Owner of decd 13 Clary Stone Nancy 00/Aug/1859 F FALSE Slave Swansonsville Pneumonia 45Yrs Pittsylvania Cnty Byrd J? Hall Hirer 14 Reed Stone James 04/May/1859 M FALSE Slave Pig River Typhoid Fever 9Yrs Pittsylvania Cnty James Stone Owner of decd 15 Malicia " " 00/May/1859 F FALSE Slave " " 50Yrs Pittsylvania Cnty " " 16 Martha Shelton Polly T 00/Nov/1859 F FALSE Slave Cherrystone 24Yrs Pittsylvania Cnty Polly T Shelton " 19 Alexander Tate William I 00/Oct/1859 M FALSE Slave Turkey Cock 1Yr Pittsylvania Cnty William I? Tate Owner 20 Mary " " 00/Aug/1859 F FALSE Slave " 14Yrs Pittsylvania Cnty " " 21 Parthena " " F FALSE Slave " 1Yr2Mo Pittsylvania Cnty " " 22 Webster Thomas William B? 00/Feb/1859 M FALSE Slave Cherrystone 2Yrs Pittsylvania Cnty 26 George Watson Thos J 00/Sep/1859 M FALSE Slave Cherrystone 5Mo Pittsylvania Cnty D S Sutherlin Mistress 27 Matilda Wright Joseph 00/Jul/1859 F FALSE Slave Tomahawk 5Mo Pittsylvania Cnty D White Father 28 Margenia " " 00/Dec/1859 F FALSE Slave " 19Yrs Pittsylvania Cnty Eliza Williamson Mistress 29 Nannie Witcher Vincent F FALSE Slave Turkey Cock 5Mo Pittsylvania Cnty M B Hodnett Master 30 Elizabeth " " F FALSE Slave " Pittsylvania Cnty A G Walters " 31 Woody Amantha 00/May/1859 F TRUE Pig River Consumption 18Yrs Willis and Eve Woody Pittsylvania Cnty " ' Page 55 Abram Clark Wm E 07/May/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty unknown 57Yrs Pittsylvania Cnty D S Sutherlin Mistress Amey Williamson Eliza 00/Jan/1859 F FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Throat 50Yrs Pittsylvania Cnty D White Father Alice Keesee Geo P 00/Feb/1859 F FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Croup 2Yrs Pittsylvania Cnty Eliza Williamson Mistress Amey Waldround Edith 20/Mar/1859 F FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Old Age 80Yrs Pittsylvania Cnty M B Hodnett Master Anteney Dixon E W 18/Feb/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Consumption 18Yrs Pittsylvania Cnty A G Walters " Ann Guarrant T D F 18/Feb/1859 F FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Child Bed Pittsylvania Cnty " ' Alice Lanier David J 00/Mar/1859 F FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Pittsylvania Cnty Alfred Wooding Wm H 00/Sep/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Whooping Cough 3Yrs Pittsylvania Cnty D S Sutherlin Mistress Add Smith A A 00/Apr/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Pittsylvania Cnty D White Father Barker Mary I or J 08/Jun/1859 F TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty Whooping Cough 5Mo Nathl and Maneva Barker Pittsylvania Cnty Eliza Williamson Mistress Billy Robertson E S 00/Apr/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Brain Fever 17Yrs Pittsylvania Cnty M B Hodnett Master Brightwell James D 00/Jul/1859 M TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty Pneumonia 70Yrs Pittsylvania Cnty Tanning A G Walters " Brightwell Sarah 16/Jan/1859 F TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty " 60Yrs Pittsylvania Cnty Jos D Brightwell " ' Negro Boy Child Brightwell Wm C 01/Sep/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty 2Mo Pittsylvania Cnty Bob Shotwell Robt 00/Apr/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Burnt 3Days Pittsylvania Cnty D S Sutherlin Mistress Ben Anglea Allen C 00/Jun/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Poisoned 80Yrs Pittsylvania Cnty D White Father Becky 00/Jan/1859 F FALSE Free Pittsylvania Cnty 1Yr Pittsylvania Cnty Eliza Williamson Mistress Blankenship George 17/Apr/1859 M TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty Inflamation of Brain 14Yrs10Mo Braxton Blankenship Pittsylvania Cnty Farming M B Hodnett Master Booker Fowlkes James 00/Oct/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Lingirod 23Yrs A G Walters " Blair Sanepto Adlad 00/Apr/1859 F TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty 2Mo James Y and P G Blair Pittsylvania Cnty " ' Bill Taylor Jno W 00/Feb/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Horse Kick 15Yrs Cole David 00/Nov/1859 M TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty Tyifoid Fever 22Yrs Farmer D S Sutherlin Mistress Claiborn Josphine 00/Aug/1859 F TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty Teething 7Mo Wm C and M J Claiborne Pittsylvania Cnty D White Father Caroline Moss G W 00/Dec/1859 F FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty 6Yrs Eliza Williamson Mistress Charles Motley J D 00/Apr/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Burnt 3Yrs M B Hodnett Master Dodson 24/Sep/1859 F TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty