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Introduction

The Shirley Plantation, is located in Charles City County, Virginia. In 1638, Edward Hill acquired part of what is now referred to as Shirley Plantation, beginning the occupation by the Hill family.

A substantial planter family resident in Charles City County, Virginia. The family has continuously resided on the land of Shirley in Charles City County, Virginia, since 1660 when it was patented.[1]

It is notable that at least eight generations of the Hill Carter family have occupied the house since 1738. Anne Hill Carter was born at Shirley, who on June 18, 1793, married Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee in the mansion's parlor. The couple were later parents of the historical Confederate Civil War figure Robert E. Lee (1807-1870).[2]

Slave Owners

Shirley Plantation was initially owned by Edward Hill (1590 - 1664). When he died the land passed to Edward Hill II.[3] His son Edward Hill III inherited the property in 1700 and continued its plantation economy. However, Edward Hill III's only son, Edward Hill IV, died at 16 of consumption, leaving no male heirs and only three sisters. Edward Hill III died in 1726, and his will bequeathed Shirley plantation to his youngest daughter, Elizabeth who had married John Carter (eldest son of Robert "King" Carter, in October 1723. When he died in 1742, his widow remarried, to Bowler Cooke, who represented nearby Henrico County and helped raise the heir, future burgess and patriot Charles Hill Carter (1732-1806).

Slaves of Shirley Plantation

Although incomplete, at the Charles City County website, there is a Shirley Plantation enslaved ancestor file in alphabetical order by surname listing 225 enslaved [4] who were attached to the plantation. There is additional information on each of the enslaved in the "more info" column.

For example, William Bates (abt.1841-), enslaved by Hill Carter, has a notation with sources, that he was . . . "Listed as a runaway male slave age 22 and a house servant who left with the gun boats in July 1863". William is shown in an "Undated report filed pursuant to Act of March 28, 1863 by Francis W. Ware, Charles City Commissioner of Revenue, Auditor of Public Accounts: Runaway and Escaped Slaves, Receipts and Reports, 1863, Library of Virginia Archives. Bates enlisted in the U.S. Navy as a 1st Class Boy and served on the USS Wabash. African American Sailors in the Union Navy NPS database.[5]

There are 200 enslaved listed below.

NamePlantationOwner Last NameOwner First NameDate of Record
BASSETT, BURRELLSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1812 ca
BATES, WILLIAMSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1863
BATES, PHILLISSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1842
BATES, STEPHENSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1842
BATES, NANCYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1845
BATES, NAPOLEONSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1864
BATES, PHILLISSHIRLEYCARTERHILL
BATES, LUCYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1849
BATES, MARYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1856
BATES, SUSANSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1856
BATES, MARYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1862
BATES, NAPOLEONSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1862
BATES, MILDREDSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1850s
BOTTOM, HARRYSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1807
BROOKS, WILLIAMSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1849
BROWN, SARYSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1813
BROWN, JOESHIRLEYCARTERHILL1842
BROWN, NELLEYSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1820
BUCK, BETSYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1824
BUCK, FIBBYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1837
BUCK, PHILLISSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1855
BUCK, ELIJAHSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1858
BUCK, CELIASHIRLEYCARTERHILL1845
BUCK, LILLIE ANNSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1853
BUCK, JOHNSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1862
BUCK, CHARLESSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1862
BUCK, WILLIAMSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1863
BUCK, JIMSHIRLEYCARTERSHIRLEY1863
BUCK, JACKSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1863
BUCK, BILLYSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1807
BUCK, WILLIAMSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1853
BUCK, HENRYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1860
BUCK, JOESHIRLEYCARTERHILL1850s
BUCK, IRISSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1850s
BURCH, WILLIAMSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1820
BURNWELL?, PHILLISSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1855
BURNWELL?, ROBERTSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1855
BURNWELL?, WILLIAMSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1862
BURWELL, JOESHIRLEYCARTERHILL1863
CASEY, DANIELSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1807
CHRISTIAN, MARYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1822
CHRISTIAN, WINNEYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1824
CHRISTIAN, DANIEL/DAVIDSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1825
CHRISTIAN, COYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1827
CHRISTIAN, ANDERSONSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1831
CHRISTIAN, NANCYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1833
CHRISTIAN, LEWISSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1837
CHRISTIAN, TALBERTSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1841
CHRISTIAN, CORNEAL?SHIRLEYCARTERHILL1843
CHRISTIAN, TALLEYSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1820
CHRISTIAN, MIMEY (MINERVA)SHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1820
CHRISTIAN, JULIASHIRLEYCARTERHILL1865
CHRISTIAN, JOSEPHSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1865
CHRISTIAN, ANNIESHIRLEYCARTERHILL1865
CHRISTIAN, EDWARD (NED)SHIRLEYCARTERHILL1828
CHRISTIAN, ROBERTSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1882
CHRISTIAN, MOLLYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1852
CHRISTIAN, JACOBSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1863
CHRISTIAN, ALICESHIRLEYCARTERHILL1860
CHRISTIAN, ISAIAHSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1862
CHRISTIAN, FLEMINGSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1862
CHRISTIAN, PHILLISSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1862
CHRISTIAN, AMYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1863
CHRISTIAN-WALLACE, LILLIANSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1863
CHRISTIAN-WASHINGTON, NANCYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1892
CHUM, TOMSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1807
CLARK, BOBSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1807
COOPER, MARYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1850s
DIXON, ROBERTSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1862
GARDNER - HOWARD, LUCYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1894
GEORGE, JACKSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1807
GIBSON, NEDSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1807
GREEN, JIMSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1862
GREEN, ABBYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1858
GREEN, DANDRIDGESHIRLEYCARTERHILL1858
HAPPY, ANNSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1820
HOW, THOMASSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1820
HOW, BETSYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1841
HOW, ABBEYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1841
HOW, JULIASHIRLEYCARTERHILL1843
HOW, ALEXANDERSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1844
HOW, SALLYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1843
HOW, PHILSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1843
HOWARD, BEHANNOBSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1865
HOWARD, VIRGINIASHIRLEYCARTERHILL1865
HOWARD, SALLYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1841
HOWARD, IRISSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1841
HOWARD, ALEXANDERSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1894
HUBBARD, JACKSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1807
HULETT, JOHNSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1888
HULETT, MARTINSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1845
HULETT - CHRISTIAN, SARAHSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1865
HULETT- CARTER, SIAHSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1885
JACKSON, MARYSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1864
JACKSON, MARYSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1813
JACKSON, CUTTYSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1820
JACKSON, PARRYSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1810 ca
JACKSON, ALMINASHIRLEYCARTERHILL1865
JACKSON, JENNIESHIRLEYCARTERHILL1865
JACKSON, WILLIAMSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1865
JACKSON, HILLSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1865
JACKSON, MOSANSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1865
JACKSON, FANNYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1850
JACKSON, PHILLSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1857
JACKSON, JOHNSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1850s
JEFFERSON, TOMSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1863
JEFFERSON, IRASHIRLEYCARTERHILL1860
JOHNSON, ABRAMSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1854
LEWIS, DOLLYSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1813
LEWIS, NEDSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1859
LEWIS, HENRYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1849
LEWIS, JUDYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1849
LYONS, BETSYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1840
LYONS, CELIASHIRLEYCARTERHILL1840
LYONS, MARYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1842
LYONS, HARTWELLSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1851
LYONS, JOESHIRLEYCARTERHILL1849
LYONS, MARIASHIRLEYCARTERHILL1849
LYONS, JOESHIRLEYCARTERHILL1858
MASON, JOESHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1783
MOORE, MARIANSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1841
MOORE, EDMUNDSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1841
MOORE, JULIA A.SHIRLEYCARTERHILL1893
MOORE, SARAHSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1849
MOORE, GEORGESHIRLEYCARTERHILL1850s
MORRIS, JOHNSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1920
MORRIS, BETSYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1865
MORRIS, PHILLISSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1865
MORRIS, LILLIE A.SHIRLEYCARTERHILL1865
MORRIS, ELIJAHSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1865
MORRIS, CHARLESSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1899
PRIDE, NATHANIELSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1822
PRIDE, ANTHONYSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1820
PRIDE, SARAHSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1820
PRIDE, PHILLSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1863
PRIDE, ELIZASHIRLEYCARTERHILL1850
PRIDE, PHILLISSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1853
PRIDE, MARY ANNSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1855
PRIDE, DAVIDSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1852
PRIDE, LUCY ANNSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1850
PRIDE, HENRIETTASHIRLEYCARTERHILL1857
PRIDE, VIRGINIASHIRLEYCARTERHILL1862
PRIDE, BETSYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1843
PRIDE, ANTHONYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1844
PRIDE, PHILLIPSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1846
PRIDE-JEFFERSON, BIBBIANASHIRLEYCARTERHILL1843
PRIMUS, NANCYSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1807
ROC, JOHNSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1810 ca
RODGERS, CHARLESSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1807
SAMPSON, JOHNSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1835?
SAMPSON, DANIELSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1863
SAMPSON, MARYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1850
SAMPSON, JENNYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1853
SAMPSON, WILLSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1855
SAMPSON, MIMEYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1852
SAMPSON, BILLYSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1807
SANDERS, JOHNSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1813
SANDERS, CELIASHIRLEYCARTER1820
SANDERS, MOLLYSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1820
SAUNDERS, DANIELSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1824
SAUNDERS, SARY?SHIRLEYCARTERHILL1828
SAUNDERS, DANIELSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1807
SAUNDERS, DANIELSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1853
SAUNDERS, FANNYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1850s
SCOT, FRANCESSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1820
SCOT, HENRYSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1800 ca
SCOTT, SALLYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1841
SCOTT, MANUELSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1841
SCOTT, PETERSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1853
SCOTT, RACHELSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1843
SCOTT, MARTHA ANNSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1845
SCOTT, LAVINIASHIRLEYCARTERHILL1847
SCOTT, MATILDASHIRLEYCARTERHILL1857
SCOTT, ELIJAHSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1855
SCOTT, MARYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1850s
SIMS, BETTYSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1810
SMITH, CHARLESSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1820
SMITH, CHARLESSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1853
SMITH, JIMSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1807
SMITH, JOESHIRLEYCARTERHILL1849
TARRER, LUCYSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1800 ca
TARRER, BETTYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1835
TARRER, EDITHSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1843
TARRER, WINNEYSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1820
TARRER, WILLIAMSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1865
TARRER, JOESHIRLEYCARTERHILL1862
TARRER, MATILDASHIRLEYCARTERHILL1855
TARRER, HARRYSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1807
TARRER, HARRYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1849
TARRER, FANNYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1849
TARRER, FIELDINGSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1849
TARRER, JOHNSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1849
TARRER, INFANTSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1849
TARRER, TOMMYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1861
TARRER, CHARLESSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1850s
TARRER - HULETT, ELIZASHIRLEYCARTERHILL1865
TARROR, NEDSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1807
TIN, HARRYSHIRLEYCARTERHILL1863
TIN, JACKSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1807
TIN, MOLLYSHIRLEYCARTERCHARLES1807

Sources

  1. ↑ https://researchworks.oclc.org/archivegrid/collection/data/122464979
  2. ↑ * Burial: "U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current"
    Find a Grave. Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi
    Ancestry Record 60525 #1407345 (accessed 11 August 2022)
    Robert E Lee burial (died on 12 Oct 1870) in Lexington, Lexington City, Virginia, United States of America.
  3. ↑ * Burial: "U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current"
    Find a Grave. Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi
    Ancestry Record 60525 #20503375 (accessed 12 August 2022)
    Edward Hill II burial (died on 30 Nov 1700) in Shirley, Charles City County, Virginia, United States of America.
  4. ↑ https://charlescity.org/learn/genealogical-databases/enslaved-ancestor-file/enslaved-ancestor-database/?search_field=slave_plantation_name&search_value=shirley&search=
  5. ↑ https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/civil-war/Record-Archives.htm




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