African Americans of the Kentucky Borderlands

Items

• unknown, Louisa [27]
  1834 Will of Barnett Rogers; Louisa was held by Richard Cave first, then to Barnett Rogers. Gabriel and Louisa to be transferred to Mahala Cave after the notes against Richard Cave, held by Rogers, are paid.
• unknown, Patsy [13]
  In the 1830 inventory of the estate of Valentine Barton, Patsy was given a value of $150. Listed as a "girl", she was almost certainly one of the females under 10 years old recorded in the 1830 census. When the enslaved people were divided among the heirs in 1832, her value was listed as $180.
• unknown, John [54]
  In the 1830 inventory of the estate of Valentine Barton, John was given a value of $200. Listed as a "boy", he was almost certainly one of the males under 10 years old recorded in the 1830 census. When the enslaved people were divided among the heirs in 1832, his value was listed as $225.
• unknown, Prince [1]
  In the 1830 inventory of the estate of Valentine Barton, Prince was given a value of $175. Listed as a "boy", he was almost certainly one of the males under 10 years old recorded in the 1830 census. When the enslaved people were divided among the heirs in 1832, his value was listed as $200.
• unknown, Fanny [30]
  In the 1830 inventory of the estate of Valentine Barton, Fanny was given a value of $300.
• unknown, Emily [11]
  In the 1830 inventory of the estate of Valentine Barton, Emily was given a value of $100. When the enslaved people were divided among the heirs in 1832, her value was listed as $148.50. Described as a "girl", she was almost certainly one of the females under 10 years old listed in the 1830 census.
• unknown, Fountain [4]
  Fountain is not mentioned in the 1830 inventory of the estate of Valentine Barton; however, when the enslaved people were divided among the heirs in 1832, he is listed with his mother, Maria. It is likely he was born after the initial inventory. Together Fountain and his mother were given a value of $395.50.
• unknown, Maria [30]
  In the 1830 inventory of the estate of Valentine Barton, Maria was given a value of $300. By the time the enslaved people were divided among the heirs in 1832, Maria and her child, Fountain, were together given a value of $395.50. He was likely born after the initial inventory.
• unknown, Eliza [30]
  The 1849 inventory of George Balsley, Sr. valued Eliza at $400-$450, and described her as a "girl". Eliza was inherited by George's son, Montgomery.
• unknown, Harriet [34]
  The 1849 inventory of George Balsley, Sr. valued Harriet at $400-$450, and described her as a "girl". Harriet was inherited by George's son, Arthur.
• unknown, Fanny [29]
  The 1849 inventory of George Balsley, Sr. valued Fanny at $75-$100. Fanny was inherited by George's son, George, Jr.
• unknown, Jackson [6]
  The 1849 inventory of George Balsley, Sr. valued Jackson at $550-$600. Jackson was inherited by George's daughter, Emily Vaughan.
• unknown, Reuben [15]
  The 1849 inventory of George Balsley, Sr. valued Reuben at $100-$150. Reuben was inherited by George's son, Junius.
• unknown, Bailey [4]
  The 1849 inventory of George Balsley, Sr. valued Bailey at $100-$150. Bailey was inherited by George's son, Leonidas.
• unknown, Benjamin [9]
  The 1849 inventory of George Balsley, Sr. valued Benjamin at $75-$100. Benjamin was inherited by George's daughter, Lavinia.
• unknown, female [108]
  1813 inventory of the estate of James Barns gives an appraised value of $22.50 for an "old woman."
• unknown, Caleb [1]
  Dower rights in Caleb relinquished by Joseph and Nancy Perrin (widow ofJohn Beall), freed April 1825.
• unknown, Joseph [5]
• unknown, Vinson
  Vinson was listed as a member of the Dry Creek Baptist Church in church book II. No date was given. Church records that he was mentioned as "gone," noted as indication that Vinson self-emancipated.
• unknown, Agness [1]
  1839 Inventory of Bondurant, Agness was given a value of $200. The only enslaved person recorded.
• unknown, Amanda [3]
  The 1836 slave division of the estate of Robert Terrill allotted Amanda to Lucy Beall and Judith Shordridge. She was assigned a value of $400.
• Hughes, Rebecca
  Rebecca Hughes was described in the Boone County Deed book as a "female thirty-seven years of age, mulatto complexion, five feet two inches high." She appears to still be in Boone County in 1851, when the order book certified her emancipation.
• Hughes, George Thomas
  George Thomas Hughes was emancipated by deed along with his mother, Rebecca Hughes. He appears in Paulding County, Ohio in 1860.
• Blankenbeker, Park
• unknown, Lewis [20]