Jacob Persinger

Name

Jacob Persinger

Alternate Names

J. Persinger

Race

White

Occupation

Farmer

Record(s) Seen In

Inventory, Appraisements, and Sales Book 1

Inventory, Appraisements, and Sales Book 3

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

Death Register - 1853-1881

Confederate Slave Payrolls

Common Law Orders - D - July 1848 - May 1856 - pgs. 1-400

Cohabitation Records of 1866

Register of Children of Roanoke County 1866

Page and Line Number

IAS1: PP. 436
IAS3: PP. 419
BR: PP. 20, L. 94; PP. 36, L. 22; PP. 33, L. 188
DR: PP. 15, L. 55-56; PP. 22, L. 37-38
CLD: PP. 59
CC: PP. 2, L. 3; PP. 3, L. 20
RoC: PP. 1, L. 14-16

Date(s) Seen in Records

IAS1: December 29, 1842
BR: August 2, 1857; August 1860; July 1859
DR: April 22, 1858; May 28, 1858; July 1861
CSP: September, October, and November 1863
CC: March 1844; December 1857

People Enslaved

Joseph

Charlotte

Unrecorded Named Girl

Amanda

George

Amanda Jeffers

Albert Jeffers

George Leftridge

Prudence Fowler

Ned

Charlotte Ann

Susan

Virginia

Prudence

Edward

Allen

Charlotte

Additional Information

Mary Persinger was the wife of Jacob Persinger.

Mary Persinger

Jacob Fowler was the father in law of Jacob Persinger.

Jacob Fowler

In the record, it is stated that "Joseph a boy" was "hired out" to Jacob Persinger for $25.00. from a list of enslaved individuals associated with Thomas Fowler.

Thomas Fowler

In the will of Jacob Fowler, it is stated that, "I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary Persinger and her husband Jacob Persinger one sixth of my personal estate in money, negroes..." There is no mention of how the personal property was divided among those named in the will.

Allen labored for 62 days at a pay rate of $20.00 per month. His enslaver, Jacob Persinger, received $41.33 for the work he completed.

Text in Common Law Book D states that Persinger hired out a man named Beck.

Beck