9, 1893 John Booker Davis HenryDec. Box 5625 Montgomery, AL 36103-5625 Phone (334) 206-2999 Record Request Forms They have birth and death records from 1908 to present and some scattered earlier records. The 3, 1910 Bush Withers CovingtonOct. Sometimes when the narratives are truly graphic in nature, I cant help but sit and cry. Linking document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Your email address will not be published. 3, 1902 Samuel Harris LeeJune 30, 1903 Andrew Diggs JacksonNov. 2, 1897 John Tompkins MonroeNov. Profiles are placed in this category with this text [[Category:Barbour County, Alabama, Slave Owners]] . Do not use vulgar, hateful, wacky or esoteric language in the comments. Copyright 1997 - 2006 However, the data should be checked for the particular surname to see the extent of the matching. Garden and Gun Land property listing online, [photo] Old Spring Hill Plantation, Barbour County, Alabama. [Report Broken Link] 1860 Federal Census - Slave Schedule Surname Matches with 1870 Census. The slavery categories exist to help with tracking the genealogy and family history of pre-Civil War era slaves. He may be older than you, and perhaps he carried you in his arms when an infant. This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Alabama that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture 20, 1884 J. R. Dorsey CherokeeMay 8, 1885 Jordan ColbertMay 9, 1885 Scipio Atchison ChiltonOct. 5, 1882 John Brooks CalhounApril 10, 1883 Samuel Lewis EtowahApril 28, 1883 George Ware LauderdaleJune 13, 1883 Jordan Corbin CoosaJune 22, 1883 Harry Reed LimestoneJune 22, 1883 Kyle Walker LimestoneOct. 21, 1884 Short HaleOct. 1, 1899 Andrew Sloss LawrenceFebruary 28 (? project of the nonprofit Equal Justice Initiative, a Montgomery legal advocacy group. 1 BYU Family History Archives . The African slave trade was first brought to Alabama when the region was part of the French Louisiana Colony. the host/author of these pages is prohibited. Sharecroppers often lived and worked in the same cotton plantations their enslaved ancestors had toiled upon. Slavery was officially abolished in the United States, following the end of the US Civil War by the Thirteenth Amendment which took effect on December 18, 1865. 14, 1893 Paul Archer PickensSept. 2, 1901 Louis McAdams Shelby1901 3 3 Bud Davis Lawrence1901 5 1 Dock Mays DallasMay 1, 1901 Edward Mays DallasMay 1, 1901 Robert Dawson DallasMay 10, 1901 Charles Winston JeffersonMay 30, 1901 Frank Reeves ButlerJune 15, 1901 Joe Harris LimestoneJune 28, 1901 Billie Magruder BarbourJuly 2, 1901 Robert White ElmoreJuly 15, 1901 Alexander Herman LawrenceAug. Though the census schedules speak in terms of "slave owners", the transcriber has chosen to use the Sussex County Slave Schedules. By the 1870 census, the white population of Barbour County had 1, 1896 Isidore Mobley DallasAug. TABLE 1. Well that was an interesting perspective. 13, 1897 Louis Bonner LamarFeb. 27, 1903 Arthur Stewart WilcoxApril 20, 1904 Ruben Sims BaldwinApril 20, 1904 Gaines Hall AutaugaJune 20, 1904 Charlie Harris TallapoosaJune 20, 1904 Ephraim Pope WilcoxJune 23, 1904 Joe Scott BibbJuly 9, 1904 Will Roberts PickensAug. Gus Askew. 26, 1897 John Pharr MonroeSept. 1, 1891 Ella Williams HenryAug. It is estimated by this transcriber that in 1860, slaveholders of 200 or more slaves, while constituting less than 1 % of the total number of U.S. slaveholders, or 1 out of 7,000 free persons, held 20-30% of the total number of slaves in the U.S. SOURCES. 27, 1893 Mack Segars CrenshawJan. Barbour County, Alabama, Slave Owners (0, 6, 0) Benton County, Alabama, Slave Owners (0, 1, 0) Bibb County, Alabama, Slave Owners (0, 12, 4) Blount County, Alabama, Slave Owners (0, 1, 0) Bullock County, Alabama, Slave Owners (0, 3, 0) Butler County, Alabama, Slave Owners (0, 1, 0) C Calhoun County, Alabama, Slave Owners (0, 5, 1) It was owned (in the 1800's) by John Rufus Blocker. 1 Source Collection The memorial lists the names of 4,400 lynchings of black people in 800 U.S. counties from 1877 through 1950. these former slaves may have been using the surname of their 1860 slaveholder at the time of the 1870 census and they may PLANTATION NAMES. 