Polly Brugh Gish
- Name
- Polly Brugh Gish
- Race
- White
- Location
- Roanoke
- Record(s) Seen In
- Inventory, Appraisements, and Sales Book 2
- Inventory, Appraisements, and Sales Book 3
- Death Register - 1853-1881
- Roanoke County Slave Requisition Records
- Page and Line Number
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IAS2: PP. 19
IAS3: PP. 181; 183
DR: PP. 11, L. 37 - Date(s) Seen in Records
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IAS 2: November 7, 1814
IAS3: December 28, 1856
DR: February 28, 1857
RR: January 17, 1865 - Additional Information
- Gish specifies in his will that for as long as his wife Polly were to remain a widow after his death, she was to manage the people he enslaved.
- David Gish
- Based on the Commissioner Report of Slaves and Division of Property of David Gish, Polly Gish had taken 5 enslaved people from David Gish. Each enslaved person had a value placed on them. William, an enslaved man had a value of $800.00 placed on him. Osborn, an enslaved man had a value of $600.00 placed on him. Martha, an enslaved woman had a value of $500.00 placed on her. Emma, an enslaved woman had a value of $400.00 placed on her. And finally Moses, an enslaved man had a a value of $450.00.
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