JOINER FAMILY

Members of the Joiner family were

1        i. Amy, born about 1758.

ii. John¹, a "free negro" charged by the Richmond City court on 24 November 1789 with stealing a cow yearling the property of James Housling. He was found guilty and chose to receive thirty-nine lashes rather than be tried at the capitol [Hustings Court Orders 1787-92, 441]. He was a "free Negro" taxable in Henrico County on a slave over the age of 16 in 1790 [PPTL 1782-1814, frame 219].

iii. Betty, born about 1767, registered in Petersburg on 3 August 1805: a dark brown Mulatto woman, five feet high, thirty eight years old, born free and raised in the County of Chesterfield according to a register of that County [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 348].

iv. Polly, born about 1769, registered in Petersburg on 18 August 1794: a stout well made dark brown Mulatto woman, five feet four inches high, twenty five years old, born free in Chesterfield County [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 36]. She was head of a Petersburg household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [VA:122a].

v. Anna, born about 1772, registered in Petersburg on 14 August 1800: a dark brown Mulatto girl, five feet two inches high, eighteen years old, short bushy hair, well made and born free & raised by William Alvis in Chesterfield County. Renewed 9 July 1805: 5'3" has holes in ears [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 158].

vi. Dolly, born about 1775, registered in Petersburg on 15 August 1800: a dark brown Mulatto woman, four feet ten inches high, twenty five years old, short bushy hair & holes in her ears for rings, born free & raised in the Town of Petersburg [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 179]. She was head of an "other free" Petersburg Town household in 1810 [VA:123b].

 

1.    Amy Joiner, born about 1758, registered in Petersburg on 18 August 1794: a dark brown Mulatto woman, five feet two inches high, about thirty six years old, born free in Chesterfield County [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 35]. She was taxable on (her son?) John Joiner in Dinwiddie County in 1800 [Personal Property Tax List 1800-9, B, p.8]. She may have been the mother of

i. John², born about 1780, registered in Petersburg on 8 December 1801: a dark brown Mulatto man, twenty one years old, five feet four and a half inches high, short wooly hair, born free in Chesterfield County & raised in the Town of Petersburg [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 219]. He was head of a Dinwiddie County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [VA:150].

ii. Eliza, born about 1782, registered in Petersburg on 15 August 1800: a brown Mulatto woman, four feet eleven inches, eighteen years old, short bushy hair, born free & raised in the Town of Petersburg [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 180].

iii. Thomas, born about 1783, registered in Petersburg on 10 July 1805: a dark brown Mulatto man, five feet five inches high, twenty two years old, born free & raised in the Town of Petersburg [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 322]. He was head of a Petersburg Town household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:126a].

iv. Nancy, born in November 1785, registered in Petersburg on 10 July 1805: a dark brown Negro woman, four feet and a half inches high, twenty years old Nov. next, born free & raised in the Town of Petersburg [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 323]. She was head of a Petersburg Town household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [VA:117a].

v. Billy, born about 1786, registered in Petersburg on 22 June 1807: a dark brown Negro man, five feet four and a half inches high, twenty one years old Oct. last. a Blacksmith, born free & raised in the Town of Petersburg [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 410].

 

JONES FAMILY

1.    Elizabeth Jones, born say 1665, was a taxable in Henry Hart's Surry County household in Lawnes Creek Parish in 1682 [Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol.22, 3:56]. She may have been the ancestor of

2        i. Margaret, born say 1715.

ii. James¹, born say 1716, a soldier who enlisted in the expedition against the Spaniards at Carthagena and died in Jamaica. His "Mulatto" widow Rebecca Jones petitioned the Virginia House of Burgesses for a pension and was granted an allowance of five pounds on 26 May 1742 [McIlwaine, Journals of the House of Burgesses, 21, 37].

iii. Peter, born say 1723, a "negro" head of household with his wife Elizabeth and James Weaver in John Campbell's 1758 list for Bertie County and in John Brickell's 1759 list [CR 10.702.1]. Hertford County was formed from this part of Bertie County in 1759.

3        iv. Mary¹, born say 1725.

4        v. John¹, born say 1731.

5        vi. Richard, born say 1732.

6        vii. Abraham¹, born about 1734.

7        viii. Abraham², born say 1735.

8        ix. Samuel¹, born say 1738.

9        x. Philip, born say 1740.

xi. Richard, born say 1742, taxable with his wife ("Mulatoes") in Bladen County from 1768 to 1770 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, I:8, 16, 45]. On 9 September 1783 he sold 100 acres in Bladen County on the south side of Drowning Creek, south of Ashpole Swamp, which was land he had been granted on 11 November 1779. Ishmael Chavis witnessed the deed [DB 1:29]. He was head of a Robeson County household of 3 "other free," one white woman and one white male under sixteen years of age in 1790 [NC:49], head of a Beaufort District, South Carolina household of 8 "other free" in 1790 and 11 in 1800 [SC:120]. He may have been the father of Dick Jones, head of a Beaufort County, South Carolina household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [SC:104].

xii. Francis, born say 1750, a "Black" member of Captain James Fason's colonial Northampton County, North Carolina Militia [N.C. Archives Troop Returns, 1-3]. He was head of a Wake County household of 5 "other free" in 1790 [NC:103] and 8 "free colored" in Caswell County in 1820 [NC:66]. On 6 June 1818 he testified on behalf of Allen Sweat in Wake County court that he had served with him in the Revolutionary War [M804-2332].

 

2.    Margaret Jones, born say 1715, was head of a Beaufort County household of 5 "black" taxables in 1755 [SS 837]. In 1769 she was living alone in the adjacent county of Craven [SS 837]. She sold 320 acres in Craven County on the south side of Neuse River near Chinquapin Creek to Joseph McKennie on 11 March 1775 with the proviso that she have a lifetime right to live on one hundred acres of this land [DB 21:240]. This part of Craven County became Jones County in 1779. Her descendants may have been

10      i. James², born say 1738.

ii. Hardy, head of a Jones County household of 5 "other free" in 1790 [NC:144], 7 "other free" and a white woman over the age of 45 in Lenoir County in 1810 [NC:300] and 4 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:295].

iii. Bazzilla, born before 1776, a "free colored" woman who was head of a Jones County household of 7 in 1830 [NC:132].

iv. William, head of a Jones County household of 3 "other free" in 1810 (J___, ___iam) [NC:265] and 8 "free colored" in 1830 [NC:132]. On 23 December 1826 he and Bazel Jones purchased land on both sides of Chinquapin Creek from Elijah Jones which was land he had received by his father's will [DB 16:359].

 

3.    Mary¹ Jones, born say 1725, was a taxable head of a household of herself and Thomas and Mary Jones in the 1761 Cross Roads District of Granville County in the tax list of James Price as "mulattos &c" [CR 44.701.19]. In 1763 Mary had 4 taxables in her household in a list of Granville County insolvent taxpayers. Her children may have been

i. Thomas¹, born say 1743.

ii. Mary², born say 1745, taxable in Mary Jones' Cross Roads District household in 1761.

 

4.    John¹ Jones, born say 1731, was a "Mulatto" who lost his right to 200 acres in Brunswick County, Virginia, in a case heard before the Council of Virginia on 13 June 1753 [McIlwaine, Executive Journals of the Council, V:433]. He may have been the John Jones who was head of a Halifax County, North Carolina household of 6 "other free" in 1790 [NC:62]. Perhaps his widow was Margaret Jones, head of a household of 2 "other free" in the neighboring county of Northampton in 1800 [NC:453]. He may have been the father of

11      i. Thomas², born say 1750.

12      ii. Tempy, born say 1765.

 

5.    Richard Jones, born say 1732, and his wife Barshaba were taxable as two black tithes in the 1764 Granville County list of Samuel Benton. In 1768 his wife was called Mary when he was taxed with her and his son Ephraim in John Pope's list. He was still in Granville County in 1780 where he had no property but was taxable as a "married man" in Goshen District, and taxable on one poll in 1785. He may have been the Richard Jones who was head of a Martin County household of 5 "other free" in 1790 [NC:68]. His child was

i. Ephraim, born about 1755, taxed in his father's household in 1768. His estate was sold in Granville County on 16 November 1781 [WB 1:326].

 

6.    Abraham¹ Jones, born about 1734, was head of a household of one Black male and one Black female in the 1767 Granville County tax list of John Pope adjacent to Richard Jones. In 1768 he was listed in Pope's list with his wife Charity. In the 1778 Militia Returns for Granville County he was listed in Captain John Rust's Company as a "mulatto," about forty-four years old [The North Carolinian VI:726 (Mil TR 4-40)]. He bought 8-1/2 head of cattle at the estate sale of Ephraim Jones on 16 November 1781 [WB 1:326]. He was taxable in Granville County in 1782 on 3 horses and 5 cattle and taxable on one poll in 1785 through 1788. Perhaps one of his children was

i. Jonathan, born about 1761, a seventeen-year-old "mulatto" listed in Captain Rust's Granville County Militia Returns adjacent to Abraham Jones [The North Carolinian VI:726], probably the Jonathan Jones who was taxable on one poll in Nash District of Person County in 1793 [N.C. Genealogy XVII:2673], head of a Person County household of 7 "other free" in 1800 [NC:597] and 8 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:498].

 

7.    Abraham² Jones, born say 1735, was a man of mixed blood who petitioned the North Carolina General Assembly in 1797 stating that he had purchased his wife Lydia about 1757 and had six grown children Isaac, Jacob, Thomas, Abraham, Lewis and one other. He was concerned that once he died his wife and children would revert to slavery, having not been formally freed. His petition was rejected [http://history.uncg.edu/slaverypetitions/documentary.html, PAR# 11279701]. He was head of an Anson County household of 7 "other free" in 1800 [NC:225] and 7 in Hertford County in 1810 [NC:98]. He was the father of

13      i. Isaac, born say 1760.

ii. Jacob, head of an Anson County household of 7 "other free" in 1800 [NC:225].

iii. Thomas, head of an Anson County household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [NC:48] and head of a Mill Creek, Anson County household of 8 "free colored" and 2 white women in 1820 [NC:12].

iv. Abraham.

v. Lewis.

 

8.    Samuel¹ Jones, born say 1738, was taxable in Granville County on 150 acres, 2 horses, and 7 cattle in Fishing Creek District in 1782. He may have been the Samuel Jones who married Ann Harris, 24 November 1780 Granville County bond with Edward Harris bondsman. In 1786 he was head of an Epping Forest District household of 5 males and 3 females for the state census, and he was taxable in Granville County on 50 acres and 2 free polls in 1786. In 1788 he was taxable on 200 acres but was not subject to poll tax so he was probably over fifty years old. He was head of a Granville County household of 5 "other free" in 1800. He was taxable on 80 acres in Beaver Dam District for the last time in 1805 [Tax List 1803-09, 110]. One of his children was most likely

i. Emmanuel, born say 1768, called "Manuel Scot Jones" on 7 February 1788 when he purchased cattle and tools from (his father?) Samuel Jones in Granville County [WB 2:153]. He entered 100 acres in Granville County on Buckhorn Creek on 17 March 1795 [Pruitt, Granville County Land Entries, 61]. He was taxable on one poll in Granville County in 1789, was taxed on 97-1/2 acres in Beaverdam District in 1797 and was charged with Samuel Jones's tax in the Beaverdam District of Granville County in 1802 [Tax List 1796-1802, 67, 326]. He was head of a Granville County household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [NC:864]. In 1815 he was taxed on 79 acres in Beaver Dam District, and he and a woman over forty-five years of age were counted as "free colored" in the 1820 Granville County census for Beaver Dam District [NC:16].

ii. Samuel², born say 1778, head of a Granville County household of 2 "other free" in 1800.

iii. Lyford, born say 1779, head of a Granville County household of 3 "other free" in 1800.

iv. Phereby, born say 1782, married Daniel Evans, 10 September 1800 Granville County bond, Emanuel Scott Jones bondsman. Daniel was head of a Granville County household of 2 "other free" in 1800.

v. Major, born say 1786, head of a Beaver Dam District household of 4 "other free" in 1810 and 4 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:16]. He married Honor Bass, 25 August 1814 Granville County bond, Elijah Valentine bondsman.

