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Ellen

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Title

Ellen

Subject

Enslaved Person-Virginia-Shenandoah County
Staunton (Va.)

Date

March 29, 1858

Contributor

Zach Hottel

Relation

Lucy, EnslavedPerson:18415
Jim, EnslavedPerson:18416
Polly, EnslavedPerson:18417
Charles, EnslavedPerson:18418
Elen, EnslavedPerson:18491
Catherine, EnslavedPerson:18492

Identifier

EnslavedPerson:18414

Person Item Type Metadata

Birth Date

ca. 1853

Birthplace

Unknown

Death Date

Unknown

Occupation

Enslaved Person

Biographical Text

Sold to Robert Snapp for $159.50.

Bibliography

Nancy Stewart, "African Americans in Shenandoah County, Virginia Notebooks," vol. 3, book B, (2010), 206, 247.

Additional Information

Enslaved by Philip Pitman.
Mark Bird sold Charles to settle Philip Pitman's deed of trust debts to Bank of Staunton.
In the 1850 census, Philip Pitman had 11 enslaved people: 6 males aged 60, 40, 28, 20, 20, and 16; 5 females aged 45 (mulatto), 23, 18, 12 (mulatto), and 2 months (mulatto).
Philip Pitman enslaved another person named Elen (EnslavedPerson:18491). Both Elen and Ellen were born around the same time. It is not proven if this is the same Ellen.

Citation

“Ellen,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed March 29, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/14826.

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