#charlotte allmond

[genealo-me]

One Negro Woman Charlotte 1854

A year ago I found the will of William Allmond on an index of wills in Isle of Wight County, Virginia on Ancestry. It's taken me a year to circle back to look for the will on FamilySearch and I found it!

It's so hard to read but I do see "one Negro woman Charlotte", "one Negro boy Sam", "one Negro girl Hester" and "one Negro girl Salina".

Seeing my 3rd great-grandmother Charlotte and her children listed on here among the kitchen utensils and feather beds is just ... wow.

In the section with Charlotte, I was looking for Anthony, my second great-granduncle who was about a year old when this will was drafted in 1854 but I don't see him. My 2nd great-grandfather Moses was not yet born when this will was drafted.

I recognize Sam and Hester because I see them on the 1870 Census but I don't recognize Salina. The other daughter that I see on the 1870 Census is Liney so that is most likely Salina.

Now I really wonder because there's also Malinda who I see on the 1880 Census. Charlotte and Hester are living with her and her husband. Her age is consistent with Salina.

Sources:

Mixed Probate Records, 1643-1866 ; Indexes to Wills, 1850-1985; Author: Virginia. County Court (Isle of Wight County); Probate Place: Isle of Wight, Virginia (Ancestry.com)

Virginia. Circuit Court (Isle of Wight County); Virginia. Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery (Isle of Wight County), FamilySearch.org, Mixed probate records, 1643-1866 ; indexes to wills, 1850-1985, Mixed records, Vols. 25-26 1851-1859, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9TC-FHM8?i=214&cat=416816

Year: 1870; Census Place: Newport, Isle of Wight, Virginia; Roll: M593_1657; Page: 260A

Year: 1880; Census Place: Newport, Isle of Wight, Virginia; Roll: 1373; Page: 299A; Enumeration District: 032

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Chancery Lawsuit Against the Estate of Solomon Butler 1909

My 3rd great-grandfather on my Allmond side was Solomon Butler who was born free. I can see him on the 1850 census as living in the home of William Allmond who also had an enslaved black woman named Charlotte, my 3rd great-grandmother. In 1854, William Allmond died and somewhere between then and 1860, Charlotte was moved to the home of the son William J. Allmond. However, I do not see Solomon Butler there. On the 1860 Census, I do see a Solomon Butler in the home of the Baileys, a free black family living very close to William Sr.'s widow. However, his age is listed as 3 or 4 years younger than the Solomon in 1850 so I am not 100% sure this is my Solomon Butler. I have a marriage record for him from 1866 where he listed his father as Moses King, who is the person previous family historians on the Allmond side have recorded. I am tracking that Butler family to confirm relation later. Anyway ...

So Solomon Butler died in 1896 leaving some unpaid debts and some debts were incurred after his death. These are receipts from a chancery suit against his estate in 1909.

One of his sons, Henry Butler, paid these property taxes and was part of the suit.

One of these is for his coffin.

Since the date on the coffin receipt is October 1, 1896, I'm going to put "before October 1, 1896" in my tree for his death date until I find more solid proof of that date.

The case file even included the following notice as well as a receipt for its expense.

* Charlotte was also married several years after the Civil War and they all lived within the same vicinity of each other.