Benjamin Hawley

Name

Benjamin Hawley

Alternate Names

Ben Hawly
B. Hawly

Race

White

Location

BR: Roanoke

Occupation

Farmer

Record(s) Seen In

Inventory, Appraisements, and Sales Book 1

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

Death Register - 1853-1881

Common Law Orders - D - July 1848 - May 1856 - pgs. 401-810

Page and Line Number

IAS 1: PP. 63
BR: PP. 7, L: 159; PP. 31, L. 111
DR: PP. 16, L. 33-35
CLD: PP. 431, 585

Date(s) Seen in Records

IAS 1: June 19, 1841
BR: February 12, 1854; June 1859
DR: May 1859; March 1859

People Enslaved

Susan

Additional Information

Benjamin Hawley is listed in an indenture agreement: “unto the said Benjamin Hawley a girl of colour by the name of Magdeline Saunders until she arrives to the age of 21 years…the 22nd day of June 1858…”

Magdeline Saunders

Benjamin Hawley was an informant for Sparell F. Simmons.

Capt. Sparell F. Simmons

In Common Law Book D, it is reported that Benjamin Hawley left "six slaves" each to both Andrew Reynolds and Edwin H. Hawley.

Andrew Reynolds

Edwin H. Hawley

In Common Law Book D, Benjamin Hawley leaves "three slaves" to J. B. Hawley.

John B. Hawley