30, 1907 Neal Sanders CovingtonJuly 29, 1908 Lige Nelms JeffersonAug. 13, 1892 Burrill Jones MonroeOct. Where did the freed slaves go Thousands of Negroes, uneducated, unfitted for anything except to obey and do their duty as directed, were given their freedom and the privilege of citizenship. 9, 1896 James Anderson JeffersonOct. [8] Most Native American tribes were completely removed from the state within a few years of the passage of the Indian Removal Act by Congress in 1830. Tap into Getty Images' global-scale, data-driven insights and network of over 340,000 creators to create content exclusively for your brand. HISTORY OF EUFAULA, ALABAMA, . WIKITREE HOME | ABOUT | G2G FORUM | HELP | SEARCH. 1, 1896 William Hunter DallasSept. 2, 1900 Wallace Townsend ElmoreDec. Augusta County 1334. public. of the most slaves with the least amount of transcription work. 21, 1879 Squire Smith RussellJune. 1840 Number of 1850 County White Slave Total Families White Slave Totall Alabama Vital Records P.O. It is possible to locate a free person on the Barbour County, Alabama 30, 1883 Lewis Austin WalkerFeb. and to the volunteers who sponsor the counties and everyone who it is beyond the scope of this transcription. Alabama Slave Owners. 5, 1931 Neal Quinn LowndesAug. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. 29, 1919 Robert Croskey MontgomerySept. 23, 1934 George Davis JeffersonJuly 15, 1935 Joe Spinner Johnson HaleAug. 24, 1898 John Anderson ChambersNov. 26, 1894 Thomas Douglas SumterMarch 29, 1894 Oliver Jackson MontgomeryApril 12, 1894 William Lewis WilcoxApril 22, 1894 John Williams ColbertApril 22, 1894 Thomas Black ColbertApril 22, 1894 Tony Johnson ColbertApril 1894 Two unnamed men ChiltonJune 25, 1894 Edward White LamarJune 30, 1894 Lewis Bankhead ChiltonNov. TERMINOLOGY. Slave Narrative Resources. 1847); U.S. senator and Alabama governor . Proctor, an African-American woman, said she tried to keep her emotions out of the tedious archival process but she was sometimes floored by the vivid descriptions of punishment in particular. See the Heritage Exchange Portal for more information on how to document slaves and slave owners. Shortly after the Civil War, the J.W. & B. Y., 53 slaves page 177B, MCTYNE, Est. Barbour County Courthouse 1 Court Square PO Box 219 Clayton, Al 36016 Phone: 334-775-8366 Fax: 334-775-1125 Barbour County District Court 303 E Broad St Eufaula, AL 36027 Phone 334-687-1516 Barbour County Website Judge of Probate has marriage probate and land records from 1800's. Census data on African Americans in the 1870 census was obtained using Heritage 8, 1877 Mark Woodford ClarkeApril 17, 1878 Ben Evans MadisonApril 17, 1878 Ephraim Hall MadisonSept. More: Alabama history tour covers Civil War, cotton - not slaves, Slaves that belonged to ministers recalled having better lives than most. 7, 1904 Horace Maples MadisonDec. This page has been accessed 2,379 times. 2, 1907 Abe Sumrall WashingtonNov. 8, 1915 James Fox MonroeAug. 27, 1905 Alex MacDonald LimestoneFeb. Topical and respectful comments are welcome. After the war, Burrell was rewarded with a pension from the State of Alabama. He would buckle us across a log and whip us until we were unable to walk for three days. I have students who ask Did this really happen? because they didnt grow up with that.. The actual number of slaveholders may be slightly The USGenWeb Archives Project is part of The USGenWeb Project. Of the 11 Alabamians included in the collection, five were women and six were men. Black Families of Alabama's Black Belt: Butler, Dallas, Lowndes, Marengo, Perry, and Wilcox Co. Doll's Genealogy Site: focus on Macon Co. Large Slaveholders of 1860: extraction of many slaveholders in various Alabama counties The Village: Alabama Slave Project The color barrier is not as profound as it was during our time period, Proctor said. Thanks to Rootsweb for providing space for this site. 25, 1916 Richard Burton SumterJuly 1, 1916 Sam Meeks PickensJan. 