The 1860 slave schedule is the only known surviving, contemporaneous list of the men and women who enslaved black people in Wilson County. It is not a list of the enslaved themselves, as none are named in that census. Rather, the schedule described people by “color” (black or mulatto), sex, and age.
Organized by township, this series will set forth these enslavers, the number of people they held in 1860, and the ages of the youngest and oldest people held. Where possible, I will also name people known to be enslaved by each person. They may or may not correspond to people described in the 1860 slave schedule. The paucity of such identifications is heartbreaking, and I continue to search.
Here we have a combined Joyners & Gardners district, which were part of Edgecombe County prior to 1855. The 1860 slave schedule lists 76 enslavers in this section of Wilson County. The largest were Robert Bynum and James Reddick Barnes:
William G. Sharpe — 9, age 3 to 39 years
Rolin [Rowland] Wiggins — 1, age 75 years
D.W. Barnes — 7, age 1 to 26 years
Jesse Farmer — 5, age 12 to 34 years
Thomas H. Bridgers — 13, age 3 months to 34 years
Bartley Williams — 3, age 3 months to 21 years
Hardy Barnes — 11, age 9 months to 40 years
Augustin Farmer — 9, age 1 to 35 years
John Batts — 1, age 8 years
William Thomas — 7, age 6 to 61 years
Hilliard Thomas — 9, age 10 to 74 years
John B. Batts — 7, age 2 to 55 years
William D. Farmer — 9, age 3 to 50 years
A.J. Williford — 3, age 14 to 50 years
J.H. Barnes — 15, age 1 to 30 years
Thomas G. Dixon — 4, age 5 months to 38 years
Henry Dixon — 2, ages 16 and 37
- Anny
John J. Sharpe, in trust — 6, age 1 to 45 years
Hansel Wells — 3, age 1 to 45 years
Harris Winstead — 6, age 5 to 25 years
Willie Wells — 1, age 20 years
Catherine Armstrong — 5, age 6 to 53 years
Caroline Armstrong — 2, age 18 and 24
James G. Armstrong — 7, age 6 to 52 years
George W. Armstrong — 6, age 7 to 28 years
John Wilkins — 14, age 2 months to 37 years
W.H. Williams — 1, age 27 years
Nancy Ruffin — 1, age 20 years
James Pender — 14, age 1 to 66 years
Joseph W. Taylor — 1, age 50 years
J.J. [Joseph J.] Pender — 25, age 6 months to 75 years
John G. Williams — 9, age 8 to 63 years
Elizabeth Flowers — 3, age 12 to 20 years
E.H. Flowers — 2, age 1 month and 16 years
Willie G. Barnes — 13, age 9 months to 50 years
- Quinny, Harry, Scilla and her child
Joseph L. Petway — 1, age 60 years
Franklin Bridgers — 1, age 11 years
Milly Bridgers — 24, age 6 months to 50 years
John Bridgers — 9, age 2 months to 45 years
Holiway Ethridge — 1, age 47 years
Benjamin Sharpe — 15, age 1 to 42 years
Martin Thomas — 8, age 3 to 60 years
David Sharpe — 5, age 5 months to 26 years
Elizabeth Barnes — 10, age 10 months to 60 years
James W. Barnes — 14, age 3 months to 33 years
James J. Taylor — 30, age 8 months to 55 years
Mary A. Rountree — 7, age 8 to 50 years
Hartwell Williford — 4, age 8 to 45 years
Elizabeth Williford — 6, age 5 to 23 years
Benjamin Edwards — 1, age 14 years
A.J. Pender — 12, age 9 months to 16 years
Sallie Gill — 1, age 65 years
D.W. Barnes, in trust — 1, age 18 years
James Woodard — 14, age 4 to 68 years
Hiram Forbs — 10, age 6 months to 35 years
James S. Barnes — 14, age 1 to 51 years
Stephen Cherry — 7, age 9 months to 35 years
W.W. Batts — 7, age 6 to 62 years
Martha Batts — 5, age 16 to 60 years
Elisha Robbins — 5, age 16 to 45 years
- George, Harry, Keziah, Amos, Jinny
Jesse Pitman — 3, age 13 to 55 years
John Carter — 1, age 3 years
Willie Walston — 1, age 50 years
William Skinner — 6, age 1 to 48 years
W.W. Flowers — 1, age 18 years
Martha Thorn — 1, age 16 years
D.W. Barnes, in trust — 4, age 3 to 26 years
Milliann Eason — 4, age 1 to 26 years
William Woodard — 19, age 10 to 65 years
Calvin Woodard — 18, age 2 to 60 years
James R. Barnes — 41, age 1 to 60 years
James R. Barnes, in trust — 32, age 9 months to 55 years
James S. Woodard — 14, age 1 to 35 years
Moses Farmer — 24, age 1 to 60 years
Elizabeth Woodard — 10, age 12 to 60 years
Robert Bynum — 46, age 1 month to 52 years
- Britt, Miles, Daniel, Gatsey, Maria, Adeline, John, Annice, Albert, Amos, Lucinda, Penny, Betty, Hansel, Mary, Cherry, Preston, Harry, Americus, Patience, Auston, Harberd, Scott, Hilliard, Daniel, Irvin, Abbie, Silva, Bunny, Jack, Vinie, Rosa, Lewis, Zilphia, Wilson, Beauregard, Calvin, Catherine, Laura, Emily, Isabella, Alice, Quinny, Clara, Pattie, Isaac, Nannie, Leah, Dallas, Mattie, Carrie, Delsy, Mary Jane, Eliza, Charlie, Mariah, Melissa, Jefferson Davis, Henry, Thaney, Fanny, Redmond, Oscar, Oliver, Polly, Howell, Dilsey, Edna, Diana, Charlie, Jolly, Church,
