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They Bequeathed the Enslaved

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  • Captain James Monroe Ayres, I (1725 - 1797)
    James Ayer Sr. DAR Ancestor # A004096 1) County: BEDFORD CO - State: VIRGINIA Birth: CIRCA 1730 PRINCE GEORGES CO MARYLAND Death: ANTE 7-24-1797 ? BEDFORD CO VIRGINIA *Note Origi Will -Probate Date ...
  • Joseph F Cook (1807 - 1862)
    Census: 1830 Marks Creek, Wake, North Carolina Total Free White Persons 7, Total Slaves 15 1840 Total Free White Persons 3; Total Free Colored Persons 6; Total Slaves 11
  • William B Fowler, of Wake County (b. - aft.1828)
    No children named in will. Mentions wife Mary D, mother Nancy Nancy Fowler , friend Lemuel Cooke Lemuel Cooke and cousin Joseph F Cooke Joseph F Cook . Appoints friend William Battle executor. Witness...
  • Source: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/67849145/person/40310142723
    William Pratt (1732 - 1817)
    William Pratt was born BEFORE 1735. William married Sarah Thomas AFTER 1753.
  • Samuel Pratt (1770 - bef.1845)
    Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy : Feb 10 2024, 18:18:27 UTC Anson County NC Slave Data & Free Persons of Color October 10, 2020

I have created a project called "Left in a Will" but am having difficulty getting it off the ground, so to speak. I think a project listing profiles of people who LEFT a slave in a will may be easier and may help get the other one going. I am trying to find my own enslaved ancestor(s) and hope to help others to do the same

Joseph Martin, I

He Freed Dot Martin not yet 18 years old in 1805, to be, and all her issues, also money set aside for her education. She was very light-skinned.