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Seminole Slaves Captured 1836 and 1837 [M234, roll 290, frames 164-168]
Registry of Negro Prisoners captured by the
Troops commanded by Major General Thomas S. Jesup in 1836 and 1837; and owned
by Indians, or who claim to be free.
|
No |
Names |
Sex |
Tribe, town, or owner |
Estimated age |
Remarks |
|
Yrs |
Months |
|
1 |
Jacob |
male |
Toon a hika |
25 |
|
Wounded in right knee |
|
2 |
Rina |
female |
Micapotoka |
18 |
|
Wife and children to
Jacob. Clauda? died May 27 1837. |
|
3 |
Venice |
" |
" |
2 |
|
|
4 |
Clauda? |
" |
" |
|
2 |
|
5 |
Jane |
" |
" |
40 |
|
Mother to Rina and Polly |
|
6 |
Molly |
" |
" |
23 |
|
Mother and son |
|
7 |
Billy |
male |
" |
12 |
|
|
8 |
Chloe |
female |
" |
19 |
|
Sister to Jacob. Mother
and children. |
|
9 |
Sirah |
" |
" |
2 |
|
|
10 |
Dennis |
male |
" |
1 |
|
|
11 |
Pompey |
" |
" |
70 |
|
Husband and wife. |
|
12 |
Dolly |
female |
" |
50 |
|
|
13 |
Silla |
" |
" |
20 |
|
Mother and children |
|
14 |
Tom |
male |
" |
11 |
|
|
15 |
Billa |
female |
" |
9 |
|
|
16 |
Hagar |
" |
" |
30 |
|
|
|
17 |
Ned |
male |
" |
3 |
|
|
|
18 |
Fanny |
female |
" |
27 |
|
Mother and children |
|
19 |
Charles |
male |
" |
6 |
|
|
20 |
Margaret |
female |
" |
4 |
|
|
21 |
Sylvia |
" |
" |
- |
|
|
22 |
Burro/Buno |
male |
" |
19 |
|
|
|
23 |
Peggy |
female |
" |
45 |
|
Daughter to Pompey and
Dolly. Mother to Hagar. |
|
24 |
Bob |
male |
" |
30 |
|
|
|
25 |
Margaret |
female |
" |
21 |
|
|
|
26 |
Cyrus |
male |
Micapotoka |
13 |
|
|
|
27 |
Rose |
female |
Harriett Bowlegs |
70 |
|
Grandmother to Jacob and
Chloe, sold by Mr. Forrester of 6 mile Creek to Bowlegs several years
since. Juba cousin to Jacob. |
|
28 |
Juba |
" |
" |
20 |
|
|
29 |
Ned |
male |
" |
19 |
|
|
|
30 |
Noble |
" |
" |
23 |
|
|
|
31 |
Phebe |
female |
Naascholy Katte |
33 |
|
Jacob's uncle's wife
mother and children |
|
32 |
Toney |
male |
" |
11 |
|
|
33 |
Argus |
" |
" |
7 |
|
|
34 |
Nelly |
female |
Micapotoka |
20 |
|
Mother and children |
|
35 |
Scipio |
male |
" |
3 |
|
|
36 |
Sandy |
" |
" |
1 |
|
|
37 |
Elsey |
female |
" |
25 |
|
Mother and child |
|
38 |
Katy |
" |
" |
3 |
|
|
39 |
Dick |
male |
John Hicks |
55 |
|
Said to be the property
of Colonel Humphrey |
|
40 |
Tena |
female |
Micconopy |
50 |
|
Mother and children
raised with the Indians |
|
41 |
Susa |
" |
" |
14 |
|
|
42 |
Nancy |
" |
" |
9 |
|
|
43 |
Linda |
" |
" |
8 |
|
|
44 |
Mary |
" |
" |
24 |
|
Daughter to Tena and
mother to --- children |
|
45 |
Pussy |
" |
" |
10 |
|
|
46 |
Ishmael |
male |
" |
6 |
|
|
47 |
Cyrus |
" |
" |
5 |
|
|
48 |
Tama-? |
female |
" |
3 |
|
|
49 |
Scipio |
male |
" |
1 |
|
|
50 |
Patty |
female |
" |
33 |
|
Mother and children.
