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Participant Info
- Slaveholder
- Benjamin Harrison
- Locations
- Jones County, North Carolina
- Researcher
- Tabitha H
- Researcher's E-mail
- tabitha.genealogy AT gmail.com
- Researcher Location
- NYC
- Comments
- c1800: 16 enslaved persons c1810: 24 enslaved persons c1820: 48 enslaved persons, 30 persons engaged in agriculture 1796 Will of William Harrison: man named Stephen man named Joe man named Jack man named Sam girl named Violet Records of Jones County, North Carolina, 1779-1868 Vol. I, pg 518 (pg 530 indexed): 170, 171 - Oct. 16, 1815. Levi Moore to Benjamin Harrison... Harrison secures a note for $3000 to be paid him ninety days after Oct 16, 1815, Negotiable at Bank of Newbern... so Levi Moore mortgages to Benjamin Harrison a tract of land which Moore bought of James Blunt, containing 360 acres at fork of roads below Trenton, one lot in Trenton known as No. 18, six negro slaves, household goods and furniture. Wts: Leml. Hatch, Sen
- On-line Tree or Website
- https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/165167548/person/122337275480/facts
- Join mailing list?
- 2
- Beyond Kin Researcher?
- Yes