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Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Mary Johnson Enslaved part 4

 Delia and Felix Stovall

 

Walter L. Campbell  Sale  of Mary Johnson to  Delia E. Stovall  of Pike County, Mississippi December 6, 1852

 

Transcribed Bill of Sale

 Delia Stovall born in 1838 in North Carolina was married to Felix Crawford Stovall born in 1822 in Mississippi. This is information was obtained from the Federal census records. In the 1850 and 1860 Federal censuses, there were two population schedules those individuals who were free and the enslaved.  Felix Stovall in the 1850 census is enumerated as a 28-year-old farmer with inferred parents Drury Stovall 79 and Lucy Stovall 69 years old. 

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LD-28V : 22 December 2020), Felix Stovall in household of Drury Stovall, Marion, Mississippi, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). 1850 Census Transcribed

 Name

 Age

 Sex

Value of Real Estate Owned 

 Place of Birth

 Drury Stovall

 79

 M

 1500

 N. C.

 Lucy Stovall

 69

 F

 

 Va.

 Felix Stovall

 28

 M

 

 Ms.

The enslaved record gave the name of the slave owner, the number of people owned, their age, sex and sometimes skin color. The names of the enslaved were rarely given. Felix Stovall was also the owner of four enslaved people enumerated in the 1850 slave census.

The National Archive in Washington DC; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census Of The United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29

Felix Stovall 1850 Slave Census  Transcribed

 Male

 28

 Male

 9

 Male

 5

 Female

24 

 Delia Stovall purchased Mary Johnson on December 6, 1852.

 Felix Stovall received his first homestead land patent for 40 acres of land in Pike County, Mississippi on August 1, 1853. By 1859, Stovall held homestead land patents for over 300 acres of land. In the 1860 Federal census, Felix Stovall is identified as F C Stoval along with his family. The value of his real estate was $3000   and value of his personal estate $ 7,000 which in 2022 would be  $107,715.18 and  $251,355.42 respectively.

The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Pike, Mississippi; Roll: M653_589; Page: 384; Family History Library Film: 803589


Felix Stovall 1860 Census Transcribed

 Name

 Age 

 Sex

 F C Stoval

 38

 M

 D E

 27

 F

 G W

 6

 M

 E S

 5

 F

 N R

 3

 M


 In the 1860 slave schedule, Felix Stovall as a slave owner enumerated seven enslaved people.  Enslaved people were sometimes hired to work for other farmers. This was a source of income for the owner. The slave schedule may not identify a slave owner from an employer.   A female age 25 which was possibly Mary Johnson is identified on the schedule. It is noted that there is one slave house. 

"United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WKLR-KRZM : 16 October 2019), Felix C Stovall, 1860

Felix Stovall 1860 Slave Census Transcribed
 Gender                           Age

 Female

 25

 Male

 18

 Male

 15

 Female

 5

 Female

 4

 Female

 3

 Female

 1


The timeline that followed during the enslavement of Mary Johnson.

  • April 12, 1861 Civil War started with the Confederate Troops firing on Fort Sumter, South Carolina.        
  •  April 16, 1862  Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery in Washington D.C.
  •  January 1, 1863  Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery in states that seceded from the United States with the Emancipation Proclamation.
  •  April 9, 1865 Civil War ended  R. E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House to U. S. Grant.
  •   December 13, 1865 The 13th Amendment was ratified by 27 of the 36 states by the Constitution of the United States.  It abolished slavery and involuntary servitude.
Mary Johnson at approximately 31 years old  was no longer a slave.

More information to come.

--- The Tree Gardener