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  • Jane Gates (1820 - 1888)
    Biography last updated 10 April 2025 Jane Gates was born enslaved in Maryland about 1820, and died 6th January 1888 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland, United States. She was buried in the Ros...
  • Phill (deceased)
    Mary "Polly" Johnson inherited "one nigro man named Phill" in her father's will.
  • Richmond (deceased)
    Thomas Nutt inherited "one negro man named Richmond" in his grandfather John Baucom, Jr., of Wake County 's will.
  • Branch (deceased)
    Grisselle "Gilly" Nutt inherited a slave named Branch in her father John Baucom, Jr., of Wake County 's will.
  • Phiriby (deceased)
    Left in a will to Sarah Ann "Sally" Smith by her father John Baucom, Jr., of Wake County

See also USA Black Heritage Portal

Tree building is difficult.

But especially for those whose ancestor was considered property.

We ALL run into those names... some just a few little letters and very little information to be able to connect a whole family.

Today, genealogy is more popular than ever, and DNA is helping to make those connections that otherwise would remain mysteries... brick walls.

This is a project where profiles can be added where little or nothing is known except a few names in a will.

The hope is that someone will recognize them and place them properly in the "Big Tree".

Here is a suggestion from Ancestry's Crista Cowen on how to document "the enslaved" for those who have ancestors who were slaveholders: [https://youtu.be/URrn71yOQzY]