TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS FROM BLACK CEMETERIES
IN BENTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE
(Revised Edition with Maps)
Compiled by Jonathan K. T. Smith
Copyright, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 1995(Page 24)
ENUMERATION OF BLACK PERSONS,
BENTON COUNTY, IN 1860Although slavery as an institution ended almost a century and a half ago it is not unusual for librarians to be asked for assistance by patrons who have a family tradition of individuals, sometimes by name, although often not, who are said to have been their last-slave ancestors, again sometimes along with supposed names of white persons to whom the former slaves had been bound. Such oral traditions can be useful in bridging the known to the to-be-discovered generations.
The 1860 United States census data provides the ages of slaves (if not their names) and the names of slave masters; by using this record with skillful research one may begin a reasonably successful attempt to discover one's black ancestors by doing some fundamental investigation on the whites with whom they were associated. Although most blacks like most whites find it difficult to name their forebears beyond grandparents, some have remarkable information about their ancestry, especially about some forebear who has left an indelible mark on the memories of generations of their descendants.
Below are given the names of slaveowners with a listing of their bondsfolk with their gender and age in the slave schedule, beginning with page 205:
A. J. BARNETT
I black female, age 80
1 black male, age 34
1 black female, age 41
1 black male, age 15
1 black male, age 13
I black female, age 11
1 black female, age 8
housed in two cabinsA. J. BARNETT, Guardian
for M. BARNETT
1 female black, age 35
1 male black, age 34
1 male black, age 16
1 male black, age 12
1 female black, age 9
1 male black, age 7
housed in one cabinS. C. PAVATT
1 female black, age 60
1 male black, age 56
1 female black, age 40
1 male black, age 42
1 male black, age 25
1 female black, age 19
housed in one cabinJ. W. METLOCK /Matlock/
1 female black, age 35
1 male black, age 18
1 male black, age 6
1 male black, age 3
housed in one cabinPRESLEY THORNTON
1 male black, age 50
1 female black, age 33
1 male black, age 17
1 male black, age 12
housed in one cabin
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Page 205 continued
J. T. WINFREY
1 female black, age 25
1 female black, age 2
1 female black, age 7
1 female black, age 4
housed in one cabinS. G. WOOD/LOUISIANNA WOOD
1 male black, age 7
1 female black, age 6
housed in one cabinGREEN FLOWERS
1 female black, age 55
1 male black, age 35
1 male black, age 29
1 female black, age 31
1 female black, age 14
1 female black, age 9
housed in two cabinsCULLIN NOWEL
1 female black, age 28
1 female black, age 5
1 female black, age 11
housed one cabinJAMES SHIRLY
1 male black, age 25
1 male black, age 24
housed in one cabinA. P. HALL
1 female black, age 36
1 male black, age 13
housed in one cabinTHOMAS KING
1 female black, age 32
1 male black, age 30
1 female black, age 25
1 male black, age 14
housed in one cabinATTILLA BRUCE
1 female black, age 68
housed in one cabinSARA BAGGETT
1 male black, age 27
housed in one cabinMARY TUBES
1 female black, age 18
1 female black, age 16
1 male black, age 1
housed in one cabinWILLIAM HUBBS
1 female black, age 50
housed in one cabinTHOMAS WALKER
1 male black, age 30
1 female black, age 10
1 male black, age 9
1 female black, age 6
1 female black, age 4
housed in one cabinFRANCIS BABER
1 female black, age 45
1 male black, age 21
1 female black, age 12 months
housed in one cabinWILLIAM SHIRLY
1 male black, age 22
housed in one cabinA. GOSSETT
1 female black, age 18
house in one cabinMICHEL FRY
1 female black, age 30
1 male black, age 4 months
housed in one cabinHENRY GOSSETT
1 female black, age 26
1 male black, age 14
1 male black, age 11
1 male black, age 4
housed in one cabinSARA CAMP
1 male black, age 60
1 female black, age 56
1 female b1ack, ag&~34
1 female black, age 15
1 male black, age 13
1 male black, age 10
1 female black, age 2
housed in two cabins
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Page 206
JAMES WHITE
1 female black, age 29
1 female black, age 23
1 male black, age 23
1 female mulatto, age 16
1 female mulatto, age 15
1 male mulatto, age 13
1 female mulatto, age 10
1 female black, age 7
1 female mulatto, age 5
1 male mulatto, age 4
housed in two cabinsJAMES GILLISPI
