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Servitude and Emancipation Records, 1722–1863
Edwards County

#	NAME OF SERVANT, SLAVE OR FREE BLACK	NAME OF OTHER PARTY	SEX	RACE	FURTHER INFORMATION
0	ALLEN, JOSEPH	(N/A)	M	N	Date: 11/22/1861 Remarks: JOSEPH WAS APPREHENDED AS A RUNAWAY IN GALLATIN CO. Memo: JOSEPH ALONG WITH ANOTHER MALE NAMED MARTIN WERE TAKEN IN AS RUNAWAYS BY THOMAS LONG, SHERIFF OF GALLATIN CO. AND DEALT WITH ACCORDING TO LAW.
1	ALUS	(N/A)		N	Type: Registration Date 02/25/1845 Remarks" ALUS WAS BORN 10/11/1840 & REGISTERED BY CORNELIUS GIBLISON
2	ANDERSON, CALEB	(N/A)	M	N	Type: Registration Date 08/29/1815 Remarks LISTED AS 6FT. 2IN.
3	ANDERSON, JOSHUA	(N/A)	M	N	Type REGISTRATION Date 08/29/1815 Remarks LISTED AS 5FT. 11IN.
4	ARMSTEAD	(N/A)	M	N	Type EMANCIPATION Date 10/28/1822 Remarks ARMSTEAD LISTED AS BEING 5FT. 5IN.
5	BETSY	SLOCUMB, JOHN C.	F	N	Type EMANCIPATION Date 02/09/1822 Remarks BESTY IS LISTED AS 5FT. 5IN.
6	BETSY ANN	(N/A)	F	N	Type REGISTRATION Date 04/14/1829 Remarks BETSY ANN IS THE DAUGHTER OF SALLY AND EDWARD BLACK
7	BLACK, EDWARD	(N/A)	M	N	Type REGISTRATION Date 04/14/1829 Remarks FATHER OF STACEY AND BETSY ANN AND HUSBAND OF SALLY BLACK
8	BLACK, EDWARD JAMES	(N/A)	M	N	Type REGISTRATION Date 02/25/1845 Remarks EDWARD WAS REGISTERED BY STACEY BLACK Memo EDWARD IS LISTED AS HAVING SEVERAL SCARS AND IS TO TURN 11 YRS OLD ON THE 13TH OF MARCH NEXT.
9	BLACK, SALLY	(N/A)	F	N	Type REGISTRATION Date 04/14/1829 Remarks MOTHER OF STACEY AND BETSY ANN AND WIFE OF EDWARD BLACK
10	BURASS, ALFRED	(N/A)	M	N	Type REGISTRATION Date 03/10/1848 Remarks ALFRED ENTERED BY GILBERT BURASS, AS HIS CHILD Memo ALFRED ON 09/10/1858, AT THE AGE OF NINETEEN WAS REGISTERED BY HIS FATHER GILBERT BURASS AS A FREE MAN, ALFRED IS LISTED AS BEING OF LIGHT COMPLEXION AND 5FT. 6IN. TALL.
11	BURASS, ELIZABETH	(N/A)	F	N	Type REGISTRATION Date 02/20/1834 Remarks REGISTERED BY HER FATHER, GILBERT BURASS
12	BURASS, JOHN	(N/A)	M	N	Type REGISTRATION Date 03/10/1848 Remarks JOHN, ENTERED BY GILBERT BURASS, AS HIS CHILD
13	BURASS, MARTHA	(N/A)	F	N	Type REGISTRATION Date 03/10/1848 Remarks MARTHA ENTERED BY GILBERT BURASS, AS HIS CHILD
14	BURASS, MARY	(N/A)	F	N	Type REGISTRATION Date 11/25/1846 Remarks MARY WAS REGISTERED BY GILBERT BURASS, A FREE MAN OF COLOUR
15	BURASS, MARY	(N/A)	F	N	Type REGISTRATION Date 03/16/1848 Remarks MARY ENTERED BY GILBERT BURASS, AS HIS CHILD Memo MARY ON 08/13/1860, WAS REGISTERED AS A FREE WOMAN, IN COUNTY COURT OF EDWARDS CO.. SHE IS 24YRS. OLD AND 5FT. 1IN. TALL, AND OF LIGHT COMPLEXION WITH A MOLE BY HER LEFT EYE.
