-----Original Message----- From: Robert Hartman CC [mailto:mogenclark@worldnet.att.net] Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 11:57 PM To: Carletree@aol.com; MOCLARK-L@rootsweb.com Subject: {not a subscriber} FW: {not a subscriber} RE: [MOCLARK-L] Clark County and Slaves -----Original Message----- From: Robert Hartman CC [mailto:mogenclark@att.net] Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 11:52 PM To: Carletree@aol.com; MOCLARK-L@rootsweb.com Subject: {not a subscriber} RE: [MOCLARK-L] Clark County and Slaves HISTORY OF LEWIS, CLARK, KNOX AND SCOTLAND COUNTIES MISSOURI 1887 PAGES 304 AND 305 SLAVERY. Slavery of the negro, in Clark County, was co-existent with the early settlement of its its territory. The first slave brought to the county, was "Aunt Cully" who came in 1829, with her master, Samuel Bartlett. She was born on the James River in Virginia, and is now about eighty-four years of age, and has her home in the county poor asylum. The first slaves were brought to the county, mostly by the settlers who came from Kentucky and Tennessee. Among these Col. Thomas C. Rutherford was probably the most extensive slave holder. Slavery however, was never approved by a majority of citizens of the county, as the slaves were owned by only a few of the most wealthy. The "peculiar institution" never flourished here as it did in counties father toward the interior of the State. This was probably owing to the fact that the county was bounded on two sides by free States, and that many of the settlers came therefrom. To show the extent to which slavery finally existed in the county, the following list of the names of the slaveholders, and the number of taxable slaves owned by each, and annexed to his name, as shown by the tax duplicated for the year 1860 is hereby given: J. W. Alcorn, 9; J. A. Arnold, 2; Samuel Amery, 1; John T. Boards, 1; Catharine Ball, 5; C. E. Brent, 3; John K. Ball, 3; B. H. Ballard 1; J. T. Ballard, 4; John N. Boulware, 16; George K. Biggs, 9; Nancy Butts, 3; Lewis Baldwin, 1; William Bartlett, 1; B. F. Bates, 3; T. W. Cloud, 6: Murdock Cooper, 3; W. H. Cull, 4; Benjamin Cowley, 1; Hannah Cooper, 1; Thomas Combs, 1; M. L. Chappell, 3; E. Y. Cowgill, 5; Campbell Chapman, 1; Thomas Cherry, 1; J. W. Curd, 3: J. T. Caldwell, 5; J. W. Campbell, 1; Ruel Daggs, 6; Jacob C. Davis, 3; John Foree, 1; Hez. Foree, 2; P. N. Forsee, 3; H. H. Fore, 2; Thomas Fitzpatrick, 5; R. L Foster, 5; E. F. Greenlief, 12; B. R. Glasscock, 7; W. G. Gordon, 1; A. B. Gatewood, 1; G. A. Granstaff, 3; George Classcok, 1; William T. Gray, 1; N. F. Givens, 3; estate of Isaac Gray, 2; heirs of Benjamin Harris, 4; R. J. Harvey, 1; John P. Hampton, 3; W. D. Henshaw, 2; Alexander Hay, 1; R. E. Hill, 4; G. W. Hill, 2; B. F. Hagerman, 1; Charles Henshaw, 3; James T. James, 1; Garrett Jordon, 8; E. Kerfoot, 5; Elizabeth King, 2; W. T. Kemper, 1; B. J. Kenny, 2; William Lillard, 1; William Lamberth, 1; Richard Liggon, 1; John P. Lowry, 7; I. N. Lewis, 4; Jacob W. Lewellen, 2; James H Lapsley, 2; A. W. Lawrence, 1: John Langford, 1; T. Lyon, 1; Diedrick Mangles, 1; Ruel Murphy, 5; William McDermott, 2; W. C. Mitchell, 4; A. Musgrove, 4; J. M. McKim, 1; Edward Moseley, 4; R. A. McKee, 10; J. F. McWilliams, 2; W. F. Mitchell, 3; William Moreland, 1; Samuel Musgrove, 4; A. W. Mitchell, 3; Abel L Morris, 6; Isaac McPherson, 1; H. C. Montgomery, 2; Andrew Maxwell, 2; R. E. Musgrove and A. B. Peyton, 6; M. S. Mitchell, 1; Jacob Niswanger, 1; W. J. Pierce, 1; W. H. Pritchett, 1; Helen Rebo, 5; Thomas C. Rutherford, 21; Armenia Roberts, 1; Rice Smith, 3; Francis Smith, 12; Frank Smith, 1; John Snyder, 1: John H. Schnebley, 3; Jacomiah Seaman, 3; Joseph G. Scott, 6; Milton J. Sisson, 1; W. A. Shropshier, 1; Albert J. Sibley, 3; Harriet Sniveley, 1; Z. T. Clark and Janet Sniveley, 4; W. H. Todd, 2; heirs of P. Thomas, 1; John Taylor, 2; W. S. Tinsley, 4; Abraham Wayland, 4; William Walker, 7; Lycurgus Wilson, 1; Jeremiah Wayland, 4; William Walker, 7: Lycurgus Wilson, 1; Jeremiah Wayland, 4; Richard Young, 3; Joseph F. Wayland, 2; Susan Thompson, 1; M. Webber, 2; William M. Wright, 1; heirs of Joseph Wilson, 10; Granville Wilson, 2; W. E. White, 2; J. R. White, 6; R. J. Wood, 2, and T. R. Wilson, 1. The total number of slave holders, as shown by the foregoing list, was 129, and the total number of slaves 405. The slaves were valued for taxation at $171,300. The following year (1861) the total number of taxable slaves within the county was valued for taxation at only $135,300. This reduction in their value was caused by the civil war which was then commenced, and which resulted in their emancipation. I hope this will help. Bob Hartman CC -----Original Message----- From: Carletree@aol.com [mailto:Carletree@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 7:30 PM To: MOCLARK-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MOCLARK-L] Clark County and Slaves Members, Since I am from Mid Missouri, I have a question about slavery in Clark County. My GGG grandfather (Archibald Morrison) moved to Clark County around 1834 from Woodford County, KY. He purchased a sizable portion of land there. In 1854, he sold and moved to Saline County Missouri, (just south of MO River). I am theorizing that since he was a slave owner (1860 Census of Saline County... slaves inventory, appears to have owned a large slave family, 7 in all, ages 5 to 45) he may have forseen the coming of the conflict over slavery. (the Kansas - Nebrasks Act was at that same time). Because of that, he may have decided to move to a more comfortable place for slave ownership than Clark County? Saline county was known to be more pro-south. Anyone have any thoughts on my theory? How was Slavery viewed upon in Clark County? Were there many Slave owners? Is there a slave census for 1850? So many questions! Thanks for your help Carl Crabtree