The Death Registers contain contents from 1853 to 1881, and recorded the deaths of every individual in the greater Roanoke area during this time frame, whether white, enslaved African American, or free African American. This would include the individual’s age at the time of their death and the manner in which they died. For enslaved people, their place of birth often was not listed or lacked specificity, and parents' names and occupations are not commonly listed. Nonetheless these records can be helpful for establishing an enslaved person’s date of birth and date of death, as well as where they lived.
Jacob S. Fowler and Henry Fowler are mentioned in the will of Jacob Fowler. Henry was his son and Jacob was most likely his son but it is not specifically mentioned in the record.
J. K. Pitzer is listed in Settlement of Estates as the administrator for Madison Pitzer after Madison's death. J. K. Pitzer is also listed alongside Frederick Johnston as an administrator for Madison's estate. It is also listed on March 13, 1865 that, "To cash in for hire of servants at fortifications." That cash would have been $89.00. In the same entry, an enslaved man, Anderson is listed as having died in service of Confederate States Government. It is said in the entry that, "To cash received for negro man Anderson who died in service of Confederate States Government." $4,700.00 would have gone to J.K. Pitzer, Frederick Johnston, and Madison Pitzer.