Wm A and Sarah Dodson Pittsylvania Cnty A G Walters " Dave Thomas William P 18/Jan/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Poisoned 50Yrs " ' Dary Adams Sylvester J 00/May/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Bronchetus 60Yrs Dodson William G 17/Oct/1859 M TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty Tyfoid Fever 25Yrs6Mo Farming D S Sutherlin Mistress Drain Mary C 16/Dec/1859 F TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty " 65Yrs Peter Drain D White Father Eliza Fitzgerald Ed 00/Jun/1859 F FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty 6Mo Eliza Williamson Mistress Girl Child Edwards A P F FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty 2Mo M B Hodnett Master Masounia " " 08/Dec/1859 F FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Killed 30Yrs A G Walters " Ellender Dodson William W 17/Mar/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Consumption 18Yrs " ' Earp John Wesley 00/Aug/1859 M TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty Whooping Cough 2Mo Philip and Eliza Earp Pittsylvania Cnty Eliza McLaughlin Henry S 00/Feb/1859 F FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Brain Fever 8Yrs Pittsylvania Cnty D S Sutherlin Mistress Evans William 00/Dec/1859 M TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty Croup 2Yrs Edward Evans Pittsylvania Cnty D White Father Earls William F TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty 8Days Jas and Maria Earls Pittsylvania Cnty Eliza Williamson Mistress Flora Hairston S F FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty 13Yrs Pittsylvania Cnty M B Hodnett Master Page 56 Child " " F FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty 2Yrs Pittsylvania Cnty " ' " " " M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Smothered 6Mo Elick Moss G W 00/Jul/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Whooping Cough 8Yrs D S Sutherlin Mistress Ferguson Agness 30/Apr/1859 F TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty Choked 70Yrs D White Father Fanny Anderson Alfred F FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Old Age 70Yrs Eliza Williamson Mistress Farmer William 00/Jan/1859 M TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty 17Yrs3Mo Hartwell Farmer Farmer M B Hodnett Master Gosney Susan 26/Mar/1859 F TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty Consumption 46Yrs2Mo Presley T Gosney A G Walters " Guinn James 12/May/1859 M TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty 50Yrs Farmer Melvina J Guinn " ' Gourley/Gouley Francis Jane 30/May/1859 F TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty Inflamation of Brain 1Yr S H and L H Gourley Pittsylvania Cnty Green Tanner Joel H 05/Jul/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Consumption 22Yrs D S Sutherlin Mistress Garrick Ferguson Henry H 00/Nov/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Suddenly 27Yrs D White Father Hodges Maria 06/Jan/1856 F TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty Burnt 58Yrs Unmarried Eliza Williamson Mistress Harriett Thompson S J 00/Apr/1859 F FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Head Fever 16Yrs M B Hodnett Master Girl Child Hodnett Jas M 00/Feb/1859 F FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Born Dead A G Walters " Henry Madding Scarlotte 00/Nov/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Poisoned 46Yrs " ' Hall William 02/Apr/1859 M TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty 70Yrs Farming Henry Dodson E C 00/Dec/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Billious Fever 18Yrs D S Sutherlin Mistress Henry White Thomas W 14/May/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Bronchetus 7Mo D White Father Sam Henry Terry N J 00/Mar/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Sore Throat 6Yrs Eliza Williamson Mistress Jennings Levi 19/Apr/1859 M TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty Suddenly 50Yrs6Mo Millwright M B Hodnett Master Isaac Chaney Thomas P 00/Apr/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Pneumonia 1Yr10Mo A G Walters " Jennings Agnes 00/Dec/1859 F TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty Cancer 62Yrs Obj Jennings " ' James Hodnett Mathew B 00/Jan/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Inflamation of Brain 10Yrs John Stamps William L 00/Aug/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Scroffalo 24Yrs D S Sutherlin Mistress Jennings Richard A 00/Dec/1859 M TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty Diabetes 21Yrs11Mo Farmer D White Father Joe Oliver Wilson 