(A) Marshall's Sale of Enslaved: Raymond, Hinds, Mississippi, 1841

I came across this article from a local newspaper in Raymond, Mississippi when researching a family surname of STAMPS. In addition to the surname catching my eye, the location is an area where my Ancestors have lived -- to date I have documented ancestral family from Holmes, Rankin, and Simpson counties in Mississippi. 

The city of Raymond is in Hinds County, Mississippi and it is one of two county seats, the other being Jackson, Mississippi. Directly to the east of Hinds County is Rankin County where my STAMPS family is from and it seems they continue to live.

At this point I don't know if I am connected to the enslaver(s) or the enslaved. Named are 36 men, women, and children who are being publicly sold in 1841.This is a time period when enslaved people were most often only named as property being bought, sold, or given in Wills,

A Marshall's Sale was a public auction held by a court-appointed Marshall to settle debts, legal judgments, or estates.

From the article . . . the following named negroes to wit: Rachael, Louisa, Rindah, Charles, Fanny, and one child (Ann,) George, Sally and one child Hubbard, Tom, Abram, Clarisa, and three children (William, Amorica and Manual,) Ben, Harriet, Anderson, Diannah, Anthony, Patrick, Phil, Isaac, Calvin, Melton, Shack, Aberdeen, Gilpin, Milly, Rosanna, John, Robert, Peter, Franky and two children (July and Peter,) . . .

I call their names and keep them in my heart.

South-Western Farmer, The Raymond Times

Raymond, Mississippi, February 12. 1841, page 2

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My 16 Great Great-Grandparents: 1870 Representation

I consider myself fortunate that I have been able to confirm the names of my sixteen great-grandparents, especially since many 15 of the 16 were born and lived enslaved. The one ancestor who wasn't enslaved was an enslaver and his family is well documented. There is still a lot of research to be done in order to fill out their lives and tell their stories. Here are some basic statics on their lives -- except for landownership and marriages, information is from the 18780 census records.

Paternal                                                                    Maternal

John W. Williams, Jr. (enslaver)                               William Barrett, abt 1847

Annie (enslaved)                                                       Luraney Raney, abt 1846

 

Austin Clark, b 1825                                                Ned Washington, b 1822

Martha Pound, abt 1835                                           Darkas ? abt 1823

 

Henry Button, abt 1815                                            Simon Stamps, abt1845

Nancy Lane, abt 1830                                               Olly Haley, abt 1845

 

Asa Carrington, b 1839                                            Willis Brown, b 1843

Henrietta Davis, abt 1850                                        Amy ?, abt 1842

 

Birthplaces                                                             Deaths

Virginia -  2                                                             Georgia - 1 (enslaver)         

Georgia - 8                                                              Mississippi - 3

Mississippi - 6                                                         Unknown - 12                                                                                      

                                           

Marriages (8 couples)

Couples - 5

Unmarried - 1

Enslaved / enslaver - 1

Unknown - 1

 

Landowners - 2                                Occupations (1870 census records)

                                                           Farmers - 3

                                                           Farm Laborers - 5

                                                           Day Laborer - 1

                                                           Keeping House - 6

                                                           Unknown, enslaved in 1860

                                                           

Born before the Civil War - 16

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