Charles

Name

Charles

Sex

Male

Location

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

Name of Enslaver

George W. Shanks

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, October, and November 1863
RR: December 19, 1862

Additional Information

The Requisition Records show that G. W. Shanks forced Charles to labor in Richmond in response to the impressment order.

Charles labored for 33 days, and Preston for 60 days, at a pay rate of $16.00 per month. Their enslaver, G. W. Shanks, received $49.60 for the work they completed.

Preston

Charles labored for 76 days at a pay rate of $20.00 per month. His enslaver, G.W. Shanks, received $50.66 for the work completed by Charles.