Daughter to Tena. |
|
51 |
Lucy |
" |
" |
7 |
|
|
52 |
Pompey |
male |
" |
4 |
|
|
53 |
Matilda |
female |
" |
3 |
|
|
54 |
Katy |
" |
" |
25 |
|
|
|
55 |
Eliza |
" |
" |
20 |
|
|
|
56 |
Ben |
male |
" |
40 |
|
Father, mother and
children, never had a white master. One of the most important and
influential characters among the Indian Negroes. |
|
57 |
Jane |
female |
" |
35 |
|
|
58 |
Flora |
" |
" |
13 |
|
|
59 |
Patty |
" |
" |
12 |
|
|
60 |
Charles |
male |
" |
11 |
|
|
61 |
Polly |
female |
" |
9 |
|
|
62 |
Joe |
male |
" |
7 |
|
|
63 |
Betty |
female |
" |
4 |
|
|
64 |
Elsey |
" |
" |
3 |
|
|
65 |
Robert |
male |
" |
|
½ |
|
66 |
Betsey |
female |
" |
45 |
|
|
67 |
Washington |
male |
" |
11 |
|
|
|
68 |
Rachel |
female |
" |
25 |
|
|
|
69 |
Katty |
" |
" |
|
|
|
|
70 |
Fanny |
" |
" |
|
|
|
|
71 |
Joseph |
male |
" |
|
|
|
|
72 |
[illegible] |
" |
" |
45 |
|
Husband, wife and
children. The commander of the Negro force on the Outhlecoochee. The
chief councellor among the Negroes, and the most important character. |
|
73 |
Eliza |
female |
" |
35 |
|
|
74 |
Toby |
male |
" |
20 |
|
|
75 |
Catherine |
female |
" |
12 |
|
|
76 |
Nancy |
" |
" |
1 |
|
Rachel's child |
|
77 |
Katy |
" |
Jumper |
25 |
|
Mother and child, cousin
to Murray, a defect in Katy's right eye, said to be the property of Col
Humphreys. |
|
78 |
Fanny |
" |
" |
2 |
|
|
79 |
Susan |
" |
Micconopy |
30 |
|
|
|
80 |
Ben |
male |
Holakloochee |
22 |
|
Most intrepid and hostile
warriors. |
|
81 |
Jacob |
" |
" |
24 |
|
|
82 |
Mundy |
" |
Micopotoka |
20 |
|
|
83 |
Murray |
" |
" |
35 |
|
Owned by Col Crowell, and
claimed by Nelly Factor, the best guide in the nation |
|
84 |
Prince |
" |
" |
24 |
|
Hostile. Either
qualified to take the lead in an insurrection. |
|
85 |
Toney |
" |
" |
25 |
|
|
86 |
Toby |
" |
" |
32 |
|
|
87 |
Peter |
" |
" |
15 |
|
|
|
88 |
Pompey |
" |
" |
60 |
|
|
|
89 |
Jacob 2d |
" |
Sauath ith ka? |
20 |
|
|
|
90 |
Daley? |
" |
" |
22 |
|
|
|
91 |
Mundy |
" |
Micopotoka |
1 |
6 |
Died 11 of May 1837. |
|
92 |
George |
" |
" |
1 |
|
Died 23 of May 1837. |
|
93 |
Phillip |
" |
" |
4 |
|
Died 17 of May 1837. |
|
94 |
Morris |
" |
" |
1 |
|
Died 31 of May 1837. |
|
95 |
Lydia |
female |
Nusalocco |
80 |
|
Died 11 of May 1837. |
|
96 |
Abram |
male |
Claims to be free |
50 |
|
The principal negro
chief. Supposed to be friendly to the whites. |
|
97 |
Toney Barnett |
" |
" |
36 |
|
Said to be a good Indian
soldier and an intrepid leader. He is the most cunning and intelligent
Negro we have seen. He is married to the widow of the former chief of
the nation. |
|
98 |
Polly Barnett |
female |
" |
36 |
|
|
|
99 |
Becky |
" |
" |
2 |
|
|
|
100 |
Grace |
" |
" |
6 |
|
|
|
101 |
Lydia |
" |
" |
5 |
|
|
|
102 |
Mary Ann |
" |
" |
3 |
|
|
|
103 |
Martinus |
male |
" |
1 |
|
|
Note. In addition to the above ninety three
Negroes, the property of citizens, were taken and ----- by the troops.
Th. S. Jesup
Major Genl Comdg
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