16	BURRASS, DAVID	(N/A)	M	N	Type EMANCIPATION Date 02/20/1834 Remarks DAVID'S FATHER IS GILBERT BURRASS Memo DAVID ON 02/24/1860, WAS REGISTERED BY HIS FATHER GILBERT BURASS AS A FREE MAN. DAVID IS NOW 29YRS. OLD AND IS LISTED AS BEING 5FT. 11IN. TALL.
17	BURRASS, GILBERT	(N/A)	M	N	Type EMANCIPATION Date 09/18/1824 Remarks GILBERT'S CERTIFICATE OF FREEDOM WAS RECORDED IN WHITE CO. Memo FATHER OF: JAMES, SALLY, SAUISTA, ELIZABETH, JULIAN, GILBERT, DAVID, WILLIAM, MARY, MARTHA, ALFRED, AND JOHN. GILBERT ON 11/25/1846, REGISTERED THE CHILD, MARY BURASS
18	BURRASS, GILBERT	(N/A)	M	N	Type EMANCIPATION Date 02/00/1834 Remarks GILBERT'S FATHER IS GILBERT BURRASS
19	BURRASS, JAMES	(N/A)	M	N	Type EMANCIPATION Date 09/18/1824 Remarks JAMES IS THE SON OF GILBERT AND THE BROTHER OF SALLY Memo ON 12/30/1844, WALTER MAYO, CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF EDWARDS COUNTY STATED THAT JAMES BURRASS, THE SON OF GILBERT, BURRASS IS A FREE MAN AND IS NOW 5FT. 9IN., 170LBS. (PG. 15)
20	BURRASS, JULIAN	(N/A)	M	N	Type EMANCIPATION Date 02/00/1834 Remarks JULIAN'S FATHER IS GILBERT BURRASS
21	BURRASS, SALLY	(N/A)	F	N	Type EMANCIPATION Date 09/18/1824 Remarks SALLY IS THE DAUGHTER OF GILBERT AND THE SISTER OF JAMES
22	BURRASS, SAUISTA	(N/A)		N	Type EMANCIPATION Date 02/00/1834 Remarks SAUISTA'S FATHER IS GILBERT BURRASS
23	BURRASS, WILLIAM	(N/A)	M	N	Type EMANCIPATION Date 02/00/1834 Remarks WILLIAM'S FATHER IS GILBERT BURRASS
24	BUTLER, EDWARD	(N/A)	M	N	Type EMANCIPATION Date 05/10/1836 Remarks EDWARD WAS BORN ON 03/02/1835, HIS FATHER IS HENRY BUTLER
25	BUTLER, HENRY	(N/A)	M	N	Type EMANCIPATION Date 04/28/1826 Remarks HENRY IS THE FATHER OF EDWARD, HIS MOTHER IS LETTY BUTLER Memo HENRY'S PAPERS PRODUCED IN WASHINGTON IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. HE SERVED IN THE NAVY IN WASHINGTON AND HIS FREEDOM WAS ATTESTED TO BY MARGARET THOMPSON AND WILLIAM PROUT.
26	BUTLER, LETTY	(N/A)	F	N	Type EMANCIPATION Date 04/28/1826 Remarks LETTY IS THE MOTHER OF HENRY BUTLER Memo LETTY AND HER SON HENRY'S FREEDOM WAS ATTESTED TO BY MARGARET THOMPSON AND WILLIAM PROUT.
