Thomas Lunsford

Name

Thomas Lunsford

Alternate Names

Thomas Lumford
Thomas Dunsford
Thomas Dumsford
Thomas Lumsford
Thomas Lunsford

Race

White

Location

BR: Roanoke; "Near Gish Mill"
DR: Roanoke
RR: Roanoke County

Occupation

Farmer

Record(s) Seen In

Will Book 1-1: 1839-1885

Inventory, Appraisements, and Sales Book 4

Inventory, Appraisements, and Sales Book 5

Birth Register - 1853-1885 - pp. 1-66

Settlement of Estates - 1

Death Register - 1853-1881

Cohabitation and Child Records

Roanoke County Slave Requisition Records

Page and Line Number

IAS4: PP. 126
IAS5: PP. 87
BR: PP. 3, L. 6; PP. 6, L. 108; PP. 9, L. 94-95; PP. 14, L. 63-64; PP. 19, L. 82; PP. 32, L. 144; PP. 35, L. 29; PP. 46, L. 28
SoE: PP. 87
DR: PP. 3, L. 38
CC: PP. 1, L. 14

Date(s) Seen in Records

Will Book 1: December 1862
IAS4: January, 1863; February, 1863; April, 1863; August, 1863
IAS5: June 16, 1862
BR: March 1853; June 1853; May 1854; May 1855; December 1855; March 30, 1856; November 1, 1856; December 1857; December 21, 1859; July 26, 1860; 1862
SoE: 1865; July 20, 1866
DR: September 1854
CC: December 1850

RR: December 19, 1862

People Enslaved

Eileen

Susan

Easther

Angoline

Jim

Perry

Dick

Daniel

Sandy

Everett

Yeenser

Louisa

Martha

Mary Jr.

Fanny

Mary Ann

Rachel

Michael

Marcus

Jane

Washington

Matilda

Emiline

Walter

Dennis

Jack

Lawson

Leila

Lola

Laura

Murris

Joe

Stephen

Lizzie

Unrecorded Named Boy

Alice

Dale

Unrecorded Named Girl

Unrecorded Named Boy

Unrecorded Named Boy

Suey

Lawson

Stephen

Morris

Lola

Louisa Cofer

Perry

Additional Information

Thomas Lunsford bequeathed Eileen, Suck, Easther, Angoline, Jim, Perry, Dick, Daniel, Sandy, Everett, Yeenser, Louisa, Martha, Mary Jr., Fanny, Mary Ann, Rachel, and Michael to his wife, whose name is not given.

In the IAS Book 4, Charles Lunsford is the executer for the appraisement of Thomas Lunsford. Charles was most likely the son of Thomas Lunsford but this record does not state their relationship. There are multiple entries involving the hiring out of enslaved individuals. This entries mentioned Everett, Perry, Jim, and unnamed individuals. Charles Lunsford, the Confederate States, the Rail Road Co., and Henry Neighbors are listed as having hired out these enslaved individuals. One entry from the appraisement states, "To cash recd. from Confederate States hire of servants at Richd." with a value of $32.00. No other information is listed about the enslaved individuals other than that they were transported to Richmond.

Henry Neighbors

Thomas Lunsford was deceased by some point in 1862.

In the Settlement of Estates, Charles Lunsford is the executor of Thomas Lunsford. It is recorded that either of them were involved in the hiring of enslaved people to build the railroads in the states of Virginia and Tennessee.

Charles Lunsford