 

9.    Philip Jones, born say 1740, was head of a Halifax County household of 7 "other free" in 1790 [NC:65] and 2 in 1800 (called Philip, Senr.) [NC:322]. He made a deposition in Northampton County court on 26 March 1791 that he enlisted and served as a soldier in the Continental Army [NCGSJ XI:118]. He may have been the Philip Jones who sometime before 7 September 1787 sold bounty land in Davidson County, Tennessee, which he received for his services in the War [Franklin County DB 6:89]. He sold 10 acres in Halifax County on Hog Pen Branch on 11 July 1795 [DB 17:831]. The Halifax branch of the family may have been related to Barshaba Jones of Granville County since a child named Barshaby Jones (no race mentioned) was ordered bound an apprentice by the 16 February 1836 Halifax County court. Philip's children may have been

i. James³, head of a Halifax County household of 4 "other free" in 1790 [NC:65] and 12 in 1810 [NC:29]. On 19 May 1823 he testified for Isham Scott in Halifax County court that he was in the service with him in Colonel Ashe's regiment.

ii. Philip, Jr., born before 1776, head of a Halifax County household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [NC:322], 2 in Hertford County in 1810 [NC:100], and 9 "free colored" in Hertford County in 1820 [NC:182]. He was one of 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 African Americans [NCGSJ XI:252].

 

10.    James² Jones, born say 1738, may have been one of the "black" tithables in the Beaufort County household of (his mother?) Margaret Jones in 1755. He was a "black" taxable in Craven County in 1769 [SS 837]. On 26 April 1780 he purchased 67 acres adjoining his land on Chinqapin Creek in Jones County from Jacob Jones, being the land where Jacob Jones, deceased, formerly lived, for 18 pounds [DB 3:90]. He was counted as white in the North Carolina state census for Jones County, recorded on 30 September 1786: head of a household of 1 male, 5 males and 5 free females, listed next to William Morgan, John Conner, and Mark Conner who were also counted as white [Governor's Office Census of 1784-7, Jones County family nos. 181-5]. He was head of a Jones County household of 11 "other free" in 1790 [NC:144]. By his 15 January 1790 Jones County will, proved February 1802, he left his wife his house and a third of his lands which were to be divided between his sons James and Bazel at her death or marriage. He divided the remainder of his land amongst his sons James, Frederick, Ezekiel, Elijah, and Jacob and left furniture and livestock to his daughters Elizabeth, Sarah, and Mary. His wife Sarah and son James were executors. James was the father of

i. Elizabeth, received a bed, furniture and two cows by her father's will.

ii. James⁴, executor of his father's will, head of a Jones County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [NC:265].

iii. Frederick, received a bed and furniture, the bed he made use of, and the seventeen head of hogs he had raised, two cows, a mare, and a gun by his father's will.

iv. Sarah, received a mare and two cows by her father's will.

v. Ezekiah/ Ezekiel, head of a Jones County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [NC:264].

vi. Mary⁴, received two cows, eighteen hogs, and a chest by her father's will.

vii. Elijah, head of a Jones County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [NC:265] and 5 "free colored" in 1830 [NC:132]. On 23 December 1826 he sold to Bazel and William Jones all the land on both sides of Chinquapin Creek which he had received by his father's will [DB 16:359].

viii. Bazel, received a young horse by his father's will. He was head of a Jones County household of one "other free" in 1810 [NC:265].

ix. Jacob, head of a Jones County household of 2 "other free" in 1790 [NC:144] and one "free colored" man 55-100 years old in 1830 [NC:132].

 

11.    Thomas¹ Jones, born say 1743, was head of a Greensville County, Virginia household of 6 persons in 1783 [VA:55]. He was taxable in Greensville County from 1783 to 1797 [Personal Property Tax List 1782-1850, frames 13, 84, 138, 162, 180, 189, 203, 219]. He and his wife Rebecca were named in the 10 February 1796 Greensville County marriage bond of their daughter Nancy. Their children were

14      i. ?Britton, born say 1763.

ii. ?Elizabeth, born say 1768, married Meshack Haithcock, 26 December 1789 Greensville County bond.

iii. ?Mary³, born say 1770, married Reuben Haithcock, 30 January 1788 Greensville County bond, Braxton Robinson surety [Marriage Bonds, 28].

iv. ?Jesse, born say 1772, taxable in Greensville County from 1789 to 1801: taxable on two 16-21 year-old tithables and a horse in 1795; charged with Nathaniel Jones's tithe in 1800 [Personal Property Tax List 1782-1850, frames 92, 180, 189, 219, 245, 260, 275]. He purchased land in Greensville County near Hick's Ford and Caton's Ferry from John and Agnes Day for 25 pounds on 8 February 1797 [DB 4:283]. The inventory of his Greensville County estate totalled about 35 pounds on 2 February 1805 [WB 1:535, 543; 2:5]. On 20 December 1804 Nancy Jones sold to Henry Stewart all her rights to the Greensville County estate of Jesse Jones, with Rebecca Stewart as witness [DB 3:412]. Aaron Newsom and his wife Christian of Brunswick County, Virginia, sold their part of the Greensville County estate of Jesse Jones to Henry Stewart on 13 October 1806 [Greensville County DB 3:507].

v. Sarah, born say 1776, married Thomas Going, 24 July 1794, Greensville County bond, William Dungill surety, and on 29 September 1794, called "Daughter of Thomas Jones" when she married Mark Going, 29 September 1794 Greensville County bond, Robert Brooks Corn bondsman.

vi. ?Bryant, born 24 December 1777, registered in Greensville County on 12 December 1807: born free of Yellowish Complexion ... Aged twenty nine years the 24th day of December last, 5 feet Nine & 3/4 Inches high [Register of Free Negroes, 1805-32, no.12]. He was taxable in Greensville County from 1800 to 1807 [Personal Property Tax List 1782-1850, frames 260, 275, 303, 322, 337, 354, 372], head of a Caswell County, North Carolina household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [NC:483] and

vii. Nancy, born say 1780, daughter of Thomas and Rebecca Jones, married Robert Watkins, 10 February 1796 Greensville County bond, Abraham Artis surety [Marriage Bonds, 34].

viii. ?James⁶, born about 1784, registered in Greensville County on 27 February 1807: born free of a yellowish Complexion, freckled ... Aged 23 years, five feet six Inches high [Register of Free Negroes, 1805-32, no.9].

ix. ?Surrel/ Cyril, born say 1772, taxable in Greensville County on the south side of the Meherrin River from 1789 to 1812: called Surrell Jones Jeffries when he was taxable in Simon Jeffries' household in 1789 [Personal Property Tax List 1782-1850, frames 84, 138, 162, 179, 189, 203, 219, 232, 245, 275, 354, 372, 402, 416, 433]. He was head of an Orange County, North Carolina household of 5 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:410].

x. ?Nathaniel, born before 1776, taxable in Greensville from 1796 to 1806: his tax charged to Jesse Jones in 1800 [Personal Property Tax List 1782-1850, frames 203, 245, 260, 275, 337, 354]. He was head of a Caswell County, North Carolina household of 6 "other free" in 1810 and 9 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:66].

xi. ?Sally, born about 1782, registered in Greensville County on 7 April 1825: free born of black Complexion, between forty & forty five years old, 5 feet 8-1/8 Inches high in Shoes ... and her Daughter Jacky Viney between three and four years old [Register, no.145].

xii. ?Elizabeth/ Lizzy, born about 1780-1785, registered in Greensville County on 2 February 1830: free born, dark yellow complexion, between forty five and fifty years of age, four feet 10-1/4 inches high...by occupation a weaver [Register of Free Negroes, 1805-1832, no.175].

 

12.    Tempy Jones, born say 1765, was probably the mother of Willie, Sterling, and Montfort Jones, "base born children" who were bound by the Halifax County, North Carolina court to Ephraim Knight on 25 August 1797 [Minutes 1796-8, Friday]. She died before 25 March 1814 when her son Mumford Jones received a certificate of freedom in Halifax County: Mumford Jones, the son of Tempy Jones, decd., the grandson of Margarett Jones all of the county of Halifax in the state of North Carolina, was born free, that his grand father and mother were likewise a free color'd people and their freedom never disputed as I ever new and I have them and his mother lived in my fathers family Twenty or Thirty years past & the said Molatoe Boy Mumford has lived with me for near fourteen years past & that he is now something above twenty one years of age. A. Knight [Randolph County, Illinois, Servitude and Emancipation Register, vol. 1, 120]. She was the mother of

i. ?Willie, born about 1783, fourteen years old on 25 August 1797 when he was bound by the Halifax County court to Ephraim Knight to learn carpentry [Minutes 1796-8, Friday]. He was probably the William Jones, Sr., who was head of a Halifax County household of 8 "free colored" in 1830.

ii. ?Sterling, born about 1785, twelve years old on 25 August 1797 when he was bound by the Halifax County court to Ephraim Knight to learn carpentry [Minutes 1796-8, Friday]. He was head of a Halifax County household of 13 "free colored" in 1830.

iii. Mumford, born about 1788, nine years old on 25 August 1797 when he was bound by the Halifax County court to Ephraim Knight to learn carpentry [Minutes 1796-8, Friday]. He obtained a certificate of freedom in Halifax County signed by A. Knight on 25 March 1814 which he registered in Pendleton District, South Carolina, on 8 November 1819 and later recorded in Randolph County, Illinois [Randolph County Servitude and Emancipation Register, vol. 1, 120]. A. Knight was apparently identical to Abner Knight, son of Ephraim Knight whose Halifax County will was proved in November 1800 [Halifax County Minutes 1799-1802, 145].

iv. ?Grizza, born about February 1795, two years and five months old on 25 August 1797 when she was bound by the Halifax County court to Ephraim Knight [Minutes 1796-8, Friday].

v. Peggy, born about November 1796, nine months old on 25 August 1797 when she was bound by the Halifax County court to Ephraim Knight [Minutes 1796-8, Friday]. She was head of a Halifax County household of 6 "free colored" in 1830.

 

13.    Isaac Jones, born say 1760, was head of a Robeson County household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [NC:386]. Perhaps his widow was Priscilla Jones, born before 1776, head of a Robeson County household of 5 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:302]. Isaac may have been the father of

i. Nathan, born 1776-94, head of a Robeson County household of 4 "free colored" in 1820.

ii. Willey, head of a Robeson County household of 5 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:293].

iii. Abraham, born 1786-1804, head of a Robeson County household of 5 "free colored" in 1840, a "free man of Colour," granted a permit to carry a gun in Robeson County by the 22 November 1841 court [Minutes 1839-43, 240].