27	CAMP, BETSEY	(N/A)	F	N	Type EMANCIPATION Date Remarks BETSEY IS LISTED AS BEING 5FT. 6IN
28	CHARLES	DUBOIS, JANE	M	N	Document Type REGISTRATION
29	CLARK, SALLY ANN	(N/A)	F	N	Type REGISTRATION Date 02/14/1834 Remarks SALLY ANN REGISTERED IN EDWARDS CO. BY STACEY BLACK
30	COLE, DENNIS	(N/A)	M	N	Type REGISTRATION Date 08/29/1815 Remarks LISTED AS 6FT.
31	CORNELIUS	(N/A)	M	N	Type REGISTRATION Date 02/25/1845 Remarks BORN 12/09/1841, AND WAS REGISTERED BY CORNELIUS GIBLISON
32	DAVID	HARRIS, SAMUEL	M	N	Type REGISTRATION Date 11/14/1815
33	DAVID	HOWARD, WILLIAM	M	N	Type INDENTURE Date 10/02/1815 Remarks DAVID OWES 13 YRS. OF SERVICE FROM 10/02/1815
34	DELILA	HARRIS, SAMUEL	F	N	Type REGISTRATION Date 11/14/1815
35	DINAH	PALMER, HENRY D.	F	N	Type REGISTRATION
36	EDWARD	COLEMAN, SAMUEL	M	N	Type EMANCIPATION Date 03/13/1822 Remarks EDWARD IS LISTED AS BEING 5FT. 9IN.
37	ELIZABETH	HARRIS, SAMUEL	F	N	Type REGISTRATION Date 11/14/1815
38	ESTHER	HARRIS, SAMUEL	F	N	Type REGISTRATION Date 11/14/1815
39	FANNY	HARRIS, SAMUEL	F	N	Type INDENTURE Date 01/18/1816 Remarks FANNY OWES 50 YRS. OF SERVICE FROM 01/18/1816 Memo THE COUNTY CLERK STATES THAT FANNY IS IN A STATE OF PREGNANCY AND CANNOT TRAVEL TO THE COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE AND HAS AGREED TO THE TERMS OF SERVICE OF 50 YRS.
40	FANNY	MARSHELL, SAMUEL	F	N	Type INDENTURE Date 09/20/1816 Remarks FANNY IS LISTED AS BEING 5FT. 2IN. Memo FANNY OWES 59 YRS. OF SERVICE TO SAMUEL MARSHALL BEGINNING FROM THE DATE 09/20/1816
41	FANNY	(N/A)
42	GABRIEL	HOWARD, WILLIAM	M	N	Type INDENTURE Date 03/11/1816 Remarks GABRIEL OWES 17 YRS. OF SERVICE FROM 03/11/1816
43	GEORGE	HARRIS, SAMUEL	M	N	Type REGISTRATION Date 11/14/1815
44	GIBLISON, CORNELIUS	(N/A)	M	N	Type EMANCIPATION Date 02/25/1845 Memo CORNELIUS REGISTERED THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN IN EDWARDS CO. CIRCUIT COURT; ALUS, CORNELIUS, AND WILLIAM HENRY. CORNELIUS AND HIS WIFE STACEY, ENTER THEIR SON ALEXANDER ON 06/08/1847
45	GIBLISON,STACEY (FORMERLY STACEY BUTLER)	(N/A)	M	N	Type EMANCIPATION Date 02/25/1845 Remarks STACEY IS LISTED AS A FREE WOMAN, Memo STACEY REGISTERED AN EDWARD JAMES BLACK, ON 02/25/1845. THEN WITH HER HUSBAND CORNELIUS GIBLISON, THEIR SON ALEXANDER, ON 06/08/1847
46	GORDON, EDWARD	(N/A)	M	N	Type REGISTRATION Date 10/20/1845 Remarks EDWARD IS LISTED AS BEING 5FT. 9IN. Memo EDWARD'S MOTHER IS MILLY TOLIVER AND HIS SISTER IS HESTER GORDON. EDWARD HAS A SCAR ON HIS LEFT FOOT FROM AN AXE WOUND AND A SCAR ON THE LEFT KNEE.
