Frances A. Deatin

Name

Frances A. Deatin

Alternate Names

Frances Deaton
Frances A. Deaton

Race

White

Location

IAS 1: County of Roanoke

Record(s) Seen In

Inventory, Appraisements, and Sales Book 1

Inventory, Appraisements, and Sales Book 5

Will Book 1-1: 1839-1885

Confederate Slave Payrolls

Page and Line Number

IAS 1: PP. 466
IAS 5: PP. 2

Date(s) Seen in Records

IAS 1: December 9, 1848
IAS 5: March 28, 1865
Will Book 1: April 1849
CSP: December 1862-January 1863

People Enslaved

Mariah

Patience

Blanch

Mary

Paul

Ellen

Ned

John

William

Matt

Henry

Amelia

Priscilla

Harriett

Peggy

James

Additional Information

Maria, Patience, Amelia, William, Henry, Blanch, Priscilla, Harriett, Peggy, James, and Mary were all bequeathed to Frances Deaton's husband, according to her will. They were "to be hired out to others to pay off the Deaton family's debt of $650," at least $500.00 of which was due to John Foster, and "the enslaved individuals are to be freed after" the debt was paid. After this debt was paid, they were to be hired out raise $650.00 for Deatin's children.

Once freed they were to be set up with jobs locally and able to keep their earnings, living on the family land until they had enough funds to relocate to a free state. They had the option to decline this offer and pick another "master" or "mistress." Though the wording may have seemed simple, the process for the manumission of enslaved individuals was a more complicated process.

John Deaton

James labored for 28 days at a pay rate of $16.00 per month. His enslaver, Frances A. Deaton, received $14.93 for the work completed by James.