Ann Rosaltha Oliver

Name

Ann Rosaltha Oliver

Alternate Names

A. R. Oliver
Miss R. A. Oliver
Miss Rosa A. Oliver

Race

White

Location

RR: Roanoke County

Occupation

Farmer

Record(s) Seen In

Inventory, Appraisements, and Sales Book 3

Inventory, Appraisements, and Sales Book 4

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

Confederate Slave Payrolls

Roanoke County Slave Requisition Records

Page and Line Number

IAS 3: PP. 226
IAS 4: PP. 45-48
BR: PP. 30, L. 86-87; PP. 36, L. 17

Date(s) Seen in Records

IAS 3: May 15, 1858
IAS 4: December 25, 1859
CSP: December 1862 - January and February 1863
BR: February 1859; October 1859; August 1860

RR: December 19, 1862

People Enslaved

Caroline

Lavinia

Henry

Albert

Lewis

Sally

Jacob

Unrecorded Named Girl

Jesse

Maria

Additional Information

The enslaved people listed above were sold to Rosaltha Oliver by Y. N. Oliver in a lot that amounted to $3,400.00.

Y. N. Oliver

Charles E. Oliver was the guardian of Ann Rosaltha Oliver.

Charles E. Oliver

A woman named Sally was named in relation to Ann Rosaltha Oliver, who Charles E. Oliver was named as guardian over. This woman could possibly be a separate individual named Sally or they could be the same person. It is not stated in the record whether or not Sally is the same person or if there were two individuals named Sally.

Sally

Sally

In the IAS Book 4, there are two other entries pertaining to enslaved people. One entry for 1859 states, "By cash pd. 3 prs. servants shoes" with value of $4.25. Another entry for 1859 states, "By 1 year's board of 3 servants two of whom were invalides and had to be nursed" with a value of $240.00. A final entry for December 31, 1860 states, "By 1 year's Board for 3 servants (2 infirm)" with a value of $240.00.

In the Birth Register, Rosaltha is listed as having jointly enslaved Jesse and an unrecorded named girl, who are listed above. She enslaved them with Sally Oliver, the wife of Charles Oliver.

Sally Oliver

Henry labored for 60 days at a pay rate of $16.00 per month. His enslaver, Ann Rosaltha Oliver, received $32.00 for the work he completed.