Slave Holders of Ashe and Alleghany Counties, North Carolina 1800 – 1860
Note: Alleghany County was formed from Ashe in 1860 and the county split occurred before the census was taken. This is why the 1860 column contains both the number of slaves and the county the slave owner now resides.
| Name | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slaves | County | |||||||
| ? | 2 | |||||||
| ? | 9 | |||||||
| ? | 2 | |||||||
| ?, David | 1 | |||||||
| ?_______, John | 4 | |||||||
| Alexander, Dolly | 4 | |||||||
| Alexander, Joseph | 1 | |||||||
| Asher, John | 3 | |||||||
| Atwood, Thomas | 5 | |||||||
| Austin, Bartholomew | 1 | |||||||
| Austin, Jesse | 2 | |||||||
| Baker, Harrison | 3 | 1 | Ashe | |||||
| Baker, James, Sr. | 8 | |||||||
| Baker, John | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Baker, John | 1 | |||||||
| Baker, Moses | 1 | |||||||
| Baker, Phillip | 3 | |||||||
| Baker, Zachariah | 1 | 10 | Ashe | |||||
| Baldwin, J. D. | 1 | Ashe | ||||||
| Baldwin, William | 7 | |||||||
| Ballou, Baker | 5 | |||||||
| Ballou, Leonard | 1 | |||||||
| Ballou, Meredith | 3 | |||||||
| Ballou, Patsey | 5 | |||||||
| Ballou, Thomas | 7 | |||||||
| Ballow, Meredith | X | 5 | ||||||
| Banian, Hannah | 1 | |||||||
| Bard, Franklin | 4 | |||||||
| Bartlett, E. C. | 8 | 1 | 3 | Ashe | ||||
| Beam, R. F. | 1 | Ashe | ||||||
| Billings, Charles | 5 | |||||||
| Billings, John | 2 | |||||||
| Billings, Richard | 7 | |||||||
| Black, Elizabeth | 4 | |||||||
| Blackman, Solomon | 2 | |||||||
| Bledsoe, M. | 7 | Ashe | ||||||
| Bledsoe, Mathias | 2 | |||||||
| Blevins, Hamilton | 2 | |||||||
| Blevins, John | 1 | |||||||
| Boone, Jonathan | 6 | |||||||
| Bower, Absolum | 5 | |||||||
| Bower, George | 34 | 33 | Ashe | |||||
| Bower, George, Jr. | 3 | Ashe | ||||||
| Bower, John | 1 | Ashe | ||||||
| Bowers, John | 6 | |||||||
| Brooks, Mary | 2 | |||||||
| Brown, Absolom | 13 | |||||||
| Brown, James, Capt. | 2 | |||||||
| Brown, Jesse | 2 | |||||||
| Brown, John | 1 | |||||||
| Brown, Joseph, Sr. | 4 | |||||||
| Brown, Thomas | 1 | |||||||
| Bryan, A. M. | 2 | |||||||
| Bryan, Francis | X | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Bryan, John | 1 | |||||||
| Bryan, Morgan | 1 | 7 | 12 | Alleghany | ||||
| Bryant, A. M. | 15 | Alleghany | ||||||
| Burkett, Christian | 6 | Ashe | ||||||
| Burkett, Christian | 1 | |||||||
| Burkett, Christine | 1 | |||||||
| Burkett, David | 3 | Ashe | ||||||
| Calloway, Elijah | 2 | 5 | ||||||
| Calloway, Isom T. C. | 2 | |||||||
| Calloway, John | X | |||||||
| Calloway, T. J. | 4 | Ashe | ||||||
| Calloway, T. S. | 2 | |||||||
| Calloway, Thomas | X | 11 | ||||||
| Calloway, Thomas | 1 | 3 | Ashe | |||||
| Campbell, Caleb | 2 | |||||||
| Carpenter, Mathias | 14 | |||||||
| Carson, A. J. | 2 | Alleghany | ||||||
| Carson, J. H. | 5 | Alleghany | ||||||
| Carson, John | 3 | |||||||
| Carson, John | 7 | |||||||
| Carson, John, Jr. | 1 | |||||||
| Carson, Mathew | 4 | Ashe | ||||||
| Carson, Thomas F. | 3 | Alleghany | ||||||
| Caudill, James R. | 17 | |||||||
| Caudill, Josiah | 1 | |||||||
| Caudle, J. R. | 1 | Alleghany | ||||||
| Cheek, Chesley | 3 | |||||||
| Chesser, James | X | |||||||
| Choat, Mary | 3 | |||||||
| Choat, Richard | 5 | 10 | ||||||
| Choate, Sarah | 2 | Alleghany | ||||||
| Choate, Sowel | 18 | 15 | Alleghany | |||||
| Choate, William | 2 | Alleghany | ||||||
| Church, Phillip | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Church, Phillip | 3 | |||||||
| Coffee, William | 1 | |||||||
| Colvard, Peyton | 3 | |||||||
| Colvard, Sarah | 4 | Ashe | ||||||
| Colvard, William | 1 | 2 | Ashe | |||||
| Conley, Sarah | X | |||||||
| Conley, Susan | 1 | |||||||
| Council, Hodge | X | |||||||
| Council, Jesse | 5 | 3 | ||||||
| Council, Jordan, Jr. | 6 | |||||||
| Council, Jordan, Sr. | 3 | 5 | ||||||
| Courtice, Thomas | 2 | |||||||
| Cox, A. B. | 3 | 8 | Ashe | |||||
| Cox, Alexander | 2 | |||||||
| Cox, David | 8 | |||||||
| Cox, David, Sr. | 6 | |||||||
| Cox, Granville | 1 | |||||||
| Cox, J. R. | 1 | Alleghany | ||||||
| Cox, John | X | |||||||
| Cox, Joshua | 11 | 2 | ||||||
| Cox, Reeves | 2 | Alleghany | ||||||
| Cox, Susan | 1 | Alleghany | ||||||
| Crouse, William | 1 | Alleghany | ||||||
| Dancy?, William | 6 | |||||||
| Davidson, James | 10 | |||||||
| Denny, James | X | |||||||
| Dickson, Alfred | 3 | |||||||
| Dickson, Andrew | 1 | Ashe | ||||||
| Dickson, David | 17 | |||||||
| Dickson, Douglas | 1 | Ashe | ||||||
| Dickson, Eli | 14 | |||||||
| Dickson, Henry | 2 | |||||||
| Dickson, James | 10 | 15 | 13 | Ashe | ||||
| Dickson, James, Jr. | 2 | Ashe | ||||||
| Dickson, John | 1 | |||||||
| Dickson, Moses | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Dickson, Sarah | 1 | Alleghany | ||||||
| Dickson, Thomas | X | 4 | ||||||
| Dickson, Wesley | 9 | |||||||
| Dirk, John | X | |||||||
| Doughten, Charles H. | 10 | 5 | Alleghany | |||||
| Doughten, Joseph | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| Dyer, Kaled | X | |||||||
| Earnest, John | 1 | |||||||
| Edwards, Allen | 1 | 1 | Alleghany | |||||
| Edwards, Arch. | 4 | Alleghany | ||||||
| Edwards, Center | 6 | Alleghany | ||||||
| Edwards, David | 2 | |||||||
| Edwards, David | 1 | Alleghany | ||||||
| Edwards, J. P. | 2 | |||||||
| Edwards, Jane | 12 | 3 | ||||||
| Edwards, Osborn | 3 | Alleghany | ||||||
| Edwards, Richard | 1 | 1 | Alleghany | |||||
| Edwards, William | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Edwards, Young, Jr. | 1 | |||||||
| Edwards, Young, Sr. | 4 | |||||||
| Eggers, Hugh | 19 | |||||||
| Eggers, Landrin, Sr. | X | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Eldridge, Stephen | 3 | |||||||
| Eller, Jacob | 1 | |||||||
| Elliott, John | 5 | |||||||
| Elrod, Adam | 1 | |||||||
| Elrod, Allen | 1 | 1 | Ashe | |||||
| Estep, Isaac | 4 | |||||||
| F___, James | 4 | |||||||
| Farthing, Polly | 1 | |||||||
| Faw, Absolom | 2 | |||||||
| Faw, George D. | 1 | |||||||
| Faw, John | 3 | 1 | 1 | Ashe | ||||
| Faw, Jonathan | 2 | 7 | ||||||
| Faw, Malooth | 2 | |||||||
| Fender, Allen | 2 | |||||||
| Fender, John | 6 | |||||||
| Fender, Solomon | 3 | Alleghany | ||||||
| Fisher, John W. | 1 | |||||||
| Foster, J. E. | 3 | Ashe | ||||||
| Fouts, Leonard | 1 | |||||||
| Gambill, Cynthia | 6 | 4 | 3 | Ashe | ||||
| Gambill, James | 1 | 6 | Ashe | |||||
| Gambill, John | 3 | |||||||
| Gambill, John | 5 | Alleghany | ||||||
| Gambill, Maritn | X | 7 | ||||||
| Gambill, Patsey | 1 | |||||||
| Gambill, Robert | 4 | 8 | Alleghany | |||||
| Gambill, Robert | 1 | Ashe | ||||||
| Gambill, William | 1 | Ashe | ||||||
| Garvey, James | 3 | |||||||
| Gentry, Allen | 5 | 10 | Alleghany | |||||
| Gentry, James M. | 1 | 4 | Ashe | |||||
| Gentry, Richard | 3 | 10 | 5 | Ashe | ||||
| Gibson, Andrew | X | |||||||
| Gibson, Arch | X | |||||||
| Gibson, Joel | X | |||||||
| Gillespie, William A. | 3 | |||||||
| Goodman, Jacob | 2 | Ashe | ||||||
| Goodman, John | 9 | 8 | 8 | Ashe | ||||
| Graybeal, David | 3 | Ashe | ||||||
| Graybeal, John | 5 | Ashe | ||||||
| Graybeal, Peter | X | 2 | ||||||
| Grayson, Rebecca | 5 | |||||||
| Green, Amos | 7 | |||||||
| Green, Benjamin | 1 | |||||||
| Green, Daniel | 1 | |||||||
| Green, Robert | 5 | |||||||
| Greer, Aquilla | 16 | |||||||
| Greer, Eli | 1 | Ashe | ||||||
| Greer, John F. | 17 | 19 | Ashe | |||||
| Grimsley, James | 3 | 1 | Ashe | |||||
| Hagans, Thomas | 1 | |||||||
| Hagerman, Joseph | 1 | |||||||
| Halsey, Caswell | 1 | 2 | Alleghany | |||||
| Halsey, Ira | 2 | Alleghany | ||||||
| Halsey, Josiah | 1 | |||||||
| Hamilton, George H. | 20 | Ashe | ||||||
| Hamilton, Lee H. | 11 | |||||||
| Hamilton, Robert | 24 | |||||||
| Hamm, William | 1 | 1 | Alleghany | |||||
| Hampton, Alexander | 2 | Alleghany | ||||||
| Hardin, Henry | X | 15 | 14 | |||||
| Hardin, J. W. | 1 | 17 | Ashe | |||||
| Hardin, John | 3 | 1 | Ashe | |||||
| Hardin, Joseph M. | 2 | Ashe | ||||||
| Hardin, Mark | 1 | Ashe | ||||||
| Hardin, Richard | 9 | Ashe | ||||||
| Harmon, Cutbirth | 4 | |||||||
| Harmon, Godfrey | 3 | |||||||
| Harmon, Mathias | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Harrison, James | 12 | |||||||
| Hart, Josiah | 1 | |||||||
| Hartzog, John | 8 | Ashe | ||||||
| Hartzog, Phillip | 1 | |||||||
| Hase, Joseph | 4 | |||||||
| Hash, John | 7 | |||||||
| Hawthorn, John T. | 1 | 3 | Alleghany | |||||
| Herbert, William | 3 | |||||||
| Higgins, Hiram | 4 | 3 | Alleghany | |||||
| Higgins, Isaac | 1 | Alleghany | ||||||
| Hill, David | 4 | |||||||
| Hogans, Abram | 10 | |||||||
| Horton, Elizabeth | 6 | |||||||
| Horton, James | 3 | |||||||
| Horton, Phineas | 1 | |||||||
| Houck, David | 5 | |||||||
| Houck, David, Sr. | 1 | |||||||
| Howard, Parmensies | X | |||||||
| Howell, William | 2 | |||||||
| Hugans, Hiram | 1 | |||||||
| Isom, Spencer | 1 | |||||||
| Jacks, Richard | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Jenkins, Elizabeth | 2 | Ashe | ||||||
| Johnson, Benjamin O. | 7 | |||||||
| Johnson, Campbell | 1 | Ashe | ||||||
| Johnson, Edward | 1 | |||||||
| Johnson, Fanny | 1 | Alleghany | ||||||
| Johnson, Francis | 11 | |||||||
| Johnson, Franky | 1 | Alleghany | ||||||
| Johnson, Henry | 2 | |||||||
| Johnson, James, Esq. | 1 | |||||||
| Johnson, Joseph | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| Johnson, William | X | |||||||
| Johnson, William | 1 | |||||||
| Jones, Daniel | 5 | 2 | 2 | Alleghany | ||||
| Jones, John | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | Alleghany | |||
| Jones, John, Sr. | 1 | |||||||
| Jones, Moses | 3 | |||||||
| Knight, Emanuel | 7 | |||||||
| Koontz, George | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| Koontz, George | 1 | Ashe | ||||||
| Landreth, Benjamin | 4 | |||||||
| Landreth, John, Sr. | 1 | |||||||
| Lewis, Daniel | 4 | |||||||
| Lewis, Nathan, Jr. | 1 | |||||||
| Long, John R. | 1 | 3 | Alleghany | |||||
| Long, John, Sr. | 1 | |||||||
| Long, Joseph | 1 | |||||||
| Long, R. C. | 4 | |||||||
| Martin, John | 6 | Ashe | ||||||
| Mast, David | 3 | |||||||
| Mast, Joel | 4 | |||||||
| Mast, John | 2 | |||||||
| Mast, Joseph | 7 | |||||||
| Mast, Reuben | 2 | |||||||
| Mathison, R. | 1 | Ashe | ||||||
| Maxwell, David H. | 7 | 19 | 25 | Alleghany | ||||
| Maxwell, James | 9 | |||||||
| Maxwell, Sidney | 4 | 13 | 28 | |||||
| Mccaleb, James | X | |||||||
| Mcgimsey, Thomas | 3 | |||||||
| Mcmillan, A. B. | 15 | |||||||
| Mcmillan, Alexander | 4 | 1 | 3 | Ashe | ||||
| Mcmillan, Amos (Sic) | 14 | Ashe | ||||||
| Mcmillan, Andrew | 2 | 3 | Ashe | |||||
| Mcmillan, Andrew | 2 | Ashe | ||||||
| Mcmillan, Andrew | 13 | |||||||
| Mcmillan, F. J. | 2 | Alleghany | ||||||
| Mcmillan, James | 8 | 1 | ||||||
| Mcmillan, Jesse | 2 | Ashe | ||||||
| Mcmillan, John, Jr. | 5 | |||||||
| Mcmillan, John, Sr. | X | 3 | 12 | 15 | 10 | |||
| Mcmillan, Thursey | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Miller, Adam | 1 | |||||||
| Miller, Caty | 3 | |||||||
| Miller, Isaac | 6 | |||||||
| Miller, John S. | 3 | |||||||
| Miller, Jonathan | 1 | |||||||
| Miller, Margeret | 1 | Ashe | ||||||
| Miller, William | X | 2 | ||||||
| Mitchell, F. M. | 2 | Alleghany | ||||||
| Motley, Harrison, Sr. | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Moxley, Thomas | 3 | Alleghany | ||||||
| Mullins, Jesse | 1 | |||||||
| Murchison, Roderick | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| Nall, Robert | X | |||||||
| Neal, B. H. | 1 | Ashe | ||||||
| Neal, Q. F. | 11 | Ashe | ||||||
| Norris, John, Major | 3 | |||||||
| Nye, J.M.S. | 1 | |||||||
| Osborn, Caleb | 7 | |||||||
| Osborn, Jefferson | 5 | |||||||
| Osborn, Zachariah | 2 | |||||||
| Parks, J. A. | 1 | |||||||
| Parks, J. H. | 6 | Alleghany | ||||||
| Parsons, George | 1 | |||||||
| Parsons, Henry | 1 | |||||||
| Parsons, J. B. | 1 | 1 | Ashe | |||||
| Parsons, Lydia | 7 | Alleghany | ||||||
| Parsons, Solomon | 3 | |||||||
| Parsons, Solomon, Jr. | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Parsons, William | 1 | |||||||
| Pennington, Andrew | 5 | |||||||
| Pennington, Micajah | X | 1 | ||||||
| Perkins, Allen | 5 | Ashe | ||||||
| Perