Madison Pitzer

Name

Madison Pitzer

Alternate Names

M. Pitzer
Mat Petzer

Race

White

Location

RR: Roanoke County

Record(s) Seen In

Inventory, Appraisements, and Sales Book 4

Inventory, Appraisements, and Sales Book 5

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

Settlement of Estates - 1

Death Register - 1853-1881

Confederate Slave Payrolls

Cohabitation and Child Records

Roanoke County Slave Requisition Records

Page and Line Number

IAS 4: PP. 58, 62
IAS 5: PP. 56
BR: PP. 10, L. 112; PP. 17, L. 188; PP. 22, L: 210-211; PP. 27, L. 196; PP. 36, L. 38; PP. 33, L. 191; PP. 47, L. 3-4
SoE: PP. 26, 50

DR: PP. 7, L. 71-72; PP. 15, L. 57; PP. 17, L. 79

CC: PP. 1, L. 19

Date(s) Seen in Records

IAS4: February, 1863; October 18, 1862
IAS5: December 26, 1861
BR: October 1855; December 1856; August 1857; August 1858; September 1860; October 1859; 1862
SoE: March 13, 1865; January 6, 1864

DR: September 1855; October 1855; November 1858; December 16, 1859; July 1859
CSP: December 1862-January 1863; September-December 1863

RR: December 19, 1862; September 24, 1863

People Enslaved

Mary Wade

Anderson

Dick

Lewis

Charles

Armistead

Alec

Washington

Hiram

Daniel

Jeffrey

Harry

Otway

Eady

Isaac

Buck

Rose

Francis

Mary Bird

Bird

Bob

Amanda

Ferdinand

Jessee

Isaac

Julia

Betsy

Milly

Anderson

Wilson

Mary Clark

Murris

Lee

Henrietta

Edward

Lucy

Josephus

Jimmy

Henry

Angeline

Milly

William

Mary Randall

Unrecorded Named Girl

Unrecorded Named Boy

Unrecorded Named Boy

Burwell

Betty

Unrecorded Named Girl

Unrecorded Named Boy

Sam

Job

Charlotte

Lewis Worrell

Additional Information

F. Johnston and J. K. Pitzer are listed as administrators of Madison Pitzer's estate and property. J. K. Pitzer could possibly be John Pitzer but the record does not specify whether John Pitzer and J. K. Pitzer are the same person.

Frederick Johnston

John Pitzer

In the IAS Book 4, an entry under the appraisement of Madison Pitzer states, "By payment Rv. Thaxton Hire of negro 1861" with a value of $108.84.

R. Thaxton

Unrecorded Named Individual

In the Birth Register, by 1862, it is Madison Pitzer's son who is in charge of the estate.

Madison Pitzer Jr.

In Settlement of Estates, Madison Pitzer's estate was listed as having been left to his administrators, J.K. Pitzer and Frederick Johnston. 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 would have gone to J.K. Pitzer, Frederick Johnston, and Madison Pitzer. In the same entry it is also listed that, "To cash in for hire of servants at fortifications." That cash would have been $89.

J. K. Pitzer

Frederick Johnston

From September to December 1863, Dick labored for 62 days at a pay rate of $20.00 per month. Madison Pitzer's estate received $41.33 for the work completed by Dick.

From December 1862 to January 1863, Lewis and Dick both labored for 60 days at a pay rate of $16.00 per month. Their enslaver, Madison Pitzer, received $64.00 for the work they completed.