Ben [the elder]
- Name
- Ben [the elder]
- Sex
- Male
- Page and Line Number
- IAS5: PP. 62
- Date(s) Seen in Records
-
Will Book 1: February 1862
IAS5: August 1, 1862 - Name of Enslaver
- Samuel Phillips Senior
- Bequeathed to
- Lucinda Phillips
- Willed Alongside
- Charlotte
- George
- Meranda
- Rhoda
- Ammis
- Maria
- Sally
- Alfred
- Shirley
- John
- Phill
- Palestine
- George
- Additional Information
- Once Lucinda passes "all enslaved are to be fairly split between children."
- In Samuel Phillip's property appraisement in IAS Book 5, a value of $200.00 was placed on a man named Ben. However, there were two men named Ben enslaved by Samuel Philips. Since this Ben was noted to be Maria's child, it is likely he would still be considered a child at the time of the IAS record, and so the IAS valuation more likely refers to Ben the elder (the valuation specifically notes Ben as a man instead of as a boy, which is usually how children would be distinguished). However, this means Ben the younger is absent from the IAS list. This could mean that Ben the younger was sold to another enslaver by Samuel Philips, or that he died in the time between Philips's will in February of 1862 and the time of the appraisement, in August of the same year.
- Ben
Part of Ben [the elder]