100. slaves, the 1860 U.S. population was 27,167,529, with about 1 in 70 being a slaveholder. To remedy the evils growing out of abolition, Clayton urged that the people of the South secure the services of the negroes, teach them their places, and how to keep them, and convince them at last that we are indeed their best friends. None should hold a grudge against the Negro because he was now free, Clayton added: He is proud to call you master yet. Some slaves were allowed to attend churchwhile others had to pray in secret. Ownership was also an investment: purchased children and adults may or may not have been . Required fields are marked *. 25, 1897 Henry Abrams MontgomeryDec. % of the total number of U.S. slaveholders, or 1 out of 7,000 free persons, held 20-30% of the total number of slaves in the The study found 3,777 Negro slave owners in the United States. The interviews were coordinated by former Southern University Dean John B. Cade whom the universitys library is now named for and conducted by students after the slaves were freed following the end of the Civil War in 1865. To check a master surname list for other States and electronic publishing on another site without the consent of It was still hard to take myself out of it. viewed to see if there were smaller slaveholders with that surname. decreased 17% to 12,143, while the "colored" population increased 6% to 17,165. He became the president of the University of Alabama after the war. submission. handwriting interpretation questions and inconsistent counting and page numbering methods used by the census The product of the plantation satisfied all their wants, so far as the inner man was concerned, and the sale of the cotton crop gave them . Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. 25, 1891 Two unnamed men ButlerSept. Quest's CD "African-Americans in the 1870 U.S. Federal Census", available through Heritage Quest at Fayette County, Alabama 1850 Slave Schedules Fayette County, Alabama 1860 Slave Schedules Greene Co, AL Deeds of Samuel Morrow Documenting Prior Slave Emancipation(slaves owned by Samuel Morrow in Greene County, AL) Henry-Dale County, AL Archives WillsWard Sr, Shadrach January 1848(slaves owned by Shadrach Ward Sr. in Henry County, AL) 13, 1909 John Holly SumterNov. 3, 1922 George Teague CovingtonJuly 1925 Annie May Simmons CrenshawDec. Ive shared the Comer story here before, but I was reminded of it this afternoon when I came across another story about the end of slavery on Henry D. Claytons plantation in Barbour County. But the accounts also reveal stark differences in some owners treatments of slaves. in comparing census data for 1870 and 1960, the transcriber did not take into consideration any relevant changes in county Just like the other sacrosanct myth the anti-white force trot out daily in the holohoax. Barbour Co. 1860 Federal Census - Mortality Schedule Archived Copy; Original page no longer online. responsible to assure that no copyright is violated by their Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. 1850 Federal Census Barbour County, Alabama (Source: MyHeritage) ($) Alabama State Census, 1820-1866 Barbour County (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($) United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 Barbour County (Source: FamilySearch) 4, 1915 William Smith ElmoreJan. The first, dated 14 July 1839, orders shoes for Beene's sixty-eight slaves and includes a list of slaves and a measurement of their feet in inches. 18, 1915 Henry Russell MontgomeryJan. ***. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. According to a statement sent to BuzzFeed News, Georgetown University president John DeGioia will make a formal announcement of his plans later Thursday. 14, 1893 William Archer PickensSept. Bart Thrasher was one of Alabama's most notorious outlaws, one who helped Bibb County earn the moniker "Bloody Bibb" at a time when it was an extension . When Alabama seceded from the Union in 1861, the state's 435,080 slaves made up 45 percent of the total population. o Number manumitted (freed) in the year preceding June 1. o Age, gender, and color of slave Kaden Parker in Barbour County, lived in a log cabin with his mother, father and seven siblings. 20, 1908 Tom Stover MorganJan. 