Collin Baff

Name

Collin Baff

Alternate Names

Colin Baff
Colin Bass
Colin Bafs
Colin Bap
C. Bafs

Race

White

Location

Roanoke

Record(s) Seen In

Will Book 1-1: 1839-1885

Inventory, Appraisements, and Sales Book 2

Inventory, Appraisements, and Sales Book 3

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

Settlement of Estates - 1

Freedmen's Bureau Census - Roanoke County

Cohabitation Records of 1866

Page and Line Number

IAS2: PP. 596
IAS3: PP. 295, 320
BR: PP. 6, L. 121; PP. 14, L. 66; PP. 22, L. 215; PP. 32, L. 173; PP. 48, L. 22
FB: PP. 310
SoE: PP. 39
CC: PP. 3, L. 1

Date(s) Seen in Records

Will Book 1: December 1857
IAS2: January 24, 1853
IAS3: March 1857
BR: February 1854; December 9, 1856; September 1857; April 1859; 1862
FB: 1866
SoE: 1867

Occupation

Farmer

People Enslaved

Unrecorded Named Individual

Betsy

Florine

Rush

Lucinda

Unrecorded Named Boy

Harriett

Betty

Garver

Malinda

Betty

Salley

Sally Brown

Additional Information

Husband of Nancy Baff

Nancy Baff

Bequeathed Unrecorded Named Individual by Elijah McClanahan.

Elijah Betts McClanahan

Colin Baff reformed the division of enslaved people that belonged to the Estate of Sarah and Joshua Burnett.

Sarah Burnett

Joshua Burnett

Collin Baff was a trustee of Polly Humphree.

Polly Humphree

An enslaved man named Bob was "delivered" to him.

Bob

Collin Baff is listed in the Settlement of Estate as the administrator for Cornelius Ruddell's estate. In the entry it is written that, 1862, Dec 31: To amount hire of slaves for 1862, including $30 to Dr. Nowlin, which was paid in medical bill." The total amount of money from that would have been $346.25.

Cornelius Ruddell