David S. Read

Name

David S. Read

Alternate Names

D. S. Read
D. S. Reed

Race

White

Location

RR: Roanoke County; Big Lick
CC: Roanoke County, VA

Record(s) Seen In

Inventory, Appraisements, and Sales Book 3

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

Settlement of Estates - 1

Death Register - 1853-1881

Confederate Slave Payrolls

Roanoke County Slave Requisition Records

Cohabitation and Child Records

Common Law Orders - D - July 1848 - May 1856 - pgs. 1-400

Page and Line Number

IAS 3: PP. 180
BR: PP. 17 L. 209-210; PP. 23, L. 27-31; PP. 30, L. 67-70; PP. 42, L. 20-22; PP. 48, L. 23
SoE: PP. 110-113

DR: PP. 14, L. 13-15
CC: PP. 2, L. 1; PP. 3, L. 28; PP. 3, L. 30
CLD: PP. 242

Date(s) Seen in Records

BR: 1856; 1858; April 1859; June 1859; 1861; 1862
SoE: 1865; June, 1871

DR: May 1858; July 1858; December 1858
CSP: December 1862 - January and February 1863; September, October, and November 1863

RR: December 19, 1862; January 17, 1865
CC: June 1851; December 1858

People Enslaved

Unrecorded Named Boy

Unrecorded Named Girl

Unrecorded Named Boy

Unrecorded Named Boy

Unrecorded Named Girl

Paulina

Angeline

Mathew

Thomas

Unrecorded Named Child

Unrecorded Named Child

Unrecorded Named Child

Unrecorded Named Child

Unrecorded Named Child

Unrecorded Named Child

Unrecorded Named Child

Sarah

Lucy

Angeline

Issac

Dred

Simon

Dennis

Carter

Granville

Drill

Isaiah

Collin [SLP]

Jonah

James

Polly Powell [JNM]

Patrick Reed [JNM]

Annika Smith [JNM]

Solomon Hunt [JNM]

Additional Information

Son of William E. Read.

William E. Read

David S. Read is likely married to Betty Read.

Betty 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, D. S. Read was charged with two additional items, one placed at a value of $285.00, which was collected by William Watts.

William Watts

See also E. Read.

E. Read

Isaac, Dred, and Simon all labored for 60 days at a pay rate of $16.00 per month. Their enslaver, David S. Read, received $96.00 for the work completed by them.

Dennis, Carter, and Granville all labored for 60 days at a pay rate of $16.00 per month. Their enslaver/guardian, David Read, received $96.00 for the work completed by them.

Drill and Isaiah both labored for 62 days at a pay rate of $20.00 per month. Their enslaver, D. S. Read, received $82.66 for the work they completed.