Acra, Jane B

Title: Acra, Jane B
Alias: Acree, Jane
Gender: Female
Biography: After the death of her father in Orange County, VA, in 1819, Jane and her two sisters, Frances and Polly, purchased several of the enslaved people from the estate .; Jane moved to Boone County with family members sometime before 1830 with several family members and the people they enslaved. She became the sole enslaver of Alce, Rachel, Joe, Winny, Milton and Albert after the deaths of her sisters in the 1840s.
Member: Acra family
Birth date: circa 1780
Place of birth: Virginia; Orange County (Va.)
Father: Acra, William
Mother: Acra, Elizabeth
Participant in: 1854--Boone Co., An unintentional escape
Resided in: Burlington (Ky.)
Relationship: Known enslaved: Alce, Rachel, Jo, Winney, Milton and Albert; unknown, Alce [2]; unknown, Rachel [22]; unknown, Jo [4]; unknown, Winny [8]; unknown, Milton [1]; unknown, Albert [10]
Description: Enslaved held in 1860: Female, 50 years old, black
Bibliographic citation(s): Boone County Will Book D, p. 81, 325
Source(s): Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; Eighth Census of the United States, 1860; Population Schedules of the Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Slave Schedules