 

14.    Britton Jones, born about 1763, was a Revolutionary soldier from Greensville County, Virginia [Jackson, Virginia Negro Soldiers, 38], head of a Greensville County household of 2 persons in 1783 [VA:55], and 4 "free colored" in 1820 [VA:262]. He was taxable in Greensville County from 1792 to 1818: taxable on Willie Jones's tithe in 1803 and taxable on Willie and Bryant Jones's tithe in 1804, a "Mulatto" listed with his wife Lucy and their unnamed daughter in 1813 [Personal Property Tax List 1782-1850, frames 137, 179, 189, 203, 232, 245, 260, 304, 322, 337, 345, 372, 387, 402, 416, 426, 433, 447, 463, 483, 557]. He registered as a "Free Negro" in Greensville County on 1 April 1825: free born of a Yellowish Complexion about Sixty-two years old, 5 feet 10-1/4 inches high ... a planter [Register of Free Negroes, 1805-32, no. 140]. He was the father of

i. ?Sarah, born 15 August 1787, registered on 12 December 1807: born free of yellowish Complexion aged Nineteen years the 15th last August, five feet two & 1/2 Inches high [Register of Free Negroes, no. 13].

ii. ?Benjamin, born about 1788, taxable in Greensville County from 1807 to 1827: listed with his wife Winifred, "Mulattos," in 1813 [Personal Property Tax List 1782-1850, frames 372, 416, 447, 484, 679, 830]. He registered there on 7 April 1825: free born of yellowish Complexion between 35 & 40 years old, 5 feet 9-1/8 inches high in Shoes ... a planter [Register of Free Negroes, 1805-32, no. 143].

iii. Edmund, born about 1791, registered in Greensville County on 3 January 1826: (Son of Britton Jones) free born of a Yellowish Complexion, about 35 years of age, Six feet, two inches high (in Shoes) ... freckled face ... a farmer [Register of Free Negroes, no. 151].

iv. ?Winney, born about 1792, registered in Greensville County on 7 April 1825: free born of yellowish Complexion between thirty and thirty five years Old, 5 feet 4-1/2 Inches high ... a weaver & her 6 Children, viz., Lucinda about 14 years old ... Eliza Jane, 9 years old ... Sally Ann nearly 3 years old, and Britton Anderson 12 years Old next December, Peterson Douglas 7 years old next month, and Jack Anderson 5 years Old in June next [Register of Free Negroes, 1805-32, no. 142].

v. ?Peggy, born about 1797, registered in Greensville County on 15 April 1825: born free of a yellow complexion, about 28 years old, 5 feet 4-1/2 inches high in shoes ... a weaver [Register of Free Negroes, 1805-32, no. 146].

vi. Willie, born say 1786, taxable in Greensville County from 1803 to 1814: his tax charged to Britton Jones from 1803 to 1805, listed as a "Mulatto" in 1814 [Personal Property Tax List 1782-1850, frames 304, 322, 337, 354, 382, 402, 416, 463]. He was head of a Caswell County, North Carolina household of 10 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:67].

 

York County

1.    Sarah Jones, born say 1700, was presented by the York County court on 15 May 1738 for not listing herself as a tithable. The court excused her from paying the fine but ordered that she and Nanny Jones pay their levies for that year and the future [OW 18:414, 427]. She may have been the ancestor of

i. Nanny, born say 1719, presented by the York County court on 19 June 1738 for not listing herself as a tithable [OW 18:427], perhaps the Nanny Jones who was a "free" head of a Williamsburg City household of 3 "black" persons in 1782 [VA:45].

ii. Humphrey, sued a number of people for debt in York County court between 1748 and 1754. In a suit which he brought in chancery against John Rollison (Rawlinson) on 17 August 1752 the parties by their counsel agreed that the plaintiff and a witness named Thomas Carter were "Mulattos." The court ruled that the lease involved in the suit was obtained fraudulently and was, therefore, cancelled. Rawlinson appealed to the General Court. Humphrey sued Rawlinson for a 93 pound, 16 shilling debt on 19 November 1753 [Judgments & Orders 1746-52, 101, 112, 153, 163, 182; 1752-4, 119, 153, 166, 168, 170-1, 178, 196, 285, 343-4, 353, 495].

2        iii. George, born say 1725.

iv. John¹, born say 1725, living in York County on 20 November 1749 when his wife Mary was presented for not listing herself as a tithable. The charges were dismissed when John paid her tax and costs of the suit. Mary was presented again on 19 November 1750 for not listing herself [Judgment & Orders 1746-52, 256, 277, 364, 384].

3        v. Barshaba, born say 1727.

vi. William, a "free Negro," who died before 7 November 1769 when the vestry of Elizabeth City paid for his coffin. The vestry also paid Jane Allen for maintaining him for four weeks during his sickness [von Doenhoff, Vestry Book of Elizabeth City Parish 1751-1784, 101].

vii. Edward, presented by the York County court on 19 November 1750 for not listing his wife Betty and "Will a Negro" (a slave). The court fined him 1,000 pounds of tobacco [Judgment & Orders 1746-52, 364, 384].

4        viii. James, born say 1745.

ix. Disey, born about 1749, registered in York County on 18 December 1809: a woman of yellowish complexion supposed to be about 60 years of age ... thin visage & has fierce black Eyes for one of her age. Born of free parents in the parish of Bruton & county of York [Free Negro Register 1798-1831, no. 39].

x. Mary, born say 1755, a "free Negro" attending the "Negro School" in Williamsburg in September 1762.

xi. Elisha, born say 1757, a "free Negro" attending the "Negro School" in Williamsburg in September 1762 [Stephenson, Notes on the Negro School in Williamsburg, 1760-1774, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (1963), Appendix no. 1, iii, citing Manuscripts of Dr. Bray's Associates, American Papers, 1735-1774, S.P.G. Archives, London].

xii. Anny, sister of Sally Delaney who married John Comboe (Cumbo), 10 August 1797 York County bond.

xiii. Susanna, married Henry Ashby, 23 January 1796 York County bond. He was taxable in James City County from 1795 to 1801. Susanna Ashby was taxable there on a horse in 1807 and head of a household of one "Free Person of Colour above 16 years" in 1813 [Personal Property Tax List 1782-99; 1800-15].

 

2.    George Jones, born say 1725, sued Joseph Kennedy (Cannady) for trespass, assault and battery in a case which was dismissed by the York County court on 19 May 1746 when neither party appeared [W&I 19:429]. On 19 September 1763 he sued Peter Gillett for 35 shillings due by account with John Poe as his witness [Judgments & Orders 1759-63, 325; 1763-5, 79]. The court ordered George to pay Sarah Freeman 40 shillings on 15 January 1770 in her suit against him for trespass, assault and battery. Peter and Sarah Gillett were witnesses against him [Orders 1768-70, 407]. He was living in Halifax County, Virginia, on 20 April 1775 when he appeared in court to answer the complaint of his servant Mary Scandling. The court released her from his service because he was a "free Mulatto" and had purchased her indenture. However, two years later on 20 February 1777 the court ordered the churchwardens to bind Mary's son Macklin Scandling to George. Mary died before 19 November 1778 when Lucretia Macklin (who was also from York County) was charged with her murder. At Lucretia's hearing, George deposed that

he was riding on the road with Mary Scandling the deceased person behind him and met the prisoner Lucretia Macklin who insulted him with opprobrious language and pick'd up a stick about the size of his arm and offer'd to strike which this deponent endeavour'd to fend off with his arm, but doth not know whether she struck the deceas'd on which the stick broke, on which this deponent got off his horse and went to the prisoner, in which time the deceas'd was off the horse and walk'd about thirty yards and sat down and call'd to this deponent to come to her for she was dying. And this deponent went to the deceas'd and took hold of her and she appear'd to be fainting. This deponent ask'd her to go, she reply'd she was not able, and lay there until she dy'd [Pleas 1774-79, 109, 193, 379].

Lucretia Maclin was counted in the 1782 census for Richmond City [VA:111]. George was taxable in Halifax County from 1783 to 1793: listed with two 16-21-year-old tithables in 1787, listed with 2 unnamed sons in 1788 and 1789, listed with 2 tithables in 1791, called a "FN" in 1789 and 1792, an exempt "Mul^o" in 1793 [PPTL, 1782-1799, frames 22, 49, 137, 197, 270, 305, 374, 419]. On 27 May 1789 he complained to the Halifax County court against George Fitch for a breach of the peace, and he sold property by deed proved in Halifax County on 28 June 1789. In September 1793 the Halifax County court ordered the overseers of the poor of the upper Southern District to bind out his son Martin Jones to John Irwin, and he sold land to Jonathan Maclin by deed proved in December 1793 [Pleas 1789-90, 251, 258; 1792-5, 250, 300]. He was the father of

i. ?Jonathan, born say 1771, a "FN" taxable in Halifax County from 1792 to 1812: listed next to George Jones in 1792, called a "Mul^o" from 1793 [Personal Property Tax Lists, 1782-1799, frames 419, 444, 540, 606, 822; 1800-12, frames 62, 630, 810, 856, 1033].

ii. ?Chesley, a "Mulatto" taxable in Halifax County in 1804 [Personal Property Tax Lists, 1800-12, frame 377]. An undated Granville County, North Carolina civil action case stated that free men of color Jn^o A. Jones and Chesley Jones had moved from the state of Virginia to Granville County and settled on land of William Marshall in the fork of Island Creek and had not complied with the law in such cases [North Carolina Archives file CR 044.289.19].

iii. Martin.

 

3.    Barshaba Jones, born say 1727, had a daughter Eleanor whose birth on 26 November 1748 was recorded in Bruton Parish, James City County [Bruton Parish Register, 8]. He was called Bash Jones on 19 December 1748 when he sued Thomas Smith for debt in York County court in a suit which was dismissed by agreement of both parties [Judgments & Orders 1746-52, 150]. He was called "Barshaba Jones Negro" in Lunenburg County, Virginia, in the 1750 and 1752 tax list of Hugh Lawson [Tax List 1748-52, Virginia State Library Accession no.20094, p.2]. By 19 September 1759 he had moved to Granville County, North Carolina, where he pleaded guilty to trespass [Minutes 1754-70, 57]. An undated Granville County court affidavit by Henry Edwards requested

news of Whereabouts of free Negro runaway who is in his debt Barshaba Jones 9pds. he was sometime ago in Granville? ... [CR 44.928.25].

In 1761 he and his wife Ann were 2 black tithables in the Baptist District, Granville County tax list of David Harris [CR 44.701.19]. He was taxable in the 1763 Granville County tax list of insolvents with 5 taxables. The Baptist District of Granville County became Bute County in 1764. Barsheba sold 206 acres in Bute County on the north side of Fishing Creek on 6 January 1765, 80 acres between Fishing Creek and Reedy Creek on 8 January 1765, and 200 acres on Reedy Creek on 5 February 1765 [Warren County DB 1:8; 2:135; A:324]. He was sued for 2 pounds, 19 shillings debt by Zachariah Bullock in Granville County court on 11 August 1765 [Minutes 1754-70, 138]. He was in Bladen County on 12 September 1783 when he was witness to the deed of Braswell Hunt to John Cade for land on Ashpole Swamp [DB 1:28] and was head of a Robeson County household of 1 "other free" in 1800 [NC:387]. His children were

i. Eleanor, born 26 November 1748 [Bruton Parish Register, 8].

ii. William, born circa 1750, first taxed in his fathers's Granville County household in 1762. He was a taxable "Mulato" in Bladen County in James Lowry's household from 1768 to 1771 and a "Molato" head of his own household in 1776 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, I:5, 17, 45, 60; II:65]. He was head of a Beaufort District, South Carolina household of 8 "other free" in 1790 and 12 in 1800 [SC:106].

iii. John², born circa 1750, first taxed in his father's Granville County household in 1762.

iv. ?Lucy, born say 1753, mother of a "Negro" boy, Dick Jones, born 15 June 1771, ordered bound to Joseph Norris in Bute County in February 1772 [Minutes 1767-76, 194]. He may have been the Richard Jones who was head of a Cumberland County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [NC:619].

v. ?Burwell, a man of color from Lunenburg County who served in the Revolution [National Archives pension file R67SO cited by NSDAR, African American Patriots, 150].

vi. ?Martin, taxable on one poll in Person County in 1793 in Nash District, head of a Person County household of 7 "other free" in 1800 [NC:597].