13, 1896 John Lee HenrySept. Profiles are placed in this category with this text [[Category:Alabama, Slave Owners]] . African American descendants of persons who were enslaved in Barbour County, Alabama in 1860, if they have an idea of Estimates of the number of former slaves who used the surname of a It was named in honor of James Barbour (1775-1842), a distinguished statesman and governor of Virginia. OVERVIEW Location: Spring Hill, Barbour County, Alabama Date Constructed/ Founded: not determined Associated Surnames: Comer Historical Notes: none Associated Pages: none ASSOCIATED ENSLAVED PERSONS 1850: 42 slaves [1850 Federal Slave Schedule, Barbour Co., AL, J.F. Baine, Rodney M. 1995. providing space for this site later, the County was listed as having 11,850 whites, 19% less than 100 years earlier, while the 1960 total of 12,840 Browser, which is a very detailed, searchable and highly recommended database that can found at Alice Campbell [acampbell@nconline.com] . No flaming or trolling. 14, 1892 William Webb DallasMarch 3, 1892 Unnamed man CalhounMay 5, 1892 G. H. Rose ChoctawMay 16, 1892 Berry Roden Talladega May 16, 1892 Jim Roden TalladegaMay 16, 1892 Will Carter TalladegaJuly 4, 1892 Unnamed man WalkerJuly 5, 1892 Edward Prater ClayOct. An lower because some large holders held slaves in more than one County and they would have been counted as a separate FORMAT. term "slaveholder" rather than "slave owner", so that questions of justice and legality of claims of ownership need not be Source. 1, 1898 John Kellogg CherokeeMarch 20, 1898 John Callow CherokeeMarch 21, 1898 Sam Ellis DallasJune 17, 1898 Ham Thompson ElmoreJune 17, 1898 Louis Spier ElmoreJune 17, 1898 Reese Thompson ElmoreJune 17, 1898 Soloman Jackson ElmoreJuly 13, 1898 Sidney Johnson TuscaloosaJuly 15, 1898 John S. Durrett TuscaloosaAug. It was Henry D. Clayton, owner of this plantation, who made the memorable Charge to the Grand Jury of Pike County, September 9, 1866. Following the end of the war during the Reconstruction era, freed slaves were technically allowed to leave the plantations they had been enslaved on, but they mostly were without land, jobs, or money. . Comer and the White League redeemed Barbour County in the Election Riot of 1874. The movement began in Barbour County when the first slave asked for freedom, when a mother cried for her sons who were sold to a Mississippi plantation owner, when a father burned with wrath over . It seems like more people are bitter about slavery today over 150 years later than the people who lived through it. [1], During the colonial era, Indian slavery in Alabama soon became surpassed by industrial-scale plantation slavery in large part due to the rapid growth of the cotton industry. Mark Slater, a former slave born in Clarke County said any slaves caught committing an offense were stripped naked and beaten with boards until they had blisters. Youre talking about my people, Proctor said. demonstrates the importance of the local story in Alabama economics and politics. Alabama Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974 (selections) Ancestry Alabama cemetery records Family History Library . 22, 1896 Joseph James BibbJan. Autauga County Alabama Slave Owners Slaves deeded from George Anderson to son William Anderson - Jun 1831 Slaves sold by William Anderson to various - Feb 1836 Will [Aug 1840] and Appraisement of Estate of Nicholas Zeigler - Mar 1841 Barbour County Alabama Slave Owners Slave owned by J. R. Upshaw in the records of Liberty Baptist Church - Sep . If you dont have anything of value to add to the comments, it wont be posted at all. A. M., 145 slaves page 135B, WILEY, L. M., Silas Jones agent, 190 slaves page 95, WILLIAMS, Gazanay? 4, 1917 Unnamed man BibbJuly 16, 1917 Poe Hibbler PickensJuly 2, 1917 Sam Powell LowndesJuly 24, 1917 William Powell LowndesMay 21, 1918 John Womack CovingtonNov. Alabama Slave Project - ALGenWeb Appraisement and Inventory of Slaves in Wills, Macon County AL Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society P. O. 30, 1896 John Adams MonroeOct. He came back the following autumn, moved back into his old cabin, and there remained until he was an old man. On this census, Elijah is listed as 54 years of age, which would indicate that he was born circa 1816. 