Hurry Scurry Plantation, Franklin County, North Carolina
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Location: Franklin, North Carolina, United States
Surnames/tags: Collins Eaton Slavery
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Introduction
Given the advances of the Union Army into North Carolina in the early months of 1862, Josiah Collins III purchased two tracts of land in Franklin County, behind Confederate lines, near his distant cousin, William A. Eaton. In October 1862, Collins hurriedly moved 171 of his enslaved people from Somerset Place to the newly-acquired plantation aptly named "Hurry Scurry" to keep them from escaping to the Union Army.
Eaton, became the general manager of Hurry Scurry. Families were separated as a result. Around sixty enslaved family members too ill or old to travel, remained at Somerset under overseer George Spruill's.[1]
Research Note - In the 1850 Slave Schedule: William A. Eaton owned 80 slaves in Fishing Creek, Granville NC. [2] In 1860 Slave Schedule: William A Eaton owned 77 slaves in Fishing Creek, Granville NC (the oldest male 35 yrs old; the oldest female was 100 yrs old).[3]
The Civil War ends in April 1865 and the enslaved persons taken to Franklin Country all return to Somerset Place. The newly emancipated enslaved ancestors reunite with family members who had been left behind at Somerset. By 1865, all of the remaining formerly enslaved persons—with the exception of a few—leave Somerset Place for the last time.[4]
Slave Schedules in Washington County, NC
- 1850 Slave Schedule in Washington County, he owned 289 enslaved people.[5]
- 1860 Slave Schedule in Washington County, he owned 328 enslaved people. [6]
List of Slaves moved to Hurry Scurry
From the image, 90 (2 were crossed off) of the 171 enslaved that were moved:
List of Adults and Children to be carried off to the Country – October 30th 1862[7]
Images for the following 4 people who were taken to Hurry Scurry can be found here:Historic Sites webpage. Ransom is #18 on the list. The other 3 are not on the above list, so they might be on the one we do not have.
- Rowena "Reenie" Reeves Bennett
- Darious "Ross" Bennett
- Ransom Bennet (#18)
- Mourning Dickerson Littlejohn
Sources
- ↑ https://historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/somerset-place/history/civil-war-somerset-place
- ↑ "1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
The National Archive in Washington DC; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census Of The United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8055 #91547342 (accessed 15 February 2022)
William A Eaton in Fishing Creek, Granville, North Carolina, USA. - ↑ "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
The National Archives in Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Eighth Census of the United States 1860; Series Number: M653; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7668 #93237166 (accessed 15 February 2022)
William A Eaton in Fishing Creek, Granville, North Carolina, USA. - ↑ https://historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/somerset-place/history/plantation-timeline/1860-1865
- ↑ "1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
The National Archive in Washington DC; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census Of The United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8055 #91710794 (accessed 15 February 2022)
Josiah Collins in Cool Spring, Washington, North Carolina, USA. - ↑ :"1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
The National Archives in Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Eighth Census of the United States 1860; Series Number: M653; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7668 #92203442 (accessed 15 February 2022)
Josiah Collins in Washington, North Carolina, USA. - ↑ https://files.nc.gov/dncr-historicsites/417.8.27-List-of-Adults-and-children-to-be-carried-up-the-country-Oct-30th-1862.jpg
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