Will: Division of the Slaves of Bird Eastham
Identifier: 2023.105.1
Object titles: Division of the Slaves of Bird Eastham
Acquisition and Creation Dates:
Acquisition Date 1965 - 2012
Date Cataloged January 26 2023
Acquisition Date 1965 - 2012
Date Cataloged January 26 2023
Object Source Information: RHS Archives,RHS reference
Description: Division of the estate of Bird Eastham made after his death in 1834. Transcription of Rappahannock County Will Book A, pgs 69-71. Thirty slaves were divided among his heirs, with his wife also keeping some as her dower. Their were ten children, eight sons and two daughters, the oldest child being born in 1790. His daughter Ann married Thomas Hand. His daughter Eliza married Absalom Jordan. He was married twice, his first wife being named Lucy, his second wife was Joanna Allen.
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