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Elen

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Title

Elen

Subject

Enslaved Person-Virginia-Shenandoah County

Date

March 1854

Contributor

Zach Hottel

Relation

Mother Catharine, EnslavedPerson:18492
Ellen, EnslavedPerson:18414
Lucy, EnslavedPerson:18415
Jim, EnslavedPerson:18416
Polly, EnslavedPerson:18417
Charles, EnslavedPerson:18418

Identifier

EnslavedPerson:18491

Birth Date

March 1854

Birthplace

Unknown

Death Date

Unknown

Occupation

Enslaved Person

Bibliography

Leslie Anderson Morales, Beverly Pierce, and Ada Valaitis, eds., Virginia Slave Births Index: 1853-1865, vol. 4 (Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2007), 406.

Additional Information

Enslaved by Philip Pitman.
Philip Pitman enslaved another person named Ellen (EnslavedPerson:18414). Both Elen and Ellen were born around the same time. It is not proven if this is the same Elen.
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Citation

“Elen,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed January 20, 2026, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/14903.

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