 

4.    James³ Jones, born say 1745, and his wife Margaret, "free mulattoes," registered the birth of their son John in Bruton Parish, James City County. Their children were

i. John³, born 28 March 1767 [Bruton Parish Register, 31]. He may have been the John Jones who died before 19 September 1803 when (his wife?) Nancy Jones was granted administration on his York County estate with Charles Carter and John W. De Rozario as securities [Orders 1795-1803, 606].

 

Sussex County

1.    Thomas Jones, born say 1748, a "Mulatto," and his wife Mary had their daughter Rebecca baptized in Albemarle Parish, Surry and Sussex counties, Virginia, in February 1774 [Richards, Albemarle Parish Register, no. 243]. He was head of a Sussex County household of 8 "other free" in 1810. He was called Thomas Jones of Sussex "mulatto" when he left a 17 November 1817 Sussex County will, proved 2 July 1818, giving his son Peter Jones 100 acres, his grandson John Jones $20, his granddaughter Loiza Jones $20 and the remainder to his unnamed wife [WB H:449]. He was the father of

i. Rebecca, born 12 July 1773, baptized 13 February 1774 [Richards, Albemarle Parish Register, no. 243].

ii. Peter, reveived 100 acres by his father's will.

 

Isle of Wight County

1.    Thomas Jones, born say 1740, was head of an Isle of Wight County household of 7 "white" (free) persons in 1782 [VA:30], taxable there from 1783 to 1809: taxable on a slave over the age of sixteen in 1783; taxable on Robin, "a freed Negroe," in 1786; taxable on 2 horses in 1788; taxable on a slave and 2 horses in 1789; listed as a "F.N." in 1790 and thereafter; taxable on a free male tithable aged 16-21 in 1792; a slave and 3 horses in 1797, 2 tithes and 5 horses in 1800; 3 free tithes and 5 horses in 1801; 2 free tithes and 3 horses in 1803 when he was called Thomas Jones, F.N., Sr., in 1802 and 1803; taxable on his unnamed son's tithe in 1804; 2 tithes in 1805, 1806 and 1809 [PPTL 1782-1810, frames 40, 79, 121, 167, 199, 216, 263, 365, 409, 447, 512, 545, 563, 622, 639, 698, 739, 815]. He was a "free man of colour" who left a 16 March 1809 Isle of Wight County will, proved 1 January 1810. He left land and household items to his heirs: his wife Martha, daughter Polly (wife of Edwin Roberts) and named daughters Martha (wife of Randall Allmond), Mary and Elizabeth [WB 13:72]. He was the father of

2        i. ?William, born say 1763.

ii. ?Willis, born say 1769, taxable in Isle of Wight County from 1788 to 1803: a "Molato" taxable on a horse in 1788; listed as a "F.N." in 1789 and thereafter; taxable on a slave and a horse in 1792 and 1796; taxable on 2 free males and a horse in 1800; called Willis Jones F.N. Senr. in 1803 [PPTL 1782-1810, frames 122, 167, 199, 216, 262, 318, 365, 380, 409, 447, 512, 545, 563, 622, 639] and head of a Surry County household of 3 "other free" and a slave in 1810.

iii. ?John², a "F.N." taxable in Isle of Wight County in 1800 and 1801 [PPTL 1782-1810, frames 512, 563], head of a Sussex County household of 4 "other free" in 1810. He married Sacky Cypress on 12 February 1807 in Sussex County.

iv. Polly, married Edwin Roberts, 7 January 1796 Isle of Wight County bond, Thomas Jones surety.

v. Betsy Andrews, "daughter of Thomas Jones," married Joseph Byrd, 23 December 1816 Surry County bond, John Charity surety.

vi. ?Davis, born say 1776, called David Jones when he was taxable in the Isle of Wight County household of (his father?) Thomas Jones. He was a "F.N." taxable in Isle of Wight County from 1798 to 1805 [PPTL 1782-1810, frames 447, 464, 512, 563, 639, 699]. He married Clara Banks, 5 June 1795 Isle of Wight County bond, Francis Young surety, 6 June marriage. He was head of a Petersburg Town household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:119a].

vii. ?Thomas, Jr., born say 1783, a "F.N." taxable in Isle of Wight County from 1802 to 1810 [PPTL 1782-1810, frames 563, 622, 698, 729, 776, 797, 852].

 

2.    William Jones, born say 1763, was taxable in Isle of Wight County from 1786 to 1810: taxable on a horse and 4 cattle in 1786; called a "M." in 1789; a "F.N." in 1791; taxable on a slave and a horse in 1797; taxable on 2 free tithes and a horse in 1801; called William Jones, F.N., Senr., in 1804; taxable on 2 tithes and a horse in 1809 [PPTL 1782-1810, frames 79, 166, 216, 262, 365, 380, 409, 447, 563, 622, 639, 739, 757, 815, 833] and a "Free Negro" head of an Isle of Wight County household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [VA:34]. He was the father of

i. John, born say 1785, a "F.N." taxable in Isle of Wight County from 1803 to 1810: called "son of Wm" from 1803 to 1806; taxable on a slave and a horse in 1810 [PPTL 1782-1810, frames 622, 639, 699, 739, 757, 815, 834].

 

Richmond, Essex and Orange counties, Virginia

1.    Margaret Jones, born say 1680, was the mother of Ann Jones who was indentured to Anne Fenner (daughter of John Fenner) for eleven years by the Richmond County court on 2 May 1705. She may have been identical to "Margaret, late Servant to Joseph Belfield, now living at John Fenner's" who was presented by the Richmond County court on 4 October 1705 for bearing a "Molatto bastard." She was called Margaret Chiswick in court on 5 December 1705 when she acknowledged that she had a "mulato ... begott by a Negro" [Orders 1704-8, 57, 61, 93, 97, 101]. She may have been the ancestor of

i. William¹, born say 1715, a "mulatto," who owned a white servant woman named Margaret Irwin. William sold her to Isaac Arnold before 27 March 1755 when the Orange County, Virginia court ruled that she was a free woman because William had no right to keep or dispose of her [Orders 1754-63, 80].

ii. William², born say 1730, a "Mulatto" runaway servant man belonging to Moore Fauntleroy of Richmond County in August 1754 when he was taken up in Essex County [Essex County Orders 1753-4, 226].

2        iii. Mary, born about 1750.

 

2.    Mary Jones, born about 1750, registered as a free Negro in Essex County on 7 December 1810: born free, dark Mulattoe, about sixty years of age, five feet two inches high [Register of Free Negroes, 1810-43, no.3, p.2]. She was the mother of

i. ?Chaney, born about 1777, registered on 7 December 1810: born free by affirmation of Richard Banks, dark Mulattoe, about 33 years of age, five feet three inches and three quarters [Register of Free Negroes 1810-43, no.4, p.3].

ii. Milly, born about 1785, registered in Essex County on 8 December 1810: daughter of Mary Jones, appearing by statement of Thomas Brockenbrough in person that she has always passed as a free born person, 25 years of age, a light black [Register of Free Negroes 1810-43, no.25, p.12].

 

Lancaster County, Virginia

1.    Elizabeth Jones, born say 1788, was the servant of Randolph Miller when she confessed to the Lancaster County court that had an illegitimate "mulatoe" child in April 1716. She was ordered to pay 15 pounds currency or be sold for five years. On 10 March 1719/20 she confessed to having another "Mullatto" child in Saint Mary's Whitechapel Parish. She was the servant of John Mott when she confessed to having a third "Molotto" child about 1 May 1721 [Orders 1713-21, 140, 311, 346, 354; 1721-9, 2]. She was apparently the ancestor of

i. Robin, born say 1755, parent of William Jones who was granted a certificate in Lancaster County on 18 February 1799 that he was born free [Orders 1792-9, 491].

ii. James, born about 1763, registered in Lancaster County on 18 October 1803: age 40, dark, 5'5" [Burkett, Lancaster County Register of Free Negroes, 1].

iii. David, born about 1771, married Rhoda Jones, 8 August 1795 Lancaster County bond. He registered in Lancaster County on 19 September 1808: age 37, dark, 5'5-1/4", born free [Burkett, Lancaster County Register of Free Negroes, 4]. Rhoda Jones was counted in the list of "free Negroes" in Lancaster County in 1813 [PPTL 1782-1839, 385].

iv. Daniel, born about 1773, married Rachel Howe (Haw), "daughter of Peter Howe," 13 June 1794 Lancaster County bond. He registered in Lancaster County on 18 June 1805: age 32, dark, 5'11-1/4", born free. Rachel registered on 19 January 1807: age 37, yellow, 5'1-1/4" [Burkett, Lancaster County Register of Free Negroes, 2, 3].

v. Eva, granted a certificate in Lancaster County on 19 June 1797 that she was a free woman [Orders 1792-9, 353]

vi. Winnifred, granted a certificate in Lancaster County on 17 April 1798 that she was free born [Orders 1792-9, 424].

vii. Rhoda, born say 1770, granted a certificate in Lancaster County on 22 January 1799 that she and her son Thomas Chowning Syndnor Jones were born free [Orders 1792-9, 489].

viii. Thomas, born about 1782, married Judith Sorrell, 1 January 1802 Lancaster County bond. He registered in Lancaster County on 18 March 1807: age 25, dark, 5'9", born free. Judith registered on 18 March 1807: wf/o Tho, age 26, yellow, 5'5-1/2" [Burkett, Lancaster County Register of Free Negroes, 3].

 

Princess Anne/ Norfolk County

Members of the Jones family in Princess Anne and Norfolk counties born about 1750 were

i. Nanny, born say 1743, a taxable "free negro" in Norfolk County on the north side of Tanners Creek in Elizabeth Grant's household in 1765 and taxable in her own household in 1768 [Wingo, Norfolk County Tithables, 1751-65, 209; 1766-80, 49].

1        ii. Judy, born say 1745.

2        iii. Sarah, born say 1752.

 

1.    Judy¹ Jones, born say 1745, was the mother of seven children who were bound as apprentices by the Princess Anne County court in 1778 and 1779: James, Caleb, Elijah, Betty, Nat, Dick and Tom [Minutes 1773-82, 275, 293, 445]. She may have been the mother of Judah and Tom Jones, "free Negroes," who were living in adjoining Norfolk County on 15 February 1770 when the court ordered the churchwardens to bind them out [Orders 1768-71, 150]. Her children were

i. ?Judah², born say 1764, a "free Negro" living in Norfolk County on 15 February 1770 when the court ordered her bound to Nanny Grant [Orders 1768-71, 150].

ii. Tom, born say 1766, a "free Negro" living in Norfolk County on 15 February 1770 when the court ordered him bound to James McCoy [Orders 1768-71, 150], perhaps identical to Tom Jones, son of Judy Jones, who was bound to William Wishert in Princess Anne County on 11 November 1779 [Minutes 1773-82, 445].

iii. James, born say 1768, son of Judy Jones, bound apprentice by the Princess Anne County court to William Wishart, Gent., to be a planter on 9 July 1778 [Minutes 1773-82, 275].

iv. Caleb, born say 1770, bound by the Princess Anne County court to William ____ to be a planter on 10 July 1778 [Minutes 1773-82, 293].

v. Elijah, born say 1771, son of Judy Jones, bound by the Princess Anne County court as an apprentice planter to William Wishart on 10 July 1778, a "Free Mulatto" bound to William Russell to be a cooper on 8 April 1784 [Minutes 1773-82, 293; 1782-4, 193].

vi. Betty, born say 1773, daughter of Judy Jones, bound apprentice by the Princess Anne County court on 10 July 1778 [Minutes 1773-82, 293].

vii. Nat, born say 1775, "free Negro" son of Judy Jones bound to William Wishert by the Princess Anne County court on 11 November 1779 [Minutes 1773-82, 445].

viii. Dick, born say 1776, "free Negro" son of Judy Jones bound to William Wishert on 11 November 1779. He and Tom Jones were called "Free born Mulattoes" on 10 June 1784 when the Princess Anne County court bound them to Jonathan Park to be tanners [Minutes 1773-82, 445; 1782-4, 212].

