Table 2: Slaves Belonging to John Augustine Washington (II)

Table 2: Slaves Belonging to John Augustine Washington (II),

1832-1833

John Augustine Washington (II)—Bushrod Washington’s nephew, who inherited the 1,225 acres that included the historic mansion and family tomb—owned Mount Vernon for only two years. When he died in 1832, he owned slaves on two estates: a small number at Mount Vernon, and many more at Blakeley, the Jefferson County plantation where he had lived for many years with his wife, Jane Charlotte Washington, and their three children. He left his entire estate to his widow.

John Augustine Washington had inherited his slaves from two sources. Eleven people came to him from Bushrod Washington’s Mount Vernon: seven allocated to John Augustine out of Bushrod’s estate, another four to Jane Charlotte (who was the niece of Bushrod’s wife). A much larger number had belonged to John Augustine’s parents, Corbin and Hannah Lee Washington, whose estate had been divided among their three sons (see Table 4). After the eldest son, Richard Henry Lee Washington, died in 1817, John Augustine and his brother Bushrod Corbin Washington divided Richard’s share of that estate. Most of these slaves came indirectly from the same earlier root: the estate of the first John Augustine Washington.

This page includes two tables, derived from John Augustine Washington’s estate inventory, recorded January 21, 1833, in Jefferson County, Virginia (now West Virginia) (see Sources). The first lists the men, women, and children at Mount Vernon two months after Washington’s death. The second lists those at Blakeley—not part of the Mount Vernon slave census proper, but important because several of them or their children would later be relocated to Mount Vernon.

Individuals previously enumerated among “Slaves Belonging to Bushrod Washington, 1815-1830” appear with the same census number as in Table 1. Individuals newly at Mount Vernon are enumerated beginning with the number 101. (This new numbering indicates the beginning of transplantations from the estate of Corbin and Hannah Lee Washington, as well as new children born at Mount Vernon from 1830 onward. It continues under Augustine Washington. This numbering also allows for additional entries to the list of Bushrod Washington’s slaves, should further evidence come to light.)

Abbreviations:

JAW 2 = John Augustine Washington (II)

JCW = Jane Charlotte Washington

BW = Bushrod Washington

HLW = Hannah Lee Washington: mother of JAW 2; widow of Corbin Washington

At Mount Vernon (August 13, 1832)

Note: ages are as listed in the inventory, sometimes incorrect. Where available, date of birth is recorded as listed in BW’s slave lists (Table 1) and John Augustine Washington (III)’s slave lists (Table 3).

Text Box: At Blakeley † = relocated to Mount Vernon sometime after 1833

A Mount Vernon Slave Census, 1815-1861

Census #	Name	Jan. 1833 age	Approx. DOB	How & from whom acquired	Later history
101	Milly	11	1821
49	Oliver Smith	68	1764	to JAW 2 from BW estate	Died c. 1839
50	Doll Smith	70	1762	to JAW 2 from BW estate	Died between Aug. 1832 and Jan. 1833
51	Phil Smith	46	1790	to JAW 2 from BW estate	MV gardener; died 1846
88	Venus	60	1772	to JAW 2 from BW estate	West Ford’s mother
76	Jenny	60	1772	to JCW from BW estate	“Old Jenny,” at MV at least to Oct. 1843
64	Jessy	54	1785	to JCW from BW estate	MV farm worker; died 1848
102	Eliza (Starks) Smith	21	1811	to JAW 2 from HLW estate	MV children’s nanny under JAW 3
103	Jim Starks	23	1809	to JAW 2 from HLW estate	Field worker at Mount Vernon to 1860
42	Sarah	25	1809	to JAW 2 from BW estate	MV dairy maid; at MV to 1860
104	William	2	1830	to JAW 2 from BW estate (indirectly)	Son of Sarah, above; at MV to 1860
105	Infant boy (Joe Ford)	2 mos.	1832	to JAW 2 from BW estate (indirectly)	Son of Sarah, above; at MV to 1860
106	Tom	17	1815
107	Charles	10	1822		Died between Aug. 1832 and Jan. 1833
108	George	22	1810	to JCW from BW estate	George Frazier, MV farm worker; died 1844
85	Sam	13	1819	to JAW 2 from BW estate	Not at MV post-1842

Name	1833 Age	DOB	Source	Later history
Mingo	53		to JAW 2 from HLW estate
†Jenny	47		to JAW 2 from HLW estate	Aunt Jenny: MV housekeeper under JCW
Anthony	45		to JAW 2 from HLW estate
Berkeley	14
†Gabriel	12			Gabriel: MV field hand, coachman under JAW 3
Dolly	7

Ned	32		to JAW 2 from HLW estate
Maria	24		to JAW 2 from HLW estate
Prince	7
Charlotte	4

Silla	60		to JAW 2 from HLW estate
Old Jerry	92		to JAW 2 from HLW estate
Hannah	60		to JAW 2 from HLW estate
Syphax	35
Tilla	32		to JAW 2 from HLW estate
Tamer	20

Tom a carpenter	45		to JAW 2 from HLW estate
Mary	52		to JAW 2 from HLW estate
Meredith	22
Louisa	19

Harry Parker	43
†Milly	27		to JAW 2 from HLW estate	Milly: remarried 1854; inherited by JAW 3 in 1855
Eli	10
†Julia	9			At MV 1842; sold to be near husband, 1844
Caroline	7
†Hannah	8			At MV 1842; mother of Isaac & Sarah, etc.
†Edmund	6			At MV 1842: Edmund Parker
†Selina	4			Inherited by JAW 3 in 1855; comes to MV then w/family
†Jacob	1			Inherited by JAW 3 in 1855

Young Jerry	24		to JAW 2 from HLW estate
George	24		to JAW 2 from HLW estate?
Willoughby	41		to JAW 2 from HLW estate
†Jim Michum	35		to JAW 2 from HLW estate	At MV 1842—and after the Civil War
†Betty			to JAW 2 from HLW estate	“Old Betty,” mother of Milly: at MV 1842
Old Tom	68		to JAW 2 from HLW estate

Henry	45		to JAW 2 from HLW estate
Dolly	45		to JAW 2 from HLW estate
Charles	25		to JAW 2 from HLW estate	Charles Starks?
Harry	19
Hannah	16
Juba	10

Jim Johnson	34
Fanny	44
Mary	10
Delphy	8
Frances	7
Lucy	5

Fanny	27		to JAW 2 from HLW estate	Daughter of Mingo & Janney
Eliza	9
†Sally	5			Sally: at MV 1842; sold by JAW 1847
Louisa	4
Sophy	2

Daniel	44		to RHLW from HLW estate?	Gardener, allotted to RHLW
Suky	37		to JAW 2 from HLW estate	Daughter of Tom & Mary
Humphrey	14
†Ned	5			Ned: at MV 1842; married Matilda 1852; sold 1853
Shedreck	4
Moses	1

Louis (Lewis Wiggins)	7		to JCW from BW estate	Son of Ozman & Aggy; emancipated 1849
Thompson	3		to JAW 2 from BW estate	Son of Ozman & Aggy?