Slavery Era Insurance Policies Registry
Source:
Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation
Division of Insurance
http://www.idfpr.com/

"Pursuant to Public Act 93-0333, effective January 1, 2004, every licensed insurer was required to report to the Director information regarding policies issued to slaveholders for death or damage of their slaves that it wrote either directly or through a predecessor corporation during the slavery era. The information was compiled into a report that is available to the public and the General Assembly."


Genealogy Trails Note:
Apparently, slave owners took out insurance policies on their slaves.
The State of Illinois passed a law, effective 1 Jan 2004, that required insurance companies to compile and report these policies - which many of them apparently did.
We've plucked those names out of that State of Illinois' database, formatted them and have sorted them according to state, then by county, then by the Slave Holder Name.
The following are the names of the Mississippi Slave Insurance Policy Holders in those records:


Mississippi

Slave Holder Name

Slave
Holder
County/
Parish

Slave
Holder
State

Slave Name

Slave
County/
Parish

Slave
State

Slave Other

Slave
Job/
Skill

C Vennigerholy

Natchez

MS

Harriet

Natchez

MS

Policy #: 1065 (1835)

House servant

C Vennigerholy

Natchez

MS

Scott

Natchez

MS

Policy #: 1834

Servant

CS Ricks

Natchez

MS

Anthony

Natchez

MS

Policy #: 1885

Employed in a saw mill handling lumber

CS Ricks

Natchez

MS

Anthony

Natchez

MS

Policy #: 1885

Employed in a saw mill handling lumber

George Koontz

Natchez

MS

Burrell

Natchez

MS

Policy #: 1129

House servant

George Koontz

Natchez

MS

Elizabeth

Natchez

MS

Policy #: 1130

House servant

George Stanwood

Natchez

MS

Mahal

Natchez

MS

Policy #: 823 (1664)

NOT LISTED

George Stanwood

Natchez

MS

Sarah

Natchez

MS

Policy #: 824 (1665)

NOT LISTED

H Emerson

Natchez

MS

Jesse Davis

Natchez

MS

Policy #: 822

Barber

J.D. Tyler Brown Cozzens & H.W. Chittenden

Natchez

MS

Bill

Natchez

MS

Policy #: 1274

To be employed in the Natchez saw mill

J.D. Tyler Brown Cozzens & H.W. Chittenden

Natchez

MS

Dennis

Natchez

MS

Policy #: 1273

To be employed in the Natchez saw mill

J.D. Tyler Brown Cozzens & H.W. Chittenden

Natchez

MS

Henry

Natchez

MS

Policy #: 1276

To be employed in the Natchez saw mill

J.D. Tyler Brown Cozzens & H.W. Chittenden

Natchez

MS

John

Natchez

MS

Policy #: 1277

To be employed in the Natchez saw mill

J.D. Tyler Brown Cozzens & H.W. Chittenden

Natchez

MS

Stephen

Natchez

MS

Policy #: 1275

To be employed in the Natchez saw mill

J.D. Tyler Brown Cozzens & H.W. Chittenden

Natchez

MS

Tom

Natchez

MS

Policy #: 1272

Employed in the Natchez saw mill

Phebe Beaumont

Natchez

MS

Abby Anderson

Natchez

MS

Policy #: 1131

General house servant

SC Cox

Natchez

MS

John Davis

Natchez

MS

Policy #: 1644

Slave

Theoda Bolton

Natchez

MS

Betsy Dyer

Natchez

MS

Policy #: 1133

House servant

William Harrison

Natchez

MS

Courtney

Natchez

MS

Policy #: 1016 (1803)

Boatman

William Lithgow & Carrison

Natchez

MS

Grace

Natchez

MS

Policy #: 1743

NOT LISTED

William Robertson

Natchez

MS

Nork

Natchez

MS

Policy #: 1293

House servant

William Wright

Natchez

MS

Fred

Natchez

MS

Policy #: 1132

NOT LISTED


 

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