 

2.    Sarah Jones, born say 1752, was the mother of four children who were bound as apprentices by the Princess Anne County court. They were

i. Argyle, born say 1772, son of Sarah Jones, bound by the Princess Anne County court to Hillary ____ to be a blacksmith on 13 April 1775 and bound to be a mariner on 10 July 1778 [Minutes 1773-82, 94, 293]. He was head of a Norfolk County household of 1 "other free" in 1810 [VA:927].

ii. Robert, born say 1774, son of Sarah Jones, bound to ___ Martin to be a shoemaker on 10 July 1778 [Minutes 1773-82, 293].

iii. Dinah, born say 1775, daughter of Sarah Jones, bound to ___ Kilgore on 10 July 1778 [Minutes 1773-82, 293].

iv. Mary, born say 1777, daughter of Sarah Jones, bound to Mary ___ on 10 July 1778 [Minutes 1773-82, 293]. She was a "free Black" head of a Princess Anne County household of 10 "other free" in 1810 [VA:459].

 

JUMPER FAMILY

        The Jumper family was apparently related to Tom Jumper, one of six Tuscarora Indians accused by five other Tuscarora Indians of murdering Jeremiah Pate of New Kent County on 14 October 1707. Tom and another of the Indians poisoned themselves before they were brought to trial [McIlwaine, Journals of the Council, II:158, 173].

 

1.    Hagar Jumper, born about 1750, obtained her freedom from Stephen Dance of Dinwiddie County in a court case based on her descent from an Indian woman. She registered in Petersburg on 14 August 1800: a dark brown Mulatto or Indian woman, five feet two inches high, fifty years old, short bushy hair, obtained her freedom from Stephen Dance of the County of Dinwiddie as being a descendant of an Indian. Renewed 1805, 1810, 1813, 1817 [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 159]. She was probably the mother of

i. Rochester, born about 1764, registered in Petersburg on 4 August 1803: a dark brown Mulatto man, five feet seven and a half inches high, thirty nine years old, born free & raised in Dinwiddie County [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 257]. He was a "free Negro" taxable who lived with Daniel Pegram and kept his still in Dinwiddie County in 1802 [Personal Property Tax List, 1800-9, list B, p.20].

ii. Samuel, born say 1766, taxable in Dinwiddie County in 1787, 1788, 1790, 1795 and 1797, listed as a "free Negro" who followed "cropping" and lived near Joseph Thweatt in 1801 [Personal Property Tax List, 1782-90 (1787 B, p.7), (1788 A, p.8), (1790 B, p.17), (1795 B, p.10), (1797 B, p.10); 1800-9, list B, p.25].

2        iii. Altha, born say 1767.

iv. Philip, born say 1774, taxable in Dinwiddie County in 1795 [Personal Property Tax List, 1782-90 (1795 B, p.10)].

v. Hannah, born about 1778, "daughter of C. Jumper," married Littleberry Lawrence, 7 March 1796 Charlotte County bond, John Williamson surety. She and her husband Berry registered in Pittsylvania County in 1816: a fifty-year-old black man with "mulatto" wife Hannah (aged thirty-five) and four daughters.

 

2.    Altha Jumper, born say 1767, was called Otha Jumper on 26 April 1785 when her suit against Isham Lawrence and his wife for trespass, assault and battery was dismissed by the Brunswick County, Virginia court at the defendants' costs [Orders 1784-8, 78, 125]. She was apparently identical to Altha Rouse, a "free negroe" planter counted with her children William, Priscilla and Jency and taxable on a horse in Stephen Bedford's Charlotte County tax list for 1802. She was called Altha Jumper in his list from 1803 to 1813: a "fm" weaver with a male and 2 female children and taxable on 2 horses in 1803, taxable on a free male tithable in 1809, listed as a planter from 1807 to 1810, a spinner from 1811 to 1813 [Personal Property Tax List 1782-1813, frames 539, 542, 574, 580, 608, 642, 648, 675, 682, 711, 717, 751, 783, 808, 841, 841, 846, 877, 886]. She was a "F.N." head of a Charlotte County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:54]. She was the mother of

i. Priscilla, born say 1791.

ii. William, born say 1793, a "fm" taxable in Charlotte County with a male and female in his household in 1813 [Personal Property Tax List 1782-1813, frame 877].

iii. Jency, born say 1795.

 

KEE/ KEYS FAMILY

1.    ____ Kee, born say 1700, was a soldier who was slain in the expedition against the Spaniards at Carthagena. His widow Elizabeth Kee, a "Mulatto," petitioned the Virginia House of Burgesses for a pension and was granted an allowance of five pounds on 26 May 1742 [McIlwaine, Journals of the House of Burgesses, 20, 37]. They were probably the ancestors of

2        i. Andrew, born say 1760.

3        ii. John, born about 1763.

4        iii. Betty, born say 1785.

 

2.    Andrew Kee, born say 1760, was living in Essex County on 17 May 1784 when he was presented for failing to list himself as a tithable. On 20 December 1785 he and Humphrey Fortune were sued in Essex County for a debt of 2,500 pounds of tobacco with interest from 15 October 1782 [Orders 1784-7, 9, 174]. He may have been the father of

i. Robert, born about 1780, taxable in St. Ann's Parish, Essex County, in 1802 and 1810, listed as a "free Negro" in 1813 and 1814 [Personal Property Tax List, 1782-1819, frames 347, 441, 510, 543]. He registered as a free Negro in Essex County on 17 August 1829: born free by certificate of John Micon, Sr., bright Mulattoe, 49 years of age, 5 feet 5-1/8 inches [Essex County Register 1810-43, p.98, no.216].

ii. Walker Key, born about 1789, registered as a free Negro in Essex County on 17 August 1829: born free by certificate of John Micon, Sr., dark Mulattoe, 40 years of age, 5 feet 7-3/4 inches [Essex County Register 1810-43, p.95, no.209]. He was a "free Negro" counted in St. Ann's Parish, Essex County, with a female over the age of sixteen in 1813 [Personal Property Tax List, 1782-1819, frame 510].

iii. Judith, married Thomas Fortune, 23 December 1813 Essex County bond.

iv. Delphia, a "free Negro" over the age of sixteen who was counted in St. Ann's Parish, Essex County, in 1813 [Personal Property Tax List, 1782-1819, frame 510].

 

3.    John¹ Key, born about 1763, was a Lunenburg County, Virginia soldier of dark complexion who was born free in King and Queen County in 1763. In 1853 his widow Faithy Lester Key began receiving a pension for his services in the Revolutionary War [Jackson, Virginia Negro Soldiers, 39]. They may have been the parents of

i. John², born about 1809, registered in Amherst County on 20 January 1851: a free man of Colour born in the County of King and Queen, bright Mulatto 5 feet 6-3/4 Inches high ... age 42 years ... derives his freedom from ancestors free prior to the 1st of May 1806 [McLeroy, Strangers in their Midst, 75]. Esix Key, a 95 year-old "Mulatto," was counted in his household in the 1850 census for Amherst County.

 

4.    Betty Key, born say 1785, was the mother of at least two persons who registered as free Negroes in Amherst county:

i. Frances, born about 1809, registered in Amherst County on 21 May 1851: a free woman of Colour daughter of Betsey Key a dark mulatto about forty two years of age, long strait black hair, five feet four and 1/2 Inches high born in Nelson County of parents free prior to the 1st of May 1806.

ii. Sally, born about 1816, registered in Amherst County on 17 February 1851: daughter of Betsey Key bright mulatto 5 feet 3-1/2 Inches high ... about 35 years of age, born in Nelson County [McLeroy, Strangers in their Midst, 82].

iii. ?William, born about 1821, registered in Amherst County on 17 February 1851: about thirty years of age a dark mulatto ... born of ancestors free prior to the 1st of May 1806 [McLeroy, Strangers in their Midst, 75-6, 82].

 

Other members of the family were

i. Milly Keys, head of a Petersburg Town household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [VA:334a].

ii. Polly Keys, head of a Spotsylvania County household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [VA:113a].

iii. Brener Keys, head of a Spotsylvania County household of 1 "other free" in 1810 [VA:112a].

iv. Betty Key, a "free Negro" living in Middlesex County, Virginia, in 1813 [Personal Property Tax List 1782-1850, frame 272].

v. William¹, born about 1783, a fifty-year-old farmer living with (wife?) Polly Key in King William County in 1833 [LVA, Auditor of Public Accounts inventory entry no. 757, Reports of Free Negroes and Mulattoes, 1833; transcribed by Selma Stewart].

 

Beaufort County, North Carolina

1.    Milly Keys, born say 1765, was head of a Beaufort County, North Carolina household of 4 "other free" in 1790 [NC:126] and 6 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:23]. She may have been the mother of

i. Clary, head of a Beaufort County household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [NC:114].

ii. Silvy, head of a Beaufort County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [NC:127].

iii. Amy, head of a Beaufort County household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [NC:114].

iv. Mary, born 1776-1794, head of a Beaufort County household of 4 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:23].

v. Nancy, born 1776-1794, head of a Beaufort County household of 4 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:24].

vi. Sally, born 1776-1794, head of a Beaufort County household in 1810 [NC:127] and 5 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:23].

vii. Penny, born 1776-1794, head of a Beaufort County household of "free colored" in 1820 [NC:23].

 

KEEMER FAMILY

1.    James¹ Keemer, born say 1740, was presented by the York County court on 15 November 1762 for failing to list himself as a tithable. The case was dismissed when he paid his tax. On 20 May 1765 the court presented him for not attending Charles Parish Church [Judgments & Orders 1759-63, 437, 453, 480; 1763-5, 374, 448]. He was taxable in York County in 1784 [Personal Property Tax List, 1782-1841, frame 89] and taxable in Southampton County from 1782 to 1794: taxable on a horse and 4 cattle in 1783 and 1784, taxable in Nottoway Parish on 2 horses and 2 cattle in 1787, taxable on a horse from 1790 to 1794 [Personal Property Tax List 1782-92, frames 522, 538, 587, 619, 689, 793, 849; 1792-1806, frames 34, 107]. He was a buyer at the sale of the Northampton County, North Carolina estate of Jesse Goodson which was recorded in September court 1798 [Gammon, Record of Estates Northampton County, I:96] and was head of a Northampton County household of 11 "other free" in 1800 [NC:466] and 6 in 1810 [NC:731]. He was probably the ancestor of

i. Edward, born say 1761, the son of a "free Negro" who the York County court ordered bound by the churchwardens of Yorkhampton Parish to Elizabeth Crandall to learn the trade of weaver on 21 July 1766 [Orders 1765-8, 76].

ii. William, head of a Halifax County, North Carolina household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [NC:31], 2 "free colored" in Halifax in 1830, and 2 in Ripley Township, Indiana, in 1840.

iii. John, head of a Halifax County household of 6 "free colored" in 1820 and 3 "free colored" in 1830. He was bondsman for the 28 March 1832 Halifax County marriage of Tempy James and Squire Walden. Perhaps Patsey Keemer was his widow. She applied to the Halifax court and was granted a year's provisions from an unnamed estate on 20 November 1835 [Minutes 1832-46].

iv. Jeremiah, married Sally Archer, 27 March 1820 Halifax County bond, John Scaff bondsman. He was head of a Halifax County household of 5 "free colored" in 1830.

v. James², married Keziah James, 21 November 1817 Halifax County bond, Jeremiah Keemer bondsman.

vi. Eli, married Keziah Plumly, 6 July 1815 Northampton County, North Carolina bond, Jesse Ash bondsman.

