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

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ENUMERATION OF BLACK PERSONS,
BENTON COUNTY, IN 1860

Although 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 cabins A. 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 cabin

S. 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 cabin J. 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 cabin PRESLEY 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 cabin S. G. WOOD/LOUISIANNA WOOD 1 male black, age 7 1 female black, age 6 housed in one cabin GREEN 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 cabins CULLIN NOWEL 1 female black, age 28 1 female black, age 5 1 female black, age 11 housed one cabin JAMES SHIRLY 1 male black, age 25 1 male black, age 24 housed in one cabin A. P. HALL 1 female black, age 36 1 male black, age 13 housed in one cabin THOMAS KING 1 female black, age 32 1 male black, age 30 1 female black, age 25 1 male black, age 14 housed in one cabin ATTILLA BRUCE 1 female black, age 68 housed in one cabin SARA BAGGETT 1 male black, age 27 housed in one cabin

MARY TUBES 1 female black, age 18 1 female black, age 16 1 male black, age 1 housed in one cabin WILLIAM HUBBS 1 female black, age 50 housed in one cabin THOMAS 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 cabin FRANCIS BABER 1 female black, age 45 1 male black, age 21 1 female black, age 12 months housed in one cabin WILLIAM SHIRLY 1 male black, age 22 housed in one cabin A. GOSSETT 1 female black, age 18 house in one cabin MICHEL FRY 1 female black, age 30 1 male black, age 4 months housed in one cabin HENRY GOSSETT 1 female black, age 26 1 male black, age 14 1 male black, age 11 1 male black, age 4 housed in one cabin SARA 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 cabins JAMES GILLISPI 1 male black, age 30 1 female black, age 10 1 male black, age 8 housed in one cabin J. A. WI-LLIAMS 1 male black, age 21 housed in one cabin THURACY CAMP 1 female black, age 21 1 female black, age 24 housed in one cabin JANE WOOD 1 female black, age 29 1 female black, age 7 housed in one cabin D. C. WALKER, guardian 1 male black, age 23 1 female black, age 23 1 male black, age 14 housed in one cabin ALLEN BARKER 1 male black, age 65 housed in one cabin SAML. CROCKETT 1 male black, age 18 (deaf and dumb) housed in one cabin NEEDHAM BARKER 1 female mulatto, age 18 1 male black, age 2 1 female black, age 1 1 male mulatto, age 1 housed in one cabin F. 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 cabins

ZACHY. 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 cabins T. C. BREVARD 1 female black, age 23 housed in one cabin J. F. WOOD, in trust for D. C. WOOD 1 female black, age 13 1 female black, age 11 housed in one cabin S. H. PEELER 1 female black, age 15 housed in one cabin STEPHEN 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 cabin BRIGS BARKER 1 female mulatto, age 22 1 male mulatto, age 2 1 female mulatto, age 6 months housed in one cabin J. 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 cabins HARISON SMAWLEY 1 male mulatto, age 17 1 male mulatto, age 11 housed in one cabin ARCHIBALD 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 cabin J. H. RUSHING 1 male black, age 12 1 male black, age 12 housed in one cabin W. 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 cabin W. 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 cabins DENNIS RUSHING 1 male black, age 45 housed in one cabin W. 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 cabin

B. F. HARRISON 1 female black, age 18 1 male black, age 11 1 female black, age 4 housed in one cabin C. 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 cabins W. 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 cabin I. B. CARNS 1 male mulatto, age 10 housed in one cabin O. 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 cabin ALFRED 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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Pane 207 continued 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 cabin WILLIAM 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 cabin J. L. WEAKS 1 female black, age 12 housed in one cabin JAMES GORDON 1 female black, age 40 housed in one cabin J. R. WILLIAMS 1 female black, age 8 housed in one cabin A. 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 cabin A. J. BARNS 1 male black, age 15 housed in one cabin LUCINDA 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 cabins

W. 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 cabin RICHD. 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 cabins T. J. PERKINS 1 male mulatto, age 7 housed in one cabin, possibly with J. R. Williams' servant J. 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 cabin W. 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 cabin WILLIAM 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 cabins JOHN SMAWLEY 1 male black, age 50 1 female black, age 42 housed in one cabin

LIVELY 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 cabin JOHN M. RUSHING 1 male mulatto, age 10 1 male black, age 10 1 male black, age 7 housed in one cabin J. 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

 

Page 209 J. P. SMAWLEY 1 female black, age 11 housed in one cabin ICHABOD 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 cabin DAVID BREWER 1 female black, age 15 housed in one cabin H. 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 cabin C. J. MELTON 1 male black, age 8 housed in one cabin P. 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 cabin

ALBERT WYGUL 1 male black, age 1 1 male mulatto, age 1 housed in one cabin HOLDEN 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 cabin JAMES McGILL 1 female black, age 26 1 female black, age 7 1 male black, age 4 1 male black, age 2 housed in one cabin ELIJAH ALSOP 1 male black, age 10 housed in one cabin GEORGE FARMER 1 male black, age 18 housed in one cabin ETHELD. 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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Page 209 continued J. A. DOHERTY 1 male black, age 30 housed in one cabin WILLIAM McCUTCHEN 1 female black, age 28 1 male black, age 19 1 male black, age 8 number of cabins not given JOHN 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 given HYMAN TAYLOR 1 male black, age 27 number of cabins not given

W. 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 cabin WILLIAM WARMACK 1 female black, age 40 1 male black, age 10 number of cabins not given EDWARD 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 cabins SUSANNA RUSHING 1 female black, age 30 1 male black, age 10 1 female black, age 6 housed in one cabin D. C. ASKEW 1 male black, age 50 1 male black, age 18 1 female black, age 12 housed in one cabin ARON 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 cabin

Page 210 THOMAS ANDREWS 1 female black, age 13 1 male black, age 9 housed in one cabin J. 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 cabin ARON 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 cabin MEMPHIS 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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Page 210 continued A. W. RUSSELL 1 female black, age 26 1 male black, age 11 1 male black, age 6 1 female black, age 4 T. 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 cabins

C. 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

 

Page 211 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 cabins E. 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 cabin

Page 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 cabin H. W. DAVIS for Phifer heirs 1 male black, age 21 number of cabins not given JOSIAH 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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