16, 1890 Henry Smith JeffersonMarch 24, 1891 John Dances ShelbyMarch 28, 1891 Elrod Hudson FranklinMarch 28, 1891 Jeff Denzmore (Dinsmore) FranklinMarch 31, 1891 Zachariah Graham MobileMay 2, 1891 Monroe Watters LamarMay 29, 1891 Jeff Thomas WalkerJuly 18, 1891 Mack Brown BlountJuly 26, 1891 Jesse Underwood ColbertAug. 5, 1910 Sylvester Peyton MonroeFeb. Calhoun County, AL Queries/Join eMail Group census. This page was last modified 00:34, 4 November 2022. Tax Records 22, 1907 Moses Dossett MobileNov. New Castle County (part) 98. 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You may be bound by a thousand ties which only a Southern man knows, and which he alone can feel in all its force. indexes almost always do not include the slave census. Barbour Co., AL [Report Broken Link] Benton Co. . The 1860 U.S. Census was the last U.S. census showing slaves and slaveholders. Mary A., 43 slaves page 109, COCHRAN , John, Jack Amen? This transcription lists the names of those largest slaveholders in the County, the number of slaves they held in The perpetrators were rarely prosecuted in most cases. In 1845, Hardy Clemens was a wealthy plantation and slave owner who owned a farm near Coaling, Alabamaon the banks of Big Sandy Creek, about 12 miles east of Tuscaloosa. July 22, 2019 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. Some of Thanks to Rootsweb for Page 17 the work contentedly and happy. Agent, 50 slaves page 147, COCHRAN, John, James Cole agent, 64 slaves page 147, EBERHART, Samuel Sr., 52 slaves page 109B, MARTIN, J. J. Clayton was a Major General in the Army of Tennessee and also fought at the Battle of Stones River, Chickamauga and the Battle of Atlanta. In the agricultural industry, this most often took the form of a contract labor system known as sharecropping where black farmers rented land from white landowners and paid with their labor and crops. In some cases, the names and dates are incomplete, or the names are unknown. 6, 1909 Will Parker MonroeApril 25, 1909 John Thomas JeffersonSept. More: A permanent wound: How the slave tax warped Alabama finances. 4, 1893 Unnamed man BibbSept. & WILLS. When old age came, most plantation Negroes could count on being pensioned and allowed to live out their lives without working as a part of the plantation family. 1,000 acres or more, the largest size category enumerated in the census, and another 1,359 farms of 500-999 acres. 6, 1912 Azariah Curtis ChoctawDec. Barbour County, Alabama Larry Scott Butler Southern Christian Leadership Conference Field Worker for Barbour County Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. . 17, 1893 David Williams PickensFeb. 18, 1914 William Jones LowndesJan. Alabama cemetery records, Vol. this county, except for 102 year old female Carolina, an African, held by Henry Lockhart and shown on page 102B. Kaden Parker in Barbour County, lived in a log cabin withhis mother, father and seven siblings. [2][3], Originally part of the Mississippi Territory, the Alabama Territory was formed in 1817. Zog and leftists will never permit an honest depiction of slavery in history books used in schools. The largest numbers of slaves were held in bondage in counties located in either the Tennessee River Valley or the Black Belt region. and to the volunteers who sponsor the counties and everyone who has donated files to the site. the County and the first census page on which they were listed. Alabama QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau 1870 - 1903 1830 Autauga County Alabama Census Autauga County Alabama Census Index Blount County Alabama Census A Slave Cabin in Barbour County near Eufaula. Pauline . 2, 1919 Archie Robinson ClarkeAug. 6, 1906 William Thompson MobileJan. If life was so awful here, most of them would have left but they didnt after the war. Excluding slaves, the 1860 U.S. population was 27,167,529, with about 1 in 70 being a 7, 1910 John Dell MontgomeryOct. Barbour County, Alabama Description of the Collection This small collection comprises a journal kept by Comer, 1844-1847, containing various kinds of records relating to agricultural activities on his Barbour County, Alabama, plantation and to his lumber and corn mills. On January 29, 1858, Alabama supporters of slavery, objecting to Benton's change of heart, renamed Benton County as Calhoun County. Send comments about this page to: The USGenWeb Archive Project -Alabama File Manager. Researchers are still compiling names of lynching victims, and various lists appear online, based on newspaper accounts, research, oral histories and other sources. [Report Broken Link] Blount Co. 1860 Federal Census. 