Jeremiah K. Pitzer

Name

Jeremiah K. Pitzer

Alternate Names

J. R. Pitzer
J. K. Petzer
J. K. Pitzer

Race

White

Location

RR: Roanoke County
CC: Roanoke County

Record(s) Seen In

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

Settlement of Estates - 1

Death Register - 1853-1881

Confederate Slave Payrolls

Roanoke County Slave Requisition Records

Cohabitation Records of 1866

Common Law Orders - D - July 1848 - May 1856 - pgs. 401-810

Common Law Orders - E - June 1856 - November 1864 - pgs. 1-353

Common Law Orders - E - June 1856 - November 1864 - pgs. 354-749

Page and Line Number

BR: PP. 42, L. 8
SoE: PP. 26, 50
DR: PP. 22, L. 22; PP. 10, L. 62-63
CC: PP. 2, L. 35
CLD: PP. 564
CLE: PP. 221, 406

Date(s) Seen in Records

BR: September 2, 1861
SoE: January 6, 1864; March 13, 1865
DR: March 5, 1861; November 1856
CSP: December 1862 - January and February 1863; September-December 1863

RR: December 19, 1862; September 24, 1863

People Enslaved

Louisa

Daniel

Emeline

Unrecorded Named Girl

Pope

Polk

Frazer Pitzer

Elisha

Additional Information

J. K. Pitzer is listed in Settlement of Estates as the administrator for Madison Pitzer after Madison's death. J. K. Pitzer is also listed alongside Frederick Johnston as an administrator for Madison's estate. It is also listed on March 13, 1865 that, "To cash in for hire of servants at fortifications." That cash would have been $89.00. 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." $4,700.00 would have gone to J.K. Pitzer, Frederick Johnston, and Madison Pitzer.

Madison Pitzer

Frederick Johnston

Anderson

J. K. Pitzer appears in a separate entry in the Settlement of Estates regarding Madison Pitzer's estate. It is listed that, "1864, Jan 6: To amount received for hire of servants at Richmond Defenses." That amount would have been $41.33.

Pope labored for 62 days at a pay rate of $20.00 per month. His enslaver, J. K. Pitzer, received $41.33 for the work completed by Pope.

Polk labored for 60 days at a pay rate of $16.00 per month. His enslaver, J. K. Pitzer, received $32.00 for the work he completed.

In Common Law Book D, "E. McClanahan" leaves one enslaved person to both Pitzer and Frederick Johnston.

Frederick Johnston

In Common Law Book E, it states that Jeremiah K. Pitzer obtained an attachment against the estate of William Alcoon, as they had "tried to move property, including slaves, cross the state borders to avoid paying a claim made by Pitzer." A group of enslaved people, including a man named Sam, a woman named Eliza, and all of their children were to be "sold off" by the sheriff to pay the claims.

William Alcoon

Eliza

Sam

In Common Law Book E, it is stated that J. K. Pitzer left, or perhaps sold, an enslaved woman named Elisha to Frederick Johnston.