00/Oct/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Consumption 16Yrs Eliza Williamson Mistress John Wilson Winifred H 00/May/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Dispeptic 75Yrs M B Hodnett Master 2 Negro Children " " FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty A G Walters " James Williamson Eliza 00/Aug/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Teething 6Mo " ' John Ferguson Jno A 00/Nov/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Dropsy 50Yrs Jiney Carter Robt W 00/Aug/1859 F FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Whooping Cough 8Mo D S Sutherlin Mistress Ingram Catharine 25/Dec/1859 M TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty Consumption 79Yrs Larkin Ingram D White Father Joe Farmer Hartwell 00/Jan/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty " 3Days Eliza Williamson Mistress King Jno 22/Nov/1859 M TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty Croup 20Yrs1Mo Farmer M B Hodnett Master Lumpkin 30/May/1859 F TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty Lafayett and Jamima Lumpkins A G Walters " Linton Moss G W 10/Jun/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Consumption 70Yrs " ' Lucinda Gunter Jno R 00/Jan/1859 F FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Worms 2Yrs Lucy Ferrell Ephriam 02/Jan/1859 F FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Child Bed 28Yrs D S Sutherlin Mistress Page 57 Leathy Jones D 00/Feb/1859 F FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Whooping Cough 8Yrs Eliza Williamson Mistress Lewis Kaquorah 03/Jul/1859 F TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty Sudden 63Yrs8Mo Joseph Lewis M B Hodnett Master Lewis Nasa J 24/Mar/1859 M TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty Pneumonia 28Yrs Farmer A G Walters " Lipford Martha 03/Jun/1859 F TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty Consumption 63Yrs Daniel Lipford " ' Lucy Keesee Geo P 00/May/1859 F FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty 2Mo Lucy Shotwell Robt 00/Apr/1859 F FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Burnt 2Yrs D S Sutherlin Mistress Mann 00/Aug/1859 M FALSE Free Pittsylvania Cnty 2Mo Saluda Mann D White Father Mays Mary Jane 11/Jul/1859 F TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty 11Mo C W and Sarah Mays Eliza Williamson Mistress Moss Emily Ann 20/Mar/1859 F TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty Brain Fever 8Yrs8Mo C W Moss M B Hodnett Master Marshall Mary 08/Apr/1859 F TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty Tyfoid Fever 57Yrs Paul Marshall A G Walters " McLaughlin Elisha 27/Jul/1859 M TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty Dropsy 48Yrs Farming " ' Midkiff Sarah T 20/Jan/1859 F TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty Breast disease 20Yrs9Mo Unmarried Martha Price Jno S 00/Mar/1859 F FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty 2Yrs D S Sutherlin Mistress Girl Child " " 00/Jun/1859 FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty 3Mo D White Father Matt Fowlks Geo 00/Sep/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty 45Yrs Eliza Williamson Mistress Margaret " " 00/Oct/1859 F FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Smothered 9Mo M B Hodnett Master McDowell Elizabeth Susan 23/Mar/1859 F TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty Burnt 16Yrs4Mo Unmarried A G Walters " Natt May Jno S 00/Jun/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Throat 9Mo " ' Nancy Trotter Jos H 23/Nov/1859 F FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Fitts 1Yr1Mo Ned Shaw Tarpley 16/Mar/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Brain Fever 1Yr D S Sutherlin Mistress Negro Child Green Nathl T FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty D White Father Negro Child Thomas Philip M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Eliza Williamson Mistress " " " F FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty M B Hodnett Master Oliver Yancy 15/Feb/1859 M TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty Palsley 65Yrs3Mo Farming A G Walters " Negro Girl Oliver Eliza 00/Oct/1859 F FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty 6Days " ' Peter Wooding William H 00/Oct/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Whooping Cough 2Yrs Pigg 00/Dec/1859 M TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty 1Day Hiz and M H Pigg D S Sutherlin Mistress Paulina Astin Wilson J or I 00/May/1859 F FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Scroffelo 23Yrs D White Father Peggy Hairston