Fourth Generation Inclusive

Historical Documents of Genealogical Interest to Researchers of North Carolina's Free People of Color

Category: Censuses

Surnames: Bladen County, 1860.

These surnames are found among free people of color listed in the 1860 federal population census of Bladen County:

AVERY, BALDWIN, BLANKS, BOON, CAMPBELL, CHAVOUS, COOPER, DALE, DEWLY, DIMERY, EADY, FLOWERS, FREEMAN, GRAHAM, GREEN, HAGENS, HALES, HARDY, HAYES, HOLLEN, JACOBS, JEFFERS, KING, LACEWELL, LAMDEN, MALTSBY, MARTIN, MAYNOR, MORE, MITCHELL, NEWELL, PITMAN, PONE, PRIEST, RANSOM, READ, ROBERTS, ROBINSON, RUTHS, SANTEE, SHEARIDAN, SIMMONS, SPAULDING, THOMPSON, WILDER, WIN, WRIGHT and YOUNG.

Surnames: Brunswick County, 1860.

ADAMS, ALLEN, ARCHY, BAKER, BARK, BELL, BOWEN, BROWN, CHAVIS, COMBY[CUMBO], DAVIS, FREEMAN, HANKINS, HAYS, HOOPER, JACOBS, JONES, JORDAN, LAMBERT, LAW, LLOYD, McQUILLEN, MOORE, NEAL, PATRICK, PHILLIPS, RANSOM, SHADE, SKIPPER, SMITH, SWAIN, WEBB, and YOUNG.

Surnames: Wayne County, 1850.

Surnames of free people of color listed in the 1850 population schedule of Wayne County:

ALDRIDGE, ARTIS, AVIS, BARFIELD, BASS, BEST, BIRD, BRACEY, BRENTLEY, BROOKS, BROWN, BRUNT, BRYAN, BRYANT, BUNN, BURNETT, BUTLER, CAPPS, CARROLL, COLE, COLEY, CROOM, DALLESON, DANIEL, DAVIS, DUNN, EVANS, FREEMAN, GAINS, GINN, GREEN, GREENFIELD, GRICE, GUY, HAGANS, HALL, HATCHER, HAYS, HAZEL, HERRING, HILL, HOBBS, HODGET(?), HOOD, JONES, KING, LANCASTER, LANE, LISBURN, LUCAS, LYNCH, MANLEY, MARE, MARHAM, MITCHELL, MORGAN, MORRIS, MUNDA, MUSGRAVE, NEWELL, NEWSOM, PILOOT(?), PROCTOR, RADFORD, READ, RICHARDSON, ROBINSON, ROE, SAMPSON, SASSER, SCOTT, SEABERRY, SIMMONS, SMITH, STAFFORD,  STRICKLIN, SUMMERS, TAYLOR, THOMSON, TOLER, TURLEY, TYLER, WALL, WALTON, WARD, WARREN, WATKINS, WIGGINS, WILKINS, WILKINSON, WINN, WISE, WOODARD, VICK and YOUNG.

Free colored slaveholders in Wayne County, 1850.

Hillary Croom — 55 year-old black female; 32 year-old black male.

Levi Winn — 55 year-old black male; 22 year-old black male.

Sheppard Best — 80 year-old black female.

Tabitha Read — 50 year-old black male; 50 year-old black male; 60 year-old black male; 55 year-old black female.

Celia Artice — 60 year-old male.

Arthur Cotten — 50 year-old black male.

Rhoda Read — 70 year-old black male.

Luke Hall — 70 year-old black male.

Celia Artice and sisters Rhoda and Tabitha Read owned their husbands.  The ages of slaves held by other free people of color in the county suggests that they, too, had secured title to loved ones.

1850 United States Federal Census, Slave Schedule, Wayne County NC.

Carteret County Free Colored Heads of Household, 1820

Absolum Martin

Sutton Gibbons

Absalom Martin

Samuel Martin

Rose Carter

Polly Cuff

Thabetha Norwood

Cavanaugh Windsor

Mary Windsor

William Braddock

James Ellison

Nancy Ellison

Tabitha Ellison

Dinah Bell

Wayne County Free Colored Heads of Household, 1820

Edward Burnet, Edith Burnet, Delila Artis, Edith Artis, Joseph Artis, Tabitha Ford, Adam Greenfield, Thomas Green, Martha Hall, Sealia Hollowell, Ford Hogans, John Lomac, Nathan Jones, David Lucus, Huldy Lucus, Elijah Lucus, Allen Reed, Rhody Reed, Solomon Tommerlin