Henry Chapman
- Name
- Henry Chapman
- Alternate Names
-
Col. Chapman
H. H. Chapman
H. C. Chapman - Race
- White
- Location
- BR: Roanoke
- Occupation
- Carpenter
- Record(s) Seen In
- Will Book 1-1: 1839-1885
- Inventory, Appraisements, and Sales Book 2
- Inventory, Appraisements, and Sales Book 4
- Inventory, Appraisements, and Sales Book 5
- Birth Register - 1853-1885 - pp. 1-66
- Death Register - 1853-1881
- Page and Line Number
-
IAS 2: PP. 146
IAS 4: PP. 69-70
IAS 5: PP. 109
BR: PP. 8, L: 6; PP. 25, L. 93 -
DR: PP. 6, L. 4-6; PP. 19, L. 6
- Date(s) Seen in Records
-
Will Book 1: February 1863
IAS 2: August 1848
IAS 4: December, 1862; December 16, 1862; September 12, 1863
IAS 5: April 7, 1863
BR: January 1855; October 28, 1858 - DR: April 1854; June 1854; October 1860
- People Enslaved
- May
- Jim
- Martha
- Harry
- Lily
- Charlotte
- Winny
- Amian
- Ned
- Ritter
- Lewis
- Judy
- Joseppene
- Tucker
- Ellen
- Murris
- Mahaly
- Taylor
- John
- Sarah
- Mary
- Susan
- John
- James
- Maria
- Martha
- Ned Taylor
- Martha
- John
- Jason
- Unrecorded Named Individual
- Additional Information
- The enslaved people listed in his will were to all remain together on Chapman's plantation. In Chapman's will it was requested that the enslaved people work for a year on the plantation after their enslaver passed away to, "bring the plantation to good standing and then to all be sold."
- In 1847 Henry Chapman hired a "negro woman" named Ritter for the year for $12.50, but she got sick for part of the year and was "taken back."
- Henry Chapman was noted to be deceased as of April 7, 1863.
- In the IAS Book 4, the appraisement of H. H. Chapman's property states that E. J. Chapman is listed as his administrator. One entry in the appraisement states, "To Amt. E. J. Chapman's note for hire of Ned, James, Lewis, + Maria 1862" with a value of $500.00. Another entry states, "By cash pd. R. P. Jones negro hire" with a value of $125.00.
Part of Henry Chapman