5, 1910 Calvin Ezelle MonroeDec. John Wallace Comer was injured during the Battle of Atlanta and was rescued from the battlefield by his loyal slave Burrell. Their stories include the inhumanity of their conditions: children having to eat out of troughs, and field slaves being herded into pens like cattle. [10], Alabama had an estimated population of under 10,000 people in 1810, but it increased to more than 300,000 people by 1830. Jenkins BarbourDec. 1850 Census, Barbour County, Alabama, Box: 4026a, Volume: 3. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson). The 1850 slave schedule was used in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia. Nathan Beauchamp. 16, 1920 Pete Zeigler AutaugaJuly 28, 1921 Jordan ChoctawJan. Slaves 100 years of age or older were supposed to be named on the 1860 slave schedule, but there were only 1,570 slaves of 28, 1912 John Chandler JeffersonJune 19, 1912 Tom Jackson ClarkeAug. 1331. Indexed data and browse are available for the following: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland . Booth, Etta - Barbour County Bowen, Jennie - Mobile Bradfield, Nannie - Uniontown Bradley, Martha - Montgomery Brown, Allen - Barbour County Brown, Gus . Following the patenting of the cotton gin (in 1793), the War of 1812, and the defeat and expulsion of the Creek Nation in the 1810s, European-American settlement in Alabama was intensified, as was the presence of slavery on newly established plantations in the territory. 3, 1891 James Sims ChoctawSept. Included are records of cotton and corn planted, picked, and stored, 9, 1896 Joseph Leeds St. ClairFeb. population during that time, and were therefore more likely possible places of relocation for colored persons from Barbour Albemarle and Alexandria Counties 1332. Entire state . 24, 1933 Dennis Cross TuscaloosaJune 18, 1934 Otis Parham MontgomeryAug. o 1850 (Ancestry.com): "1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules" o 1860 (Ancestry.com): "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules" For each slave holder, the following information is given: o Number of slaves owned. Charles H. Miller was the son of George Oliver Miller, a merchant, former slaveholder, and veteran of the Civil War who migrated from the Carolinas to Alabama with his family as a young man in the 1830s. Slavery had been theoretically abolished by President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation which proclaimed, in 1863, that only slaves located in territories that were in rebellion from the United States were free. I was so lonesome without her that I would often go about my work and cry and look for her return … but she never came back.. Comer] ASSOCIATED FREE PERSONS Comer family: John . 8, 1894 Samuel Smith ButlerFeb. Safe, but out of sight. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). In 1850, the slave census was also separate from the free census, but in earlier years it was a part of the free 18, 1893 Riley Gulley WilcoxOct. 11, 1898 Albert Anderson LamarSept, 17, 1898 Joe Thompson TallapoosaOct. 16, 1925 Grant Cole MontgomeryApril 25, 1926 Lillie Cobb BlountOct. The ordeal through which the Southern people passed during the process of Reconstruction was, he said, indeed severe. Originally Benton County Located at USGenWeb Archives: Calhoun Co., AL [Report Broken Link] Chambers Co. Parkers slaves were called free negroes because they were treated so well., We have a few slaves who say they were treated well, Proctor said. names of plantations in this County with the names of the large holders on this list should not be a difficult research task, but 8, 1920 Monroe Wood HenryOct. 1. Many wills contained information about slaves. This is a category for those who held slaves in this county. 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