Slaves Owned by William Henry Fitzhugh in 1830

William Henry Fitzhugh died in 1830. The inventory of his estate recorded 208 enslaved people by name, age and value. They were listed in two groups by location: Ravensworth and Arkendale. As used here, Ravensworth refers to Parcel 1.2. Arkendale was Fitzhugh’s 2000-acre farm in Prince William County.

The vast majority of the enslaved were identified only by a first name, which was the general practice in Fairfax County in 1830. However, 11 of 83 (13.25 percent) at Ravensworth were listed with both first and last names; at Arkendale 19 of 125 (15.2 percent) were so listed.¹

William Henry’s will provided: “After the year 1850, I leave all my negroes unconditionally free…” In 1850 and 1851, sixty-one individuals registered with the Fairfax County court as Free Blacks, “Emancipated by the last Will and Testament of William H. Fitzhugh, decd.”

Manumitted Fitzhugh Slaves Registered as Free Blacks – 36 who registered are correlated with names in the Ravensworth list below.

The following is a transcription of the names and ages in the order recorded in the inventory lists. Babies’ ages are shown as 0, as none were stated. In a few cases the spelling of names was not completely clear. These names are marked with an asterisk [*].

Enslaved People at Ravensworth

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#	First name	Last name	Age
1	Sally		70
2	David		38
3	Caroline		33
4	David Jr		14
5	William		40
6	Phoebe		37
7	Isabella		14
8	Agnes		12
9	Lilly		5
10	Ann		1
11	Billy	Burke	43
12	Lindy		37
13	Lewis		18
14	Burke		16
15	Hilliard		13
16	Westley		11
17	Albert		9
18	Laura		6
19	Lana		6
20	Lorenzo		4
21	Sarah Ann		2
22	Henry	Ross	31
23	Cynthia		33
24	Washington		18
25	Lucinda		12
26	Betsey		8
27	Jim	Burke	33
28	Violett		34
29	Peyton		31
30	Kitty		34
31	Betsey		14
32	Henrietta		12
33	John		8
34	Sally		5
35	George		3
36	Sukey		75
37	Louisa		20
38	Lylla		42
39	Grace		24
40	Mariah		15
41	Mary		10
42	Charles	Brown	26
43	Bettey		18
44	Eleanor		1
45	Esther		67
46	Rose		95
47	John	Jeffrey	29
48	Bettey	Hopes	60
49	Lucy		57
50	Franky		63
51	Abram		45
52	John	Burke	30
53	John	Bell	53
54	Billy	Bossey	39
55	Harry	Parker	40
56	Bob		22
57	Alfred		15
58	Jim	Butcher	27
59	Henry		15
60	Milisson*		19
61	Old Bob		75
62	Elliot		62
63	Libby		58
64	Harry		14
65	Virgil		44
66	Martha		43
67	Leah		67
68	Charles		12
69	Leah Jr		10
70	Cato		7
71	Lewis		5
72	Virgil		4
73	Child		0
74	Simpson		40
75	Caroline		18
76	Carter		15
77	Adam		59
78	Gower*		40
79	Pattey		49
80	Sarah		65
81	Judith		47
82	Elizabeth		14
83	Presley		18

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Enslaved People at Arkendale

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#	First name	Last name	Age
1	Jim	Curry	57
2	Betty		57
3	Moses		39
4	Beckey		35
5	Betsey		18
6	Fenton		19
7	Jacob		11
8	Harriet		9
9	Jesse	Douglas	45
10	Melly		45
11	Mariah		24
12	Leana		5
13	Adaline		1
14	Bryant		22
15	Manuel		20
16	Jesse		16
17	Aney*		13
18	Sally		11
19	Shirly		8
20	John		5
21	Lucy		4
22	Lindy		2
23	Child Stewart		0
24	John	Cyrus	33
25	Lucy		25
26	Alfred		9
27	Nancy		5
28	Alcey	Turner	43
29	William		25
30	Edmund		55
31	Henry		16
32	John		11
33	Joan		27
34	Armistead		8
35	Citazen*		5
36	Child Auguston		0
37	Aggy		30
38	Henson		4
39	Linny		2
40	Child Mary		0
41	Alecy*	Clark	45
42	Jimmy		18
43	Jim	Curry	14
44	Lizzy		12
45	Nelson		10
46	Lylla		7
47	Phillis		2
48	Bob	Ross	24
49	Amy		19
50	Child Letty		0
51	Harry	Halley	30
52	Kissey		22
53	Ned	Cyrus	29
54	Sinah		50
55	Eleana		15
56	Sam		11
57	Oliver		44
58	Lucy		44
59	Gerrard		20
60	Charles		18
61	Nanny		13
62	David		10
63	Jimmy	Triplett	27
64	Anner*		27
65	Herbert		11
66	Fairfax		2
67	Enoch		22
68	Rachael		20
69	Manuel		1
70	Elijah		32
71	Lucy		29
72	Dinah		8
73	Virgin		3
74	Nancy	Cyrus	61
75	Jim		23
76	Cye*	Cyrus	21
77	Bossy		38
78	Nelly		32
79	Henry		3
80	Jim, Sr	Tripplet	45
81	Sally		40
82	Gwen		59
83	Nancy		67
84	Penny		81
85	Missy		75
86	Silas		11
87	Billy	Williams	40
88	John	Patrick	33
89	Billy	Robinson	48
90	Henry	Clarke	15
91	Jim	Brown	23
92	Lucy		22
93	Child Sophy		0
94	Archy		39
95	Delphy		37
96	George		15
97	Andrew		8
98	Child Cato		0
99	Price		37
100	Stacy		23
101	Calvert		2
102	Tom	Geeson	39
103	Jenny		34
104	Elija		15
105	Cornelius		9
106	Kitty		7
107	Beverley		5
108	Daniel		32
109	Judith		29
110	Sanford		12
111	Becky		7
112	Libby		5
113	Child Alzira		0
114	Burke		30
115	Celia		20
116	Susan		1
117	Noble*		26
118	Patsy		16
119	Polly child of Rachael		0
120	Marthy Ann		0
121	Patrick		0
122	Michael		0
123	Lana		0
124	Fanny		0
125	Noah		0

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Fairfax County Will Books: will Q1:57, estate inventory Q1:68 and Q1:71.

The Story of Ravensworth

a history of the Ravensworth landgrant in Fairfax County, Virginia

Slaves Owned by William Henry Fitzhugh in 1830

Enslaved People at Ravensworth

Enslaved People at Arkendale