47	GORDON, HESTER	(N/A)	F	N	Type REGISTRATION Date 10/20/1845 Remarks HER MOTHER IS MILLY TOLIVER AND HER BROTHER IS EDWARD GORDON
48	HARRY	DUBOIS, JANE	M	N	Type REGISTRATION
49	HENRY	THOMPSON, MATTHEW	M	N	Type INDENTURE Date 10/18/1818 Remarks HENRY IS THE HUSBAND OF MILLY Memo MATTHEW THOMPSON IS ORIGINALLY FROM BUCKINGHAM CO. VIRGINIA, AND A MR. WILLIAM DUVAL STATES THAT MILLY CAN GO WITH MR. THOMPSON TO THE WESTERN COUNTRY. RECORDED 10/18/1818, IN VA.
50	ISAAC	HARRIS, SAMUEL	M	N	Type REGISTRATION Date 11/14/1815
51	JANE	PALMER, HENRY D.	F	N	Type REGISTRATION
52	JOE	DUBOIS, JANE	M	N	Type REGISTRATION
53	JONES, ARTHUR	(N/A)	M	N	Type EMANCIPATION Date 08/29/1815 Remarks LISTED AS 6FT. 3IN.
54	JONES, ELIZABETH	(N/A)	F	N	Type REGISTRATION Date 08/29/1815 Remarks LISTED AS 5FT. 8IN.
55	JONES, ELIZABETH	(N/A)	F	N	Type EMANCIPATION Date 02/04/1823 Remarks ELIZABETH IS LISTED AS BEING 5FT. 8IN.
56	JONES, JOEL	(N/A)	M	N	Date 08/29/1815 Remarks LISTED AS 6FT. 2IN.
57	JONES, MARTHA	(N/A)	F	N	Type EMANCIPATION Date 02/04/1823 Remarks MARTHA IS LISTED AS BEING 5FT. 2IN.
58	JONES, MARY	(N/A)	F	N	Type REGISTRATION Date 08/29/1815 Remarks LISTED AS 5FT. 8IN.
59	JONES, NANCY	(N/A)	F	N	Type EMANCIPATION Date 02/04/1823 Remarks NANCY IS LISTED AS BEING 5FT. 8IN.
60	KATE	DUBOIS, JANE	F	N	Type REGISTRATION
61	LADOCK	HARRIS, SAMUEL			Type REGISTRATION
62	LITTEE, LAUREL	(N/A)	M	N	Type EMANCIPATION Date 01/16/1823 Remarks LAUREL IS LISTED AS BEING 5FT. 8IN.
63	MARIA	MCCALLEY, JOHN	F	N	Type REGISTRATION Date 11/16/1816
64	MARTIN	(N/A)	M	N	Type OTHER Date 11/22/1841 Remarks MARTIN WAS APPREHENDED AS A RUNAWAY IN GALLATIN CO. Memo MARTIN ALONG WITH ANOTHER MAN NAMED JOSEPH ALLEN WAS TAKEN IN AS A RUNAWAY BY THOMAS LONG, THE SHERIFF OF GALLATIN CO. AND DEALT WITH ACCORDING TO THE LAW.
65	MIMAL (?)	HUGGINS, JOSHIAH	F	N	Type REGISTRATION Date 11/22/1816 Remarks MIMAL IS LISTED AS BEING 5FT. 5IN. Memo MIMAL BROUGHT INTO TERRITORY BY JOSIAH HUGGINS AND MUST SERVE HER MASTER UNTIL SHE ARRIVES AT THE AGE OF 35.