 

KELLY FAMILY

1.    Mary Kelly, born say 1700, servant of Moses Maccubbins, confessed to the Anne Arundel County, Maryland court in June 1719 that she had a "Mallato" child by her master's "Negroe Harry." In August 1721 she confessed to having another child by Harry. She was ordered to serve seven years for each offense. Her children were bound to her master until the age of thirty-one [Judgment Record 1717-9, 380; 1720-1, 411]. She may have been the ancestor of

2        i. John¹, born say 1750.

3        ii. Milley, born say 1754.

iii. Jesse, born say 1760, a soldier in the Revolution from King William County, Virginia, who served as an apprentice to Lewis Lee [Jackson, Virginia Negro Soldiers, 39]. John Crittendon and Luke Cannon, officers of the 15th Virginia Regiment, recruited Jesse Kelly to serve in the army. Kelly's master, Lewis Lee won a suit against them for 35 pounds for the loss of his servant. Their King William County petition to the General Assembly of Virginia for reimbursement was rejected [http://history.uncg.edu/slaverypetitions/documentary.html, PAR# 11679201]. Jesse was taxable in Surry County, Virginia, from 1784 to 1801: taxable on a slave named Charlotte in 1788; listed as James Kee's tithable in 1794 [Personal Property Tax List, 1782-90, frames 379, 477; 1791-1816, frames 112, 164, 298, 455]. He registered in Surry County as a free Negro on 11 April 1799: a free born - mulatto man of a bright complexion ... has a bushy head of hair [Hudgins, Register of Free Negroes, 6].

4        iv. Joseph¹, born say 1768.

v. Henry, born about 1770, a seventeen-year-old "mulatto" who ran away from someone in Hanover County, Virginia, according to the 22 March 1787 issue of the Virginia Gazette [Headley, 18th Century Newspapers, 191].

 

2.    John¹ Kelly, born say 1750, may have been the member of the Kelly family who married the daughter of Ann Weaver. Ann Weaver was married to Thomas Nickens on 22 April 1778 when he mentioned his wife's granddaughter Ann Weaver Kelly in his Northumberland County will. John Kelly died before 1778 when Elijah Weaver was granted administration of his Northumberland County estate [RB 10:375; Orders 1773-83, 362, 371, 374]. John Kelly may have been the father of

i. Ann Weaver Kelly, born say 1773, mentioned in the 22 April 1778 Northumberland County will of her grandfather Thomas Nickens [RB 10:375], perhaps identical to Ann Kelly Weaver who married Aaron Pinn, 3 March 1794 Lancaster County bond.

 

3.    Milly Kelly, born say 1754, was living in Brunswick County, Virginia, on 27 May 1776 when the court ordered the churchwardens of St. Andrew's Parish to bind out her "Mulattoe" child John Kelly as an apprentice. She was probably the mother of a "Mulatto girl" named Judith Kelly who the court ordered the churchwardens of St. Andrew's Parish to bind out on 28 March 1774 [Orders 1774-82, 115; 1772-4, 512]. She was head of a Dinwiddie County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:152], perhaps identical to the Milly Kelly who was head of a Petersburg Town household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [VA:126a]. She was the mother of

i. ?Judith, a "Mulatto" girl ordered bound out by the churchwardens of St. Andrew's Parish, Brunswick County, on 28 March 1774. Her complaint against (her master?) Moses Quarles was dismissed by the same court [Orders 1772-4, 512, 513].

ii. John², born before 27 May 1776, perhaps identical to John Kelly who purchased 100 acres, tools, furniture, cattle and hogs in Halifax County, North Carolina, jointly with John Lantern and Moses Matthews on 30 October 1795 from John Harmon [DB 17:920].

iii. ?Edward, head of a Halifax County, North Carolina household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [NC:31].

 

4.    Joseph¹ Kelly, was head of a Craven County, North Carolina household of 2 "other free" in 1790 [NC:130]. He may have been the father of

i. Sarah, married Makey Driggers, 24 December 1809 Craven County bond, Joshua Lindsey bondsman, perhaps the same Sarah Kelly who married George² Carter, 8 September 1818 Craven County bond, Peter George bondsman.

 

Other members of the family in Virginia were

i. Elisa, head of a Westmoreland County household of 4 "other free" in 1810.

ii. James, head of a Stafford County household of 2 "other free" and 2 slaves in 1810 [VA:126].

iii. ?Joseph², married Nancy Day, 18 December 1812 Northumberland County bond, Stephen Day security.

iv. Mary Ann, married Willis Banks (persons of colour) 28 May 1821 Norfolk County bond.

 

KENDALL FAMILY

Members of the Kendall family in Virginia were

i. James, head of a Stafford County household of 11 "other free" in 1810 [VA:134], a "BM" listed with "Molatto" wife Rhoda, daughter Sally and son Joe in 1813 [PPTL 1782-1813, frame 854].

ii. George, taxable in Prince William County from 1796 to 1810: called a "Free Molatto" in 1799, a "yellow" man in 1806 and 1809, taxable on 3 tithes in 1809 and 1810 [Personal Property Tax Lists, 1782-1810, frames 313, 402, 462, 643, 707, 736].

iii.John, born about 1772, head of a King George County household of 9 "other free" in 1810 [VA:206]. He was a "Molatto" taxable in Stafford County in 1813 [PPTL 1782-1813, frame 854]. He registered as a free Negro in Washington, D.C., on 10 June 1830: a bright mulatto man about fifty-eight years old...Kendall's mother was born free...his father was also free...Elizabeth Kendall, John's wife...was born free [Provine, District of Columbia Free Negro Registers, 178].

iv. Anthony, taxable in Prince William County in 1800 and 1801 [Personal Property Tax Lists, 1782-1810, frames 441, 462], head of a King George County household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [VA:206].

v. Rachel, head of a Stafford County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:137].

 

KENT FAMILY

1.    Priscilla Kent, born say 1740, was a white servant woman living in Carteret County in March 1759 when her "Molato Child" David was bound apprentice to James Williams until the age of thirty-one years [Minutes 1747-64, 244]. She had five illegitimate children for which she was made to serve her master a total of five additional years [Minutes 1764-77, 373, 388, 391]. Her children "born of her body by a Negro" were

i. David, born say 1758 [Minutes 1747-64, 244].

ii. Shadrack, born about 1760, Priscilla's four-year-old son bound to James White to be a ship carpenter in May 1764 [Minutes 1747-64, 302].

iii. Abraham, born in October 1766, a three-year-old child of Priscilla's bound to Caleb Bell in September 1770 until the age of thirty-one years [Minutes 1764-77, 388].

iv. Anthony, born say 1770, bound an apprentice cooper to Andrew Bell in March 1775 [Minutes 1764-77, 443].

v. Rachel, born say 1772, bound to Robert Read in March 1775 [Minutes 1764-77, 447].

 

KERSEY FAMILY

Two members of the Kersey family, perhaps brother and sister, were called "Negroes" in seventeenth-century Virginia county court records. They were

1        i. Susannah, born say 1640.

2        ii. Peter, born say 1648.

 

1.    Susannah Carsey, born say 1640, was called "Susannah a free Negro woman" in Charles City County court on 15 September 1677 when the court rejected her petition to be exempt from paying taxes. And she was called "Negro Sue" in December 1687 when the court confirmed the indenture of her orphan-son John to Daniel Massingal. Captain Richard Nyatt certified that she had approved the indenture. In August 1689 she was called "Susan Carsey" when Massingal's executor, John Harrison, agreed in Charles City County court to assume the remainder of the indenture that she had agreed to on behalf of her son John [Orders 1677-79, 216; 1687-95, 90, 223]. Her son was

i. John², born say 1670.

 

2.    Peter¹ Kersey, born say 1645, was apparently the husband of Ann Kersey (a white woman?) who bound her son John Kersey as an apprentice to Richard Parker, brassier, in Surry County, Virginia, until the age of twenty-one on 26 January 1675/6 with her son's approval. Ann was about 30 years old on 15 June 1677 when she made a deposition in Surry County court regarding what she had heard Robert Austin say while she had been at Mr. Tompson's house [Deeds, Wills, Etc. 2, 1671-84, 102, 129]. Peter was "a Negroe" living in Surry County, Virginia, on 4 March 1678 when the court ordered him to return his son John Kersy to the estate of Judith Parker, deceased. The following year on 5 May 1679 his son John was apprenticed to William Hunt who was ordered by the court to find John Kersy sufficient apparel or return him to his father Peter Kersy [Haun, Surry County Court Records, III:240, 250]. He was called "Peter a Negro" when he was taxable in Thomas Sidway's household in 1683, called Peter Kersey in 1684 and 1685 when he was a taxable in Mrs. Sidway's household in Upper Sunken Marsh, and called Peter Kersey in 1686 when his son John was a taxable with him in Mrs. Sidway's household [Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol.22, no.1, 40, 46-7; vol. 23, no.2, 60]. He owed 16 pounds of tobacco to the 30 June 1694 Surry County estate of Thomas Jordan, deceased [DW 5:11]. His children were

3        i. ?Thomas¹, born about 1665.

4        ii. John¹, born say 1668.

iii. ?Peter², born about 1685, about seven years old in 1692 when he was bound an apprentice to William Hunt [Haun, Surry County Court Records, V:55]. In 1703 he was a "Negroe" tithable in William Hunt's household in the Upper Southwark Parish [DW 5:288]. He and "Betty a Malatto" were ordered to be added to the list of tithables by the petition of Jones Williams in the May 1712 session of the Surry County court [Orders 1701-13, 398]. He may have been the Peter Hersey, "an ancient free Negro," who successfully petitioned the 5 December 1753 Granville County court that he be recommended to the General Assembly as a person to be exempt from taxes [Owen, Granville County Notes, vol. I].

 

3.    Thomas¹ Kersey, born say 1665, was a taxable in Benjamin Harrison's Surry County household in 1681 [Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol.22, 4:50] and appeared in Surry County court in March 1700/1 on the suit of Nathaniel Harrison who failed to appear [Haun, Surry County Court Records, VI:4]. He was a Chowan County taxable in 1720 in Captain Patterson's Company from Meherrin Creek to Meherrin River in the northeast corner of present-day Northampton County, North Carolina. On 2 May 1726 he purchased 200 acres on the south side of the river in what was then Bertie County [DB B:171]. His 28 October 1730 Bertie County will, proved August court 1731 by Arthur Williams, named his wife and executrix, Susanna; children; and grandchildren William Kersey and James Reynolds [SS Wills 1730-33, Thomas Ceorsie, North Carolina Archives]. His children were

5        i. John⁴, born say 1705.

ii. Mary Pohagon.

iii. Margaret Reynolds, born say 1710, bound her "bastard Mulatto" son, James Reynolds, to her father, but after the death of her father the court ordered him bound to John Boude on 16 November 1732 [Haun, Bertie County Court Minutes, I:79].

6        iv. Thomas², born say 1712.

v. William¹, born say 1715, who was to receive 100 acres by his father's will after his mother's death.

vi. James¹, born say 1715-20, received a young mare by his father's will.

7        vii. Peter³, born say 1720.

