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Participant Info
- Slaveholder
- William Carver
- Locations
- Cumberland County, North Carolina. William Carver’s will provides some specific land descriptions that could help to locate a specific plantation.
- Researcher
- Megan D. Parker
- Researcher's E-mail
- mdakota1989 AT gmail.com
- Researcher Location
- Lexington, Kentucky
- Comments
- The will of William Carver (probated 1767), Cumberland County, North Carolina bequeaths enslaved persons to his wife and children as follows: Bet and Jo (bequeathed to Sampson Carver) John, Luce, Tom (bequeathed to William Carver, Jr.) Joney? and Venice (bequeathed to Robert Carver) Mingo and “Little” Luce (bequeathed to Samuel Carver) Simon and Rose (bequeathed to Jesse Carver) Jemme/Jemone? and Nan (bequeathed to James Carver) Oliver and Flenery? (bequeathed to John Carver) George (bequeathed to Thomas Carver) Sal and John (bequeathed to daughter Mary Carver) Ginn? and Patience (bequeathed to wife Mary Carver) Jack, Harry, and Violet (instructed to remain attached to estate and kept together)
- On-line Tree or Website
- https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/178630345/family?cfpid=332325141726 Tree is private, feel free to email me for access.
- Join mailing list?
- 2
- Beyond Kin Researcher?
- Yes