Notes for Ovid Jordan: TDB slave list 1847: Lewis B.S. 52 $300 Ovid B.S. 38 $700 [Does "B.S." stand for Bennehan Slave?]
Gutman p. 178 lists Ellen and Ovid having: 1835 Judy 1836 Violent 1838 Edney 1841 William
1855 slave list has "family" grouping: 32. Ovid 33. Ellen 34. Violet 35. Edney 36. Winter 37. Easter (Esther) 38. Ema (Emma) 39. Dicey 40. Egbert (Edward)
1857 slave list has "family" gr\ouping: 109. Ovid 110. Ellen 111. Edney 112. Easter (Esther) 113. Winter ? 114. Emma 115. Dicey 116. Edward (Egbert?) 117. Abner
Virgil B. (Grand Bassa, Liberia) to PCC 29 May 1848: Tells PCC of his arrival in Liberia describing the land. "remember me ...to all my colard friends my Brothers and ant and ther children Sip and Philip old Ben Parks Ben umstard Daniel watson and his family henry dixson David Bell and undl Luk and all the Black family all so remember me to charety [walker?] old Patty york and grace and her family and write me who you have sent to the South remember me to E till John Ray and all my old nabors... remember me to ovid and his family all so [Dats?] and Dandridg"
PC to Sisters 2 June 1865: "I am glad to hear Annie (Davis) is still with you. I hope you may not be deprived of her services -- We have been without a female servant, but a fay or two ago, Uncle Ovid from Stagville came up & brought his family & Mima -- He is the only one that has expressed any wish to come to us at all."
Pied Plant. p. 112 --Ovid was an Umstead slave puchased by TDB in 1831 -- the 1870 census lists him as Ovid Jurdon aged 65 and black, although his wife and children were mulattoes.
And. Blacks p. 176 - Ovid Jordan recieved wages June 1 1865- October 1866 Judy Violet Edney William Easter (Esther) ? Winter ? Emma ? Dicey ? Edward (Egbert)? Abner ?[Stagvillebackup1.FTW]
TDB slave list 1847: Lewis B.S. 52 $300 Ovid B.S. 38 $700 [Does "B.S." stand for Bennehan Slave?]
Gutman p. 178 lists Ellen and Ovid having: 1835 Judy 1836 Violent 1838 Edney 1841 William
1855 slave list has "family" grouping: 32. Ovid 33. Ellen 34. Violet 35. Edney 36. Winter 37. Easter (Esther) 38. Ema (Emma) 39. Dicey 40. Egbert (Edward)
1857 slave list has "family" gr\ouping: 109. Ovid 110. Ellen 111. Edney 112. Easter (Esther) 113. Winter ? 114. Emma 115. Dicey 116. Edward (Egbert?) 117. Abner
Virgil B. (Grand Bassa, Liberia) to PCC 29 May 1848: Tells PCC of his arrival in Liberia describing the land. "remember me ...to all my colard friends my Brothers and ant and ther children Sip and Philip old Ben Parks Ben umstard Daniel watson and his family henry dixson David Bell and undl Luk and all the Black family all so remember me to charety [walker?] old Patty york and grace and her family and write me who you have sent to the South remember me to E till John Ray and all my old nabors... remember me to ovid and his family all so [Dats?] and Dandridg"
PC to Sisters 2 June 1865: "I am glad to hear Annie (Davis) is still with you. I hope you may not be deprived of her services -- We have been without a female servant, but a fay or two ago, Uncle Ovid from Stagville came up & brought his family & Mima -- He is the only one that has expressed any wish to come to us at all."
Pied Plant. p. 112 --Ovid was an Umstead slave puchased by TDB in 1831 -- the 1870 census lists him as Ovid Jurdon aged 65 and black, although his wife and children were mulattoes.
And. Blacks p. 176 - Ovid Jordan recieved wages June 1 1865- October 1866 Judy Violet Edney William Easter (Esther) ? Winter ? Emma ? Dicey ? Edward (Egbert)? Abner ?
More About Ovid Jordan: Employment: Blacksmith ?; Foreman ?.631 Residence: 1855, 1857 Stagville.631
Ovid Jordan (b. Abt. 1809)
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