Samuel F FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty 18Yrs Eliza Williamson Mistress Polly Keen W W 00/Jul/1859 F FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Child Bed 27Yrs M B Hodnett Master Negro Child " " 00/Aug/1859 F FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Bowels 1Yr A G Walters " Richards John 20/Nov/1859 M TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty Tyfoid Fever 22Yrs " ' Robertson 00/Jul/1859 F TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty 6Days Jno M and Susan Robertson Rebecca Townes S C 01/May/1859 F FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Scroffilo 8Yrs D S Sutherlin Mistress Ralph Edwards Jno W 24/Oct/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty " 14Yrs4Mo D White Father Rear Wilson Jno R 00/Aug/1859 F FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Lockjaw 35Yrs Eliza Williamson Mistress Rieves Catherine 00/Apr/1859 F TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty Tyfoid Fever 19Yrs Unmarried M B Hodnett Master Page 58 Samuel Drury Saml S 00/May/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Whooping Cough 55Yrs " ' Shackleford Permelia A 03/Jul/1859 F TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty Teething 10Mo Frances and Elizabeth Shackleford Sam Shaw Tarpley 11/Feb/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Brain Fever 7Days D S Sutherlin Mistress Shaw Martha A T? 11/Jan/1859 F TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty 16Yrs Unmarried D White Father Sam Jones D 11/Jun/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Teathing 1Yrs Eliza Williamson Mistress Sallie Dixon Edward W 01/May/1859 F FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Poisoned 12Yrs M B Hodnett Master Smith Latitia C 14/Feb/1859 F TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty Consumption 27Yrs Jno R Smith A G Walters " Sarah Echols Coleman 11/Jan/1859 F FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Burnt 23Yrs " ' Simon May Geo W 14/Jan/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Iresyhhalis 45Yrs Smith Wm Witcher 00/Jul/1859 M TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty 1Yr A A Smith D S Sutherlin Mistress Sylva Lewis N M 00/Mar/1859 F FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Old Age 85Yrs D White Father Boy Child Terry Robt M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Smothered 1Mo Eliza Williamson Mistress Turpin Elizabeth Ann 00/Sep/1859 F TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty 8Mo Wm and Mary Turpin M B Hodnett Master Travis Rachal 10/May/1859 F TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty Consumption 37Yrs Widower A G Walters " Townes Catharine C 04/Jun/1859 F TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty Disease of Lungs 60Yrs Stephen C Townes " ' Tom Adams S J 00/May/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Burnt 8Mo Pittsylvania Cnty Tom Johns Lewis N M 00/Mar/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Liver Disease 45Yrs Pittsylvania Cnty D S Sutherlin Mistress Thomas Stamps Wm L 00/Oct/1859 F FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Worms 4Yrs Pittsylvania Cnty D White Father True Frankey 03/Feb/1859 F TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty Old Age 77Yrs Pittsylvania Cnty Jno True Eliza Williamson Mistress Walters Spias 20/Oct/1859 M TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty Paralisis 78Yrs Pittsylvania Cnty Farming M B Hodnett Master Williams 23/Dec/1859 M TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty 1Yr9Mo F D and Nancy Williams Pittsylvania Cnty A G Walters " Washington Smith Hez 00/Jul/1859 FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty 22Yrs Pittsylvania Cnty " ' Negro Child Wilson Jno R FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty 6Mo Pittsylvania Cnty Walker Sutherlin D S 29/Jul/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty 60Yrs Pittsylvania Cnty D S Sutherlin Mistress White Daniel 01/May/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Cold 5Mo Pittsylvania Cnty D White Father William Williamson Eliza 00/Apr/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty Congestion of Brain 38Yrs Pittsylvania Cnty Eliza Williamson Mistress Washington Hodnett Matthew B 00/Apr/1859 M FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty 2Yrs Pittsylvania Cnty M B Hodnett Master Negro Child Walters A G 00/Jun/1859 FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty 10Mo Pittsylvania Cnty A G Walters " " " 00/Aug/1859 FALSE Slave Pittsylvania Cnty 3Mo Pittsylvania Cnty " ' FALSE Pittsylvania Cnty Pittsylvania Cnty