1 male black, age 30
1 female black, age 10
1 male black, age 8
housed in one cabinJ. A. WI-LLIAMS
1 male black, age 21
housed in one cabinTHURACY CAMP
1 female black, age 21
1 female black, age 24
housed in one cabinJANE WOOD
1 female black, age 29
1 female black, age 7
housed in one cabinD. C. WALKER, guardian
1 male black, age 23
1 female black, age 23
1 male black, age 14
housed in one cabinALLEN BARKER
1 male black, age 65
housed in one cabinSAML. CROCKETT
1 male black, age 18
(deaf and dumb)
housed in one cabinNEEDHAM BARKER
1 female mulatto, age 18
1 male black, age 2
1 female black, age 1
1 male mulatto, age 1
housed in one cabinF. P. SAUNDERS
1 female black, age 30
1 male black, age 22
1 female black, age 20
1 male black, age 12
1 female black, age 10
1 male black, age 9
1 male black, age 8
1 female black, age 1
1 female black, age 1
housed in two cabinsZACHY. BARKER
1 female black, age 60
1 female black, age 40
1 female black, age 35
1 male mulatto, age 28
1 female mulatto, age 28
1 female black, age 25
1 female black, age 23
1 female black, age 21
1 female black, age 15
1 female black, age 9
1 female black, age 8
1 female black, age A
1 male black, age 7
1 male black, age 6
1 female black, age 4
1 male black, age 4
1 male black, age 4
1 female black, age 2
1 female black, age 1
1 male black, age 1
1 male black, age 13
housed in three cabinsT. C. BREVARD
1 female black, age 23
housed in one cabinJ. F. WOOD, in trust for D. C. WOOD
1 female black, age 13
1 female black, age 11
housed in one cabinS. H. PEELER
1 female black, age 15
housed in one cabinSTEPHEN MARCHEANKS
1 female black, age 43
1 female mulatto, age 1. 1
1 female mulatto, age 9
1 male black, age 6
housed in one cabinBRIGS BARKER
1 female mulatto, age 22
1 male mulatto, age 2
1 female mulatto, age 6 months
housed in one cabinJ. L. COCKRELL
1 male black, age 32
1 female black, age 22
1 male black, age 22
1 female black, age 19
1 male black, age 16
1 female black, age 9
1 female black, age 8
1 male black, age 3
1 female black, age 1 month
housed in two cabins
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Page 207
THOMAS K. WYLY
1 male black, age 40
1 female black, age 40
1 female mulatto, age 25
1 female black, age 16
1 mulatto male, age 9
1 male mulatto, age 5
1 female mulatto, age 6
housed in two cabinsHARISON SMAWLEY
1 male mulatto, age 17
1 male mulatto, age 11
housed in one cabinARCHIBALD HAGY
1 female black, age 48
1 male mulatto, age 18
1 male black, age 17
1 male black, age 13
1 male mulatto, age 10
housed in one cabinJ. H. RUSHING
1 male black, age 12
1 male black, age 12
housed in one cabinW. C. RUSHING
1 female black, age 22
1 female black, age 16
1 male black, age 12
1 male black, age 9
l male black, age 2
housed in one cabinW. D. LOVE
1 male black, age 53
1 female black, age 25
1 male mulatto, age 15
1 female black, age 13
1 female black, age 11
1 male black, age 9
1 male black, age 7
1 male black, age 5
housed in two cabinsDENNIS RUSHING
1 male black, age 45
housed in one cabinW. A. JONES
1 female black, age 38
1 female black, age 10
1 male black, age 8
1 female black, age 6
1 female black, age 4
1 female black, age 2
housed in one cabinB. F. HARRISON
1 female black, age 18
1 male black, age 11
1 female black, age 4
housed in one cabinC. McDANIEL
1 female black, age 60
1 female black, age 26
1 female black, age 24
1 male black, age 25
1 female black, age 16
1 female black, age 14
1 male black, age 12
1 female black, age 7
1 male black, age 6
1 female black, age 5
1 female black, age 2
1 female black, age 1
1 male black, age 6 months
housed in two cabinsW. M. McAULEY
1 female black, age 50
1 female black, age 25
1 male black, age 20
1 male black, age 15
1 female black, age 7
1 male mulatto, age 5
housed in one cabinI. B. CARNS
1 male mulatto, age 10
housed in one cabinO. G. COMBS
1 female black, age 30
1 male black, age 21
1 male black, age 14
1 male black, age 14
1 female black, age 10
1 female black, age 8
1 male black, age 5
housed in one cabinALFRED RUSHING
1 female black, age 40
1 male mulatto, age 25
1 male black, age 24
1 female mulatto, age 10
1 female black, age 8
1 female black, age 8
1 male mulatto, age 7
1 black male, age 5
1 male black, age 4
housed in two cabins
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CALVIN RUSHING
1 female black, age 28
1 male mulatto, age 19
1 male black, age 7
1 male black, age 6
1 female mulatto, age 20
1 female mulatto, age 20
1 male mulatto, age 13