 

4.    John¹ Kersey, born say 1668, was an apprentice to William Hunt in 1679 and was a taxable in Mrs. Sidway's Surry County household with his father Peter Kersey in Sunken Marsh in 1686. He was head of his own household in 1694 [Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol.23, 1:60; 4:69]. He and Howell Edmunds proved George Briggs' will in March 1698/9 court [Haun, Surry County Court Records, V:217]. He purchased 70 acres in Surry County in Southwarke Parish adjoining Richard Washington and Abraham Evans on 6 March 1693/4, and he and his wife Mary Kersey were residents of the adjoining county of Prince George on 25 April 1718 when they sold this land for 1 shilling to Richard Shock by deeds acknowledged by John Kersey in Surry County court [DW 4:353; DW&c 7:120; Orders 1713-18, 139]. John may have been the ancestor of

i. John³ Carsey, born say 1696, purchased 80 acres in Surry County on 6 August 1750 [DB 6:116]. He was exempted from paying taxes in Surry County on 16 March 1756 (most likely because of old age) [Orders 1753-57, 367].

ii. Hannah, whose Surry County will was recorded November 1761. She named her sister Mary Kersey executor. The estate was settled by William Kersey on 19 October 1762 [WB 10:286, 306].

iii. George¹, born say 1720, a defendant in a 20 October 1743 Surry County suit for debt [Orders 1741-44, 83] and an insolvent Sussex County taxpayer in 1754 [Southside Virginian 6:48]. He, John, and Thomas Kersey were sued for debt in Sussex County in 1755 [Haun, Sussex County Court Records, I:248, 264, 309, 462, 500, 528]. He was listed in Captain Hardy Cone's Company of Edgecombe County Militia in the 1750s adjacent to Thomas Kersey [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, 667].

8        iv. Thomas³, born say 1735.

 

5.    John⁴ Kersey, born say 1705, was sued for trespass by Richard Sanderson in the March 1729 General Court of North Carolina [Saunders, Colonial Records of North Carolina VI:563]. He received 100 acres near Cashie Swamp in Bertie County by his father's 28 October 1730 will. He entered 100 acres including his improvements on Bear Swamp in Bladen County on 20 February 1754, entered 100 acres on the east side of Drowning Creek on Bear Swamp on 3 May 1760 [Philbeck, Bladen County Land Entries, nos. 976, 1159], and received a patent for 100 acres on the east side of Bear Swamp in Bladen County on 18 November 1760 [Hoffman, Land Patents, I:395]. He purchased another 200 acres in Bladen County on the south side of Drowning Creek on 9 November 1773 [DB 23:444]. He was taxable on one white poll and one black poll in Bladen County in 1763 and a "Mulato" taxable with his son Jacob and a slave named Brunswick in 1776 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, II:62, 95; Bladen County Tax List (1763)]. He was the father of

i. Jacob, taxable in his father's Bladen County household in 1776. He was apparently a loyalist since all the land which he owned in Bladen County before 4 July 1776 was confiscated [DB 1:424, 433, 436].

 

6.    Thomas² Kersey, born say 1712, received a patent for 400 acres in Edgecombe County on 1 March 1743/4 [Saunders, Colonial Records of North Carolina, IV:677]. He sold the 100 acres of land which he inherited from his father on the south side of the Meherrin River in Northampton County on 29 December 1748 [DB 1:392]. He purchased 120 acres in Edgecombe County on Sapony Creek adjacent to Samuel Cannady on 12 February 1755 and an additional 307 acres near the Sapony Creek on 4 August 1761 [DB OO:95, 354]. On 9 November 1764 he received a patent for 100 acres in Bladen County on the east side of Drowning Creek, and while a resident of Bladen on 16 January 1765 he sold 400 acres of his land in Edgecombe which he received by patent on 1 March 1743/4 [Hoffman, Land Patents, II:521; DB C:318]. By 25 July 1774 he had acquired a total of 900 acres of land in Bladen near Drowning Creek by patents of 26 October 1767 and 25 July 1774 [Hoffman, Land Patents, II:167, 450, 599, 600, 666] and deed of 22 March 1770 [DB 23:67]. While a resident of Bladen on 5 October 1774 he sold another 120 acres of his land in Edgecombe County [DB 2:181]. He was witness to a 1769 Bladen County deed from James Oberry for land which was part of 640 acres that had belonged to Henry Oberry [DB 23:503]. He was a "Molato" taxable with Jesse Moss in Bladen County in 1768 and a white taxable with slaves Dick and Quac(?) in 1772. He was taxable on two "Molatoes" (himself and William Horn) and two slaves (Dick and Quash) in 1776 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, I:9, 71, 83, 124, 135; II:66, 76]. He died before May court 1778 when administration on his Bladen County estate was granted William Truman and Benjamin Odom [NCGSJ XIII:224]. Perhaps his wife was Mary Kersey who received a Bladen County grant for 200 acres on the west side of Drowning Creek south of Ash Pole Swamp on 12 November 1779 [DB 37:287] and was taxable on 400 acres in Bladen County in 1784. She sold 200 acres of this land to America Kersey on 10 May 1788 [DB C:370]. She was head of a Bladen County household of one white male under 21 or over 60 and two white females in 1786 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, II:184]. Administration on her estate was granted David Braswell in Robeson County court on 3 July 1799 on a bond of 100 pounds [Minutes I:78]. Thomas' children may have been

i. Ester Cairsey who was listed as a harborer of the "free Negors and Mullatus" who were living in what was then Bladen County on 13 October 1773 [G.A. 1773, Box 7].

ii. Sarah/Sally, born say 1750, supposed to have married James Lowry in Franklin County before 1769 when Lowry moved to Robeson County. She was said to have been a "half-breed Tuscarora Indian woman" [Blu, The Lowrie History, 5].

iii. Thomas⁴, a taxable "Molato" in Bladen County from 1768 to 1774 (called Thomas Cairsey, Junr.) [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, I:4, 61, 81, 135].

iv. William², born say 1760, head of a Robeson County household of 4 "other free" in 1790 [NC:50]. He entered 50 acres on the west side of Peter's Swamp in Robeson County on 28 October 1789 [Pruitt, Land Entries: Robeson County, I:29] and purchased land in Robeson by deed proved on 6 January 1806 [Minutes I:348].

v. George², born before 1776, head of a Robeson County household of 5 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:310].

vi. Elizabeth, head of a Robeson County household of 3 "other free" in 1790 [NC:50] and 3 in 1800 [NC:388].

vii. James², born about 1764 according to the 1782 Militia Returns for Bladen County [The North Carolinian VI:751]. He entered 100 acres in Robeson County including his spring on 20 April 1787 [Pruitt, Land Entries: Robeson County, I:3]. On 11 September 1792 while a resident of Robeson County he sold 200 acres of land on the south side of Sapony Creek which had been owned by Thomas Kersey [Nash DB 6:118]. He was living alone in Robeson County, counted as white in 1790 [NC:48] and "other free" in 1800 [NC:388]. He purchased land in Robeson by deed proved 8 January 1799 and 26 February 1810 [Minutes I:58, 192]. He sold 108 acres in Robeson on the southeast side of the head of Jacob Swamp to Ninty Kersey on 21 August 1818 [DB S:38]. On 24 February 1834 he made a declaration in Robeson County court to obtain a pension for his services in the Revolution. He stated that he was born in 1762, volunteered in a company of militia on 1 August 1782 in what was then Bladen County in the town of Elizabeth. He marched to Charleston, South Carolina, to James Island, and received his discharge in Wilmington on 1 August 1783. He was never in any engagement "but once which was with a body of negroes above Charleston at a place called as he thinks the Quarter House." He was inscribed in the Roll of North Carolina on 4 March 1831 [M804-1477, S-8788].

viii. Solomon, who purchased 200 acres in Bladen County adjoining John Rowland on 29 March 1785 [DB 25:240 & 1:299]. He was living alone in Robeson County, counted as white in 1790 [NC:49] and "other free" in 1800 [NC:388]. He sold land in Robeson by deed proved on 9 January 1799 [Minutes I:61].

ix. Job, head of a Robeson County household of 4 "other free" and one white woman in Bladen County in 1800 and 5 "free colored" and one white woman in 1820 [NC:154].

x. Abraham, head of a Liberty County, South Carolina household of 7 "other free" in 1800 [SC:785].

 

7.    Peter³ Kersey, born say 1720, received a mare by the 28 October 1730 Bertie County will of his father Thomas¹ Kersey. He was taxable on one "white" tithe in Bladen County in 1763 and a "Molato taxable with his son David from 1768 to 1772 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, I:8, 44, 79]. He received a patent for 100 acres on the northwest side of Drowning Creek on 16 December 1769 and sold this land on 19 November 1779 for 500 pounds [Hoffman, Land Patents, II:167; DB 37:185]. He was taxable on 150 acres and one poll in Captain Regan's district of Bladen County in 1784 and was head of a Robeson County household of 7 "other free" in 1790 [NC:50]. He was the father of

i. David, born say 1750, a "Molato" taxable in Bladen County from 1768 to 1772.

ii. ?Redding, a "Mix Blood" taxable in Jacob Locklear's Bladen County household in 1774 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, I:135]. He entered 50 acres between Drowning Creek and Gum Swamp in Bladen County on 20 January 1789 [Pruitt, Robeson County Land Entries, 1787-1795, 21]. He was head of a Robeson County household of one white man in 1790 [NC:48].

 

8.    Thomas³ Kersey, born say 1735, received a patent for 104 acres in Sussex County on the southside of the Nottoway River and the fork of Ploughman Swamp on 16 August 1756 [Magazine of Virginia Genealogy 32:178 (Patents 33:302)] and sold this land on 6 January 1759 [DB A:349]. He purchased 175 acres in Southampton County on the north side of Three Creeks adjoining Thomas Wiggins and McLemore on 13 April 1760 [DB 2:357-8] and sold property by deed proved in Southampton County court on 12 April 1781 [Orders 1778-84, 149]. He may have been the father of

9        i. William³, born about 1761.

10      ii. Agatha, born say 1762.

iii. Thomas⁵, born before 1767, taxable in Southampton County from 1787 to 1790, taxable in 1807 [Personal Property Tax List 1782-1792, frames 641, 664, 713, 763; 1807-21, frame 70] and head of a Southampton County household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [VA:71].

iv. Walden, born before 1767, taxable in St. Luke's Parish, Southampton County, from 1787 to 1795 [Personal Property Tax List 1782-92, frames 641, 664, 713, 763, 878; 1792-1806, frames 56, 84, 164]. The Southampton County court fined him 500 pounds of tobacco on 14 August 1789 [Minutes 1786-90]. His house in Southampton County was mentioned in the 3 April 1793 Southampton County will of John Claud [WB 4:608]. He was taxable in Smith Creek District, Warren County, North Carolina, in 1801 [Tax List 1781-1801, 419], taxable in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, in 1806 and 1807, and a "Mulatto" taxable in Mecklenburg County in 1818 and 1820 [Personal Property Tax List 1806-28, 39, 66, 167, 656, 705]. He married Betsey Hawley, 1817 Granville County, North Carolina bond.

v. Willis, taxable in Southampton County in 1792, taxable in James Caulthorpe's household in 1793, taxable in his own household on a horse in 1794 and 1795 [Personal Property Tax List 1782-92, frames 878; 1792-1806, frames 49, 84, 164].

vi. Delilah, born say 1778, married Cordall Reed, 19 November 1798 Southampton County bond, James Sweat surety.

vii. Loudoun, taxable in St. Luke's Parish, Southampton County, from 1801 to 1811, called a "M"(ulatto) in 1806 [Personal Property Tax List 1792-1806, frames 512, 550, 688, 839; 1807-21, frames 47, 70, 189].

