Clay

Name

Clay

Sex

Male

Record(s) Seen In

Confederate Slave Payrolls

Campus Memorial - Authors and Architects

Roanoke County Slave Requisition Records

Date(s) Seen In Records

CSP: December 1862-January 1863; September-December 1863

RR: December 19, 1862; September 24, 1863

Location

CSP: At and near Richmond, VA
RR: Roanoke County

Name of Enslaver

David C. Shanks

Additional Information

From September to December 1863, Clay labored for 62 days at a pay rate of $20.00 per month. His enslaver, David Shanks, received $41.33 for the work completed by Clay. From December 1862 to January 1863, Clay labored for 60 days at a pay rate of $16.00 per month. "D. G. Shanks" received $32.00 for this work, also.

In the Requisition Records, court-appointed agents assessed Clay with a value of $2000.00 (CSD). They also show that David C. Shanks forced Clay to labor in Richmond in response to the impressment order.