David Gish
- Name
- David Gish
- Alternate Names
- D. H. Gish
- Race
- White
- Record(s) Seen In
- Will Book 1-1: 1839-1885
- Inventory, Appraisements, and Sales Book 1
- Inventory, Appraisements, and Sales Book 2
- Inventory, Appraisements, and Sales Book 3
- Page and Line Number
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IAS 1: PP. 478
IAS 2: PP. 19
IAS 3: PP. 134, 181 - Date(s) Seen in Records
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Will Book 1-1: March 1849
IAS 1: June 1849
IAS 2: November 7, 1841 - People Enslaved
- Tom
- Tom
- Deely
- Patsy Gish
- Mary
- Bob
- George
- Unrecorded Named Boy
- Unrecorded Named Child
- Unrecorded Named Child
- Unrecorded Named Boy
- Unrecorded Named Child
- Unrecorded Named Boy
- Nancy
- William
- James Edward
- John
- Osborn
- Martha
- William Junius
- Edward
- Melvin
- Moses
- Emma
- Charles
- Additional Information
- David Gish's will stipulated that Tom, Deely, Patsy, and Mary are given to his widow and children. The names of the widow and their children are not written. Gish also bequeathed a young boy named Bob to his daughter Mary Eliza.
- Mary Eliza Gish
- Bequeathed Tom, Dely, Mary, and Patsy, to his children Mary Eliza and George Gish.
- George R. Gish
- Gish specifies in his will that for as long as his wife Polly were to remain a widow after his death, she was to manage the people he enslaved.
- Polly Brugh Gish
- David Gish writes: “Should my son George or my daughter Mary Eliza Gish depart this life before the time mentioned that they should come in possession of the said negroes without having an heir or heirs then and in that event the surviving child shall have the two negro boys...George and Bob shall go to the surviving child to be his or her property forever…”
- Listed in the settlement of Henry P. Snyder's estate, on July 1, 1855, David Gish hired Abram and Dick for $190.00.
- Henry P. Snyder
- Dick
- Abraham
- Based on the Commissioner Report of Slaves and Division of Property of David Gish, John Brugh had taken 7 enslaved people from David Gish as the guardian of George Gish.
- John Brugh
- Based on the Commissioner Report of Slaves and Division of Property of David Gish, Jacob P. Brugh had taken 6 enslaved people from David Gish.
- Jacob P. Brugh
Part of David Gish