1 female black, age 13
housed in two cabins
Page 208
M. C. BOWLES
1 female black, age 53
1 female mulatto, age 33
1 female mulatto, age 12
1 male mulatto, age 4
1 female mulatto, age 1 month
housed in one cabinWILLIAM PICKETT
1 female black, age 23
1 male black, age 20
1 male black, age 18
1 female mulatto, age 3
1 female black, age 8 months
housed in one cabinJ. L. WEAKS
1 female black, age 12
housed in one cabinJAMES GORDON
1 female black, age 40
housed in one cabinJ. R. WILLIAMS
1 female black, age 8
housed in one cabinA. J. HUDSON
1 female black, age 35
1 female black, age 14
1 male black, age 5
1 female black, age 2
housed in one cabinA. J. BARNS
1 male black, age 15
housed in one cabinLUCINDA BROWN
1 male black, age 60
1 female black, age 23
1 female black, age 14
1 male black, age 11
1 male mulatto, age 11
1 female black, age 9
1 male mulatto, age 5
1 female black, age 3
1 female mulatto, age 1
1 female black, age 4 months
housed in two cabinsW. P. MORRIS
1 female black, age 36
1 female black, age 22
1 male black, age 20
1 female black, age 15
1 female black, age 11 months
housed in one cabinRICHD. RUSHING
1 male black, age 37
1 female black, age 31
1 female black, age 31
1 male black, age 28
1 female black, age 28
1 male black, age 18
1 female black, age 9
1 female black, age 6
1 male black, age 4
1 male black, age 2
1 male black, age 8 months
housed in two cabinsT. J. PERKINS
1 male mulatto, age 7
housed in one cabin, possibly
with J. R. Williams' servantJ. H. WILLIAMS
1 male black, age 56
1 female black, age 33
1 male black, age 17
1 female black, age 10
housed in one cabinW. P. MORRIS
1 male black, age 7
(probably housed with other servants previously listed)M. L. TRAVIS
1 female black, age 33
1 female black, age 16
1 female black, age 14 housed in one cabinWILLIAM BARTLETT
1 male mulatto, age 45
1 female mulatto, age 38
housed in one cabin
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Page 208 continued
E. PERKINS
1 male black, age 56
1 male black, age 25
1 female blackage 25
1 female black, age 23
1 male black, age 10
1 female black, age 6
1 male mulatto, age 5
1 female mulatto, age 4
1 male mulatto, age 3
1 female black, age 3
1 female black, age 1
housed in two cabinsJOHN SMAWLEY
1 male black, age 50
1 female black, age 42
housed in one cabinLIVELY RUSHING
1 male black, age 30
1 female black, age 21
1 male black, age 6
1 female black, age 4
1 female black, age 2
housed in one cabinJOHN M. RUSHING
1 male mulatto, age 10
1 male black, age 10
1 male black, age 7
housed in one cabinJ. P. DORRIS
1 female black, age 37
1 male black, age 17
1 male black, age 8
1 female black, age 4
housed in one cabin
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J. P. SMAWLEY
1 female black, age 11
housed in one cabinICHABOD FARMER
1 male black, age 43
1 female black, age 27
1 male black, age 15
1 male black, age 10
1 male black, age 10
1 female black, age 5
1 male black, age 1
housed in one cabinDAVID BREWER
1 female black, age 15
housed in one cabinH. L. WILLIAMS
1 female black, age 60
1 male black, age 30
1 female black, age 27
1 male black, age 21
housed in one cabinC. J. MELTON
1 male black, age 8
housed in one cabinP. M. MELTON
1 female black, age 47
1 male black, age 17
1 female black, age 11
1 female black, age 8
1 male black, age 5
1 male black, age 7
housed in one cabinALBERT WYGUL
1 male black, age 1
1 male mulatto, age 1
housed in one cabinHOLDEN RUSHING
1 female black, age 30
1 male black, age 18
1 male black, age 17
1 female black, age 6
1 male black, age 2
housed in one cabinJAMES McGILL
1 female black, age 26
1 female black, age 7
1 male black, age 4
1 male black, age 2
housed in one cabinELIJAH ALSOP
1 male black, age 10
housed in one cabinGEORGE FARMER
1 male black, age 18
housed in one cabinETHELD. MELTON
1 female black, age 30
1 female black, age 15
1 male black, age 14
1 male black, age 13
1 male black, age 10
1 male black, age 3
housed in one cabin
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J. A. DOHERTY
1 male black, age 30
housed in one cabinWILLIAM McCUTCHEN
1 female black, age 28
1 male black, age 19
1 male black, age 8
number of cabins not givenJOHN McCLOWN /McGlohon/
1 male black, age 55
1 female black, age 30
1 male black, age 10
1 female black, age 10
1 female black, age 8
1 female black, age 6
1 female black, age 4
1 female black, age 4
1 female black, age 2
number of cabins not givenHYMAN TAYLOR
1 male black, age 27
number of cabins not givenW. H. CLARK