 

9.    William³ Kersey, born about 1761, was presented by the Southampton County court on 11 May 1780 for concealing a tithable [Orders 1778-84, 111]. He was taxable in Southampton County on a horse in 1782, taxable in John Claud's household in 1784, taxable from 1787 to 1792, charged with Willis Kersey's tithe in 1790 and 1791 but not listed as a tithable himself in 1791, taxable on his own tithe and a horse from 1793 to 1797, a "M"(ulatto) taxable in 1806 and 1807 [Personal Property Tax List 1782-92, frames 504, 545, 641, 664, 713, 763, 820, 878; 1792-1806, frames 56, 84, 164, 194, 267]. He was taxable in the Mecklenburg County, Virginia household of John Chavis Walden in 1786 [Personal Tax List, frame 149]. He married Polly Evans, 23 December 1786 Mecklenburg County bond, Kinchen Chavous surety. She was mentioned in the 22 May 1787 Mecklenburg County, Virginia will of her father Thomas Evans, Senior [WB 2:250]. He purchased 150 acres in Mecklenburg County on the Warren County line in 1804 and was taxable on 184 acres in 1813 and 274 acres in 1820 with the initials "C.S." after his name [Land Tax List 1782-1811A, 1811B-1824A]. He was head of a Warren County household of a white male over 16, two under 16, and three white females in 1790 (called William Corsey) [NC:76], 10 "other free" in 1800 [NC:814], 11 in 1810 [NC:765], and 7 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:798]. His 26 June 1829 Warren County will was proved in August 1836 (called William Cursey). He was called William Carsey in his pension application in which he stated that he was born in Southampton County in 1761, lived there and in Bute County, North Carolina, during the war, and married Polly Evans in Mecklenburg County in 1786. He died 26 June 1836 and his widow Mary died 14 September 1840. His children were named in his will, pension file, and in a Mecklenburg County chancery case [M804-481; Chancery suit 1841-010, LVA; Estate file CR 100.508.30, N.C. Archives]. He was the father of

i. Thomas⁶, born about 1785, married Sally Kersey, 22 December 1813 Mecklenburg County bond, surety Hardaway Drew. He was sixty-five years old and Sally was fifty-five when they were counted in the 1850 Mecklenburg County census [VA:90].

ii. Elizabeth Carsey, born say 1787, married John Chavous, 6 July 1803 Warren County bond, Hutchings Mayo bondsman. John was head of a Carroll County, Tennessee household of 14 "free colored" in 1830. Elizabeth received land in Carroll County by her father's will.

iii. Peggy, born say 1790.

iv. Sally, born about 1798, married John Stewart.

v. Nancy, born say 1799, married Anderson Drew.

vi. Babby, married Martin Anderson.

vii. William H., born say 1800, married Margaret Ivey, 5 December 1822 Mecklenburg County bond. He was probably the Hill Kearsey who married Martha Stewart, 20 December 1821 Warren County bond, William Kearsey bondsman.

viii. Edmund, born say 1805.

 

10.    Agatha Kersey, born say 1762, received a plantation of 150 acres by the 31 January 1791 Southampton County will of James Calthorpe, proved 12 December the same year and witnessed by John Claud. The land and money from the sale of his four slaves were to be used to raise and school three children: Mary Black, Agatha's son Joshua Cursey, and the child Agatha was pregnant with. If Agatha died or married, Mary Black was to have the land and Agatha's children were to have the plantation utilities [WB 4:600]. Agatha was taxable in St. Luke's Parish, Southampton County, on 3 free male tithables and a horse in 1794, 2 male tithables in 1796, taxable on a horse in 1803 and 1804, a free male tithable from 1807 to 1811, was a "M"(ulatto) taxable on a horse in 1813, and was living with her son Miles in 1814 [Personal Property Tax List 1792-1806, frames 84, 196, 321, 384, 619, 688; 1807-21, frames 70, 167, 189, 321, 415]. She was head of a Southampton County, Virginia household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [VA:71]. She was the mother of

i. Joshua, born say 1784, named in the 31 January 1791 Southampton County will of James Calthorpe. The court appointed Joel McClemonds as his guardian on 12 July 1800 [Minutes 1799-1803, 103]. He was a "M"(ulatto) taxable in Southampton County from 1812 to 1814 [Personal Property Tax List 1807-21, frames 288, 321, 415].

ii. Miles, born say 1791, married Nancy Bass, 12 November 1810 Southampton County bond, Cordall Reed surety. He was taxable in Southampton County from 1802 to 1815: called a "Mulatto" from 1801 to 1806, taxable with his wife Viney Bass on Littleton Mason's land in 1812, living on land owned by his "Mother Aggy" in 1814 and 1815 [Personal Property Tax List 1792-1806, frames 511, 549, 618, 687, 802, 838; 1807-21, frames 70, 166, 288, 415, 440].

 

KEYTON FAMILY

1.    William¹ Keyton, born say 1716, was a "Mulatto Man" presented by the Westmoreland County, Virginia court on 26 May 1741 for cohabiting with a white woman named Sarah Heath and having several children by her. He was probably the brother of Bridget Keyton who was presented two months later on 29 July for cohabiting with Aaron Rose and having several children by him [Orders 1739-43, 99a, 114a].

 

KING FAMILY

1.    Mary King, born say 1722, was presented by the Prince George's County, Maryland court on 22 March 1742/3 for having an illegitimate child on information of the constable for King George Hundred. She was not found by the sheriff, so the case was struck off the docket on 27 November 1744. She may have been the mother of Margaret King, a four-month-old child who the Prince George's County court sold to William Cheshire on 23 November 1742 until the age of thirty-one. (She was called Mary King in the court record and Margaret King in the index) [Court Record 1742-3, 215, 340, 612]. She may have been the ancestor of members of the King family who were counted in the 1810 census for nearby Prince William County, Virginia:

i. Samuel, head of a Prince William County household of 5 "other free" and 4 slaves in 1810 [VA:513].

ii. Sarah, head of a Prince William County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:518].

 

Other members of the King family in Virginia were

1        i. Francis, born say 1752.

2        ii. Samuel, born say 1755.

iii. Ann, born say 1760, a "mulatto" taxable on one free male tithable in Gloucester County in 1803 [Personal Property Tax List, 1800-20].

iv. Milly, head of a Petersburg household of 9 "other free" in 1810 [VA:123a].

v. George, head of a Charles City County household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [VA:939]. On 1 June 1808 the Charles City County court bound William King to him as an apprentice cooper [WB 2:27].

vi. Mason, born about 1784, registered in Petersburg on 31 May 1808: a dark brown Negro woman, five feet two inches high, twenty four years old, born free & raised in the County of Prince George [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 422]. She was head of a Petersburg household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [VA:123a].

vii. Susannah, born about 1785, registered in Petersburg on 16 January 1809: a dark brown Negroe woman, five feet five and a half inches high, twenty three, strait made, born free & raised in the County of Prince George [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 454].

viii. Edy, born about 1786, registered in Petersburg on 25 March 1809: a dark brown, near black Negro woman, five feet one and half inches high, twenty three years old, born free & raised in the County of Prince George [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 459].

ix. Anna, born about 1787, registered in Petersburg on 31 May 1808: a very dark brown, near black Negro woman, five feet five inches high, straight made, twenty one years old, born free & raised in the County of Prince George [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 423].

x. Polly, born about 1788, registered in Petersburg on 31 May 1808: a dark brown Negro woman, five feet six inches high, twenty years old, straight made, born free & raised in the County of Prince George [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 424]. She was head of a Petersburg household of 2 "other free" and a slave in 1810 [VA:122b].

 

1.    Francis King, born say 1752, was head of an Abingdon Parish, Gloucester County household of 7 free persons in 1784 [VA:68]. He was taxable in Gloucester County from 1783 to 1812: taxable on a slave, 4 horses and 8 cattle in 1783; taxable in Ware Parish in 1785; taxable on a horse and 5 cattle but his personal tax paid by Thomas Lewis in 1788; taxable on his own tithe and a horse in 1789, taxable on his own tithe in 1799 and 1800, a "mulatto" taxable in 1801 [Personal Property Tax List, 1782-1799; 1800-20]. He was the father of

i. John, born about 1771, registered in Petersburg on 11 September 1800: a dark brown Mulatto man, five feet four inches high, twenty nine years old, born free & raised in Gloster County [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 206]. He was head of a Gloucester County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [VA:407A]. He was called the "mulattoe son of Francis King" when he was taxable in Gloucester County in 1813 [Personal Property Tax List, 1800-20].

ii. ?Ellick, a "mulattoe" taxable in Gloucester County in 1813 [Personal Property Tax List, 1800-20].

iii. ?Sally, a "mul^o" living at Robert Meggs' in Gloucester County in 1813 [Personal Property Tax List, 1800-20].

iv. ?Ruth, a "mul^o" living at Robert Meggs' in Gloucester County 1813 [Personal Property Tax List, 1800-20].

 

2.    Samuel King, born say 1755, was head of a Petsworth Parish, Gloucester County household of 1 free person in 1783 [VA:53] and was taxable in Gloucester County from 1785 to 1799: taxable in Petsworth Parish on two head of cattle in 1785, taxable on a horse and 3 cattle in 1786, and taxable on a horse in 1797 [Personal Property Tax List, 1782-99]. He was head of a Gloucester County household of 9 "other free" in 1810 [VA:407A]. He and his unnamed wife were "mulattoes" living at Hill Neck in Gloucester County in 1813 [Personal Property Tax List, 1800-20]. He may have been the father of

i. Isaac, born say 1777, listed himself as a tithable the same day as Samuel King in Gloucester County in 1798 [Personal Property Tax List, 1782-99].

ii. Lewis, born about 1778, a "mulattoe" bricklayer taxable in Gloucester County from 1804 to 1813 [Personal Property Tax List, 1800-20]. He obtained free papers in Gloucester County in February 1827 and registered in York County on 6 June 1832: a free tawney coloured man about forty nine years of age, five feet four and a half inches high ... born free ... appears from the above is about fifty four years of age [Free Negroes Register 1831-50, no.338].

iii. Ruth, a "mul^o" living at "H.N." in Gloucester County in 1813 [Personal Property Tax List, 1800-20].

iv. Fanny, Sr., a "mul^o" living on Matthew Kemp's land in Gloucester County in 1813 [Personal Property Tax List, 1800-20].

v. Catey, a "mul^o" living on Matthew Kemp's land in Gloucester County in 1813 [Personal Property Tax List, 1800-20].

vi. Martha, a "mul^o" living on Matthew Kemp's land in Gloucester County in 1813 [Personal Property Tax List, 1800-20].

 

KENNEY/ KINNEY FAMILY

The Kinney family were slaves of the Johnson family of Amelia and Louisa counties in 1798 when they won their freedom based on testimony from William Denton that they descended from an Indian woman named Joan Kenny who was an elderly woman in 1729 and came from the Indian Town on Pamunkey [LVA, Albemarle County Free Negro Papers, April 1798]. Patrick Belches named members of the family in his 29 December 1763 will which was proved in Louisa County on 10 April 1764: to my wife Judy Belshches all my land in Louisa and following Negroes to wit Cuffy, Cupid, Sue, Sarah, Lewis, Liddy, Dilse, Phillis (at present in Spotsylvania) also Nell and her three children Jane, Lucy and Moll also Anna a daughter of Beck Kinny's also two old Negroes named Harry and Judy--these last mentioned seven Negroes being in Louisa...also following Negroes to wit Indian Ben and wife Beck Kinney and their son Thom, also Moses Hoomes for the time he has to serve...unto my Daughter Margaret after my wife's decease the following slaves to wit Indian Ben and his wife Beck Kinny and her increase and their son Thom and old Jane...to my daughter Mary, Robin and Rachell children of Beck Kinny's [WB 1:59-62]. Other members of the family born during the colonial period were

i. Isaac¹, born say 1745, an outlawed "Mulatto Fellow" who belonged to the estate of Colonel Richard Johnson on 20 July 1772 when he ran away. W. Johnson placed an ad in the 10 September 1772 issue of the Virginia Gazette offering twenty pounds to anyone who would kill him or three pounds for his capture. The ad described Isaac as: Height five Feet nine or ten Inches, wears his own Hair, which is remarkably black, and curls well. The ad went on to say that it was supposed he was harboured by Colonel John Snelson's Negroes, near this Place, among whom he has a Wife, or by his Brother, John Kenney, a Mulatto Slave belonging to Mr. Thomas Johnson of Louisa [Windley, Runaway Slave Advertisements 1:120].