66	MORRIS, EADE	(N/A)		N	Type REGISTRATION Date 08/29/1815 Remarks LISTED AS 5FT. 6IN.
67	MORRIS, JOHN	(N/A)	M	N	Type REGISTRATION Date 08/29/1815 Remarks LISTED AS 5FT. 10IN.
68	MORRIS, NANCY	(N/A)	F	N	Type REGISTRATION Date 08/29/1815 Remarks LISTED AS 5FT. 6IN.
69	MORRIS, PATIENCE	(N/A)		N	Type REGISTRATION Date 08/29/1815 Remarks LISTED AS 5FT. 6IN.
70	MORRIS, SIAM	(N/A)		N	Type REGISTRATION Date 08/29/1815 Remarks LISTED AS 5FT. 10IN.
71	MOSES	(N/A)	M	N	Type EMANCIPATION Date 01/27/1823 Remarks MOSES IS LISTED AS BEING 5FT. 8IN.
72	POLLY	BAIRD, ELIZABETH	F	N	Type REGISTRATION
73	PORTEE, DAVID	(N/A)	M	N	Type EMANCIPATION Date 01/13/1823 Remarks DAVID IS LISTED AS BEING 5FT. 10IN. Memo DAVID HAD A WIFE BY THE NAME OF MARY PORTEE
74	PORTEE, MARY	(N/A)	F	N	Type EMANCIPATION Date 01/13/1823 Remarks MARY WAS LISTED AS BEING 5FT. 8IN. Memo MARY HAD A HUSBAND BY THE NAME OF DAVID PORTEE
75	PRATEN, JOHN	PRATEN, MARTHA	M	N	Type EMANCIPATION Date 02/03/1829 Remarks JOHN ORIGINALLY FROM GALLATIIN CO. IS LISTED AS 6FT. 1IN.
76	PRATOR, EMILY C.	(N/A)	F	N	Type REGISTRATION Date 02/14/1834 Remarks EMILY C. REGISTERED IN EDWARDS CO. BY STACEY BLACK
77	SALES, DENNIS	(N/A)	M	N	Type REGISTRATION Date 08/29/1815 Remarks LISTED AS 5FT. 11IN.
78	SMITH, RODY	SMITH, CHARLES			Type EMANCIPATION Date 10/20/1845 Remarks RODY WAS EMANCIPATED BY CHARLES SMITH, HAS A DAUGHTER MILLY Memo CHARLES SMITH, OWNER OF RODY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM CAMPBELL CO.
79	STACEY	(N/A)	F	N	Type REGISTRATION Date 04/14/1829 Remarks STACEY IS THE DAUGHTER OF SALLY AND EDWARD BLACK
80	TAYLOR, THOMPSON	(N/A)	M	N	Type EMANCIPATION Date 04/14/1823 Remarks THOMPSON AN ORIGINAL RESIDENT OF INDIANA Memo THOMPSON PAID SEVENTY DOLLARS TO THE CIRCUIT CLERK ALEX D. FRASER OF VINCENNES, INDIANA FOR HIS FREEDOM FROM HIS INDENTURED CONTRACT.
81	THOMPSON, HARRY	THOMPSON, MATTHEW	M	N	Type EMANCIPATION Date 06/07/1830 Remarks HARRY IS LISTED AS BEING 5FT. 8IN.
82	TOLIVER, MILLY (ALIAS MILLY SMITH)	(N/A)	F	N	Type EMANCIPATION Date 10/20/1845 Remarks LISTED AS BEING 5FT. 6IN. AND WAS BORN FREE Memo MILLY'S FATHER IS RODY SMITH, AND HER HUSBAND IS HENRY WHO BELONGS TO MATTHEW THOMPSON OF BUCKINGHAM CO. VA. SHE IS THE MOTHER OF EDWARD AND HESTER GORDON.
83	TOM	MCCALLEY, JOHN	M	N	Type REGISTRATION Date 11/16/1816
84	WILLIAM HENRY	(N/A)	M	N	Type REGISTRATION Date 02/25/1845 Remarks BORN 12/17/1843, AND WAS REGISTERED BY CORNELIUS GIBLISON

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