1 male black, age 50
1 female black, age 27
1 male black, age 17
1 male black, age 16
1 female black, age 20
1 male black, age 11
1 female black, age 9
1 female black, age 8
1 male black, age 4
1 female black, age 2
housed in one cabinWILLIAM WARMACK
1 female black, age 40
1 male black, age 10
number of cabins not givenEDWARD LINZY /Lindsey/
1 male black, age 38
1 male black, age 30
1 female black, age 29
1 female black, age 27
1 male black, age 13
1 female black, age 11
1 female black, age 9
1 male black, age 8
1 female black, age 6
1 male black, age 5
1 male black, age 3
1 female black, age 3
1 male black, age 8 months
1 female black, age 8 months
1 female black, age 7 months
number of cabins not given
Page 210
JOHN PHIFER
1 female mulatto, age 36
1 female black, age 27
1 male black, age 15
1 male black, age 10
1 female black, age 8
1 female mulatto, age 8
1 female mulatto, age 7
1 female mulatto, age 5
1 female black, age 5
1 female mulatto, age 4
1 female mulatto, age 3
1 male mulatto, age 2
housed in two cabinsSUSANNA RUSHING
1 female black, age 30
1 male black, age 10
1 female black, age 6
housed in one cabinD. C. ASKEW
1 male black, age 50
1 male black, age 18
1 female black, age 12
housed in one cabinARON ASKEW
1 male black, age 22
1 female black, age 20
1 female black, age 6
1 male black, age 6 months
housed in one cabinPage 210
THOMAS ANDREWS
1 female black, age 13
1 male black, age 9
housed in one cabinJ. G. RUFF
1 male black, age 18
1 male black, age 15
1 male black, age 12
1 female black, age 12
housed in one cabinARON ARNOLD
1 male black, age 21
1 male black, age 18
1 female black, age 17
1 female black, age 16
1 male black, age 4
housed in one cabinMEMPHIS OHIO & LOUISVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY
1 male black, age 28
1 male black, age 25
1 male black, age 24
housed in one cabin
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A. W. RUSSELL
1 female black, age 26
1 male black, age 11
1 male black, age 6
1 female black, age 4T. A. NAPIER
1 female black, age 100
1 male black, age 56
1 male black, age 30
1 male black, age 25
1 male black, age 20
1 male black, age 20
1 female black, age 19
1 female black, age 16
1 female black, age 14
1 female black, age 10
1 male black, age 12
1 female black, age 8
1 female black, age 6
1 female black, age 2
housed in three cabinsC. K. WYLY
1 male black, age 60
1 male black, age 48
1 male black, age 40
1 female black, age 45
1 male black, age 25
1 male black, age 22
1 male black, age 18
1 female black, age 22
1 female black, age 18
1 female black, age 24
1 female black, age 10
1 male black, age 23
1 female black, age 26
1 female black, age 11
1 male black, age 9
1 female black, age 6
1 female black, age 4
1 male black, age 1
1 female black, age 30
1 female black, age 21
1 male black, age 4 months
1 female black, age 12
1 female black, age 33
1 female black, age 8
1 male black, age 1
1 male mulatto, age 2
housed in four cabins
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DAVID ASKEW
1 female black, age 60
1 male black, age 35
1 female black, age 24
1 female black, age 22
1 female black, age 18
1 male black, age 20
1 male black, age 8
1 male black, age 7
1 female black, age 4
1 female black, age 3
1 female black, age 3
1 female black, age 2
1 female black, age 2
1 male black, age 7 months
1 female black, age 3 months
housed in 3 cabinsE. PERKINS, guardian of D. ASKEW Est.
1 female black, age
1 female black, age
1 female black, age
1 male black, age 3
1 female mulatto, age 2
1 female mulatto, age 7 months
housed in one cabinPage 211
WILLIAM STOGDELL /Stockdale/
1 male black, age 25
1 male black, age 23
1 female mulatto, age 20
1 male black, age 16
1 female black, age 7
1 male mulatto, age 5 months
housed in one cabinH. W. DAVIS
for Phifer heirs
1 male black, age 21
number of cabins not givenJOSIAH ASKEW
1 male black, age 54
1 female black, age 37
1 male black, age 35
1 male black, age 34
1 male black, age 34
1 female black, age 30
1 female black, age 32
1 female black, age 30
1 male black, age 30
1 female black, age 21
1 male black, age 10
1 female black, age 6
1 female black, age 4
1 male black, age 4
1 male black, age 1
1 female black, age 9
1 male black, age 16
1 male black, age 12
1 male black, age 11
1 male black, age 10
1 female black, age 10
1 male black, age 6
1 female black, age 6
1 female black, age 4
1 male black, age 1
1 male black, age 1
housed in four cabins
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