Jones-Sterling Family Collection

Item sets: The Jones-Sterling Family Collection; Jones Memorial Library Manuscripts Collection; Enslavement Records

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Identifier: JML.MS1247
Source Identifier: 291
Title: Jones-Sterling Family Collection
Description: Jones-Sterling Family Collection Held At Jones Memorial Library In Lynchburg, Virginia. The Collection Includes Books, Diaries, Papers, Letters, And Genealogies Related To The Family Of James T. Jones Of Fluvanna County, Virginia.

Manuscript 1247, Box 4 digitized selected images of pages from two journals kept by James T. Jones for agricultural land in Fluvanna County, Virginia for the period 1831-1851. The images show pages from manuscript collection 1247, Box 4, folders 4-1 and 4-2.

Depicted on these pages are handwritten entries with the names of individuals, plus dates and details, under the title of "Loss Time of Hands" for the years 1832, 1833, 1834, 1841, 1842, and 1843.

The U.S. Censuses for 1850 and 1860 show that James T. Jones of Fluvanna County, Virginia enslaved 22 persons and 10 persons, respectively. The individuals named on these images are likely to be persons enslaved by Jones between 1832-1843.

Individuals named on these pages include [Fountaine] Humphrey, Ellis, William, Buff (or Biff), Judy, Matilda, Fanny, Jack, and Sam.

The Jones property was known as "the old Jones place" and later as the "Marvin Payne Property". It was located near the Monticello Dam and Rivanna River in Fluvanna County.
Date Range: 1831 – 1851
Creator: Jones, James T., 1789-1879
Subject: Enslaved persons; Spring Hill (Fluvanna County, Va.); Plantations--Virginia; slave labor camps
topic: 1831; 1832; 1833; 1834; 1841; 1842; 1843; 1851; absences; account books; Biff; Buff; Ellis; enslaved labor; enslaved persons; enslavement; enslavers; Fanny; farm books; farm hands; farms; Humphrey; illness; Jack; James T Jones; Jones family; Judy; Loss Time of Hands; Matilda; Matilday; MS 1247; MS1247; Sam; slave lists; slave owners; slavery; slavery records; William; Wm
Location: Fluvanna County, Virginia, United States of America
Digital Format: image/jpeg
Language: English
Repository: George M. Jones Library Association
Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Rights Holder: George M. Jones Library Association