I know that my 3rd Gr. Grandmother had 2 brothers in Henry Co., TN. that had slaves. I believe it was on the 1850 slave index schedules that the one brother had 20 some slaves and the other had almost 60. The brother who had almost 60 had already by this time, deeded several slaves to each of his children when they were married. (I have copies of some of the deeds) I have heard, though not been able to verify, that he had many more in abt. the 1840's. I also have copies of court papers filed upon his death, listing the names and ages of the slaves still in the possession of the family. This was in the 1850's and he still had almost 60. If anyone is researching the HAGLER name from Henry Co., and would like a list of the names and ages of the slaves from the will, I would send a e-mail with this information. Does anyone on this list know if there are any sort of archives or other resources that may have salvaged any of the plantation books from Henry Co., TN. Regards..Sharon Hagler *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 10/23/00, at 8:45 PM, David L. Snow wrote: >Check the 1850 & 60 Census for 'slave' owners...... > >Benton Co. had few slaves...to damn poor....Rushing's held most. > >5 times the number were held in Henry Co.........same attitudes today as >150 years ago. > >Dave >>Last year I sat in on a seminar given by a history professor who had made a >>study of slave culture. One thing I remember was this- >> >>"If you were a slave you were most likely to be on a big plantation with >>hundreds of slaves." >> >>"If you were a slave owner you were most likely lower middle class and >>owned only one or two slaves." >> >>Put another way a lot of people had a few slaves but a few extremely >>wealthy people owned a lot of slaves. He was speaking about the south as a >>whole but I'd guess there weren't many very large plantations in the >>Danville area. Certainly no sugar cane, rice and probably no big cotton >>plantations. >> Hope this helps HarryB >> >> >>==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== >>My family Coat of Arms ties at the back ...... >>is that normal ??? >> > > >==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== >GENEALOGY goes on... and on... and on... E-Mail: [email protected] HomePage: http://www.webpak.net/~shagler/index.htm HomePage: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~shagler/index.htm Listowner for the HAGLER Mail list at Rootsweb; If subscribed, post a message at: [email protected] or [email protected]