Betty S. Read

Name

Betty S. Read

Alternate Names

Bettie S. Read
Betsy S. Read

Race

White

Record(s) Seen In

Inventory, Appraisements, and Sales Book 3

Birth Register - 1853-1885 - pp. 1-66

Settlement of Estates - 1

Page and Line Number

IAS3: PP. 180
BR: PP. 42, L. 23-25; PP. 48, L. 24
SoE: PP. 110-114

Date(s) Seen in Records

BR: 1861; 1862
SoE: 1865

People Enslaved

Unrecorded Named Child

Unrecorded Named Child

Unrecorded Named Child

Unrecorded Named Child

Unrecorded Named Child

Unrecorded Named Child

Unrecorded Named Child

Unrecorded Named Child

Additional Information

Betty Read is likely married to David S. Read.

David S. Read

William D. Sims gave Billy Howard and Stephen $50.00 a year for as long as they live, so long as Betty and David S. Read permit them to stay on their plantation. If they don't stay on the plantation, they'll be given $500.00 each so they may go where they please.

William D. Sims

Stephen

Billy Howard

In SoE Book 1, Betsy S. Read in account with David S. Read made a settlement with W. W. Berkley.

W. W. Berkley

In SoE Book 1, Betsey S. Read received money from Stuart Buchanan and Co. for the hire of enslaved individuals.

Stuart Buchanan

SoE Book 1 also stated the following: "...from Stuart Buchanan and Co. for hire of negroes in 1863, and one of $200 for money collected by Edmundson Blair from Virginia and Tennessee Railroad in July 1871 for hires of negros in 1864."