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Some Recorded Slave Deaths
This list is taken from
Tazewell County Tax records as recorded in the book Achives of the Pioneers of Tazewell
County, Virginia by Nettie Schreiner-Yantis. Compiled by
Candy
Parent
| Name |
Death Date |
Death Place |
Cause of Death |
Age |
Owner |
Birthplace |
| Westly |
July 1853 |
Ward Cove |
Measles |
39 |
Alexander Ward |
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| Lewis |
1 July 1853 |
Lower End County |
Dropsy |
60 |
Wm. Blankenship |
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| Sarah |
Aug 1853 |
Thompson Valley |
Flux |
75 |
Wm. Thompson |
Thompson Valley |
| Fanny |
July 1853 |
Camp Branch |
Scrofulo |
36 |
Samuel Cecil |
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| Jack |
July 1853 |
Camp Branch |
Scrofulo |
75 |
Samuel Cecil |
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| James Thompson |
15 Aug 1853 |
Tazewell County |
Flux |
65 |
James Thompson |
|
| Elenor |
27 Aug 1855 |
Writes Valley |
Dropsy |
62 |
William Whitten |
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| Sarah |
15 Oct 1855 |
Tazewell County |
Dropsy |
45 |
Robert Graham |
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| Charles |
30 Nov 1855 |
Dry Fork |
Dropsy |
66 |
Harman family |
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| Lydia |
1856 |
Kentucky |
Typhoid Fever |
35 |
Thomas Whitten |
Plum Creek |
| Sally |
28 Apr 1857 |
Maiden Spring Fork |
Old Age |
78 |
Alex Sayers |
Franklin County |
| Agnes |
Sept 1857 |
Cove |
|
46 |
Robert Gillespie |
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| Francis |
1857 |
Cove |
|
49 |
Robert Gillespie |
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| Stephen |
24 May 1857 |
Clinch |
Old Age |
80 |
Charles Greever |
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| Peter |
27 Feb 1857 |
Bluestone |
Bled to Death |
50 |
Charles Tifany |
Giles County |
| Mary |
25 June 1857 |
Bluestone |
General Debility |
90 |
George |
York County |
| Zedekiah |
10 april 1859 |
Clear Fork |
Fever |
40 |
Catharine Sarver |
Craig County |
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