Amos Lightfoot (abt. 1706 - aft. 1738)

Amos Lightfoot

Born about 1706 in Virginia

Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling(s) unknown]

[spouse(s) unknown]

[children unknown]

Died after 1738 after about age 32 [location unknown]

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Biography

This enslaved ancestor's profile has a preliminary Last Name At Birth (LNAB) until a surname can be determined. Please see the US Black Heritage Naming Conventions for Slaves before merging or changing the LNAB.

Amos Lightfoot is a part of US Black heritage.

Amos was born about 1706, probably in Virginia.

He was an enslaved man, owned by Philip Lightfoot II (abt.1689-1748). When Amos escaped in 1738, Lightfoot placed this advertisement:

”RAN away the 12th of September last, from the Plantation of the Hon. Philip Lightfoot, Esq; on Queen’s Creek, near Williamsburg, a large, well-made Mulatto Slave, nam’d Amos, aged about 32, with long, bushy Hair, like a2217|n East-Indian’s; speaks tolerable good English; but on a Surprize, stammers a little. Had on an old Felt Hat, a Canvas Shirt, a Cotton Jacket, and a Pair of Crocus Breeches. Whoever takes up the said Slave, and brings him to the Plantation aforesaid, shall have Twenty Shillings reward, besides what the Law allows, paid by Philip Lightfoot”

Sources

Advertisement in The Virginia Gazette (Williamsburg, Virginia), Monday, 29 Sept 1738, page 4. Database and Images at Newspapers.com [1]. Advertisement placed by Philip Lightfoot of Queen's Creek (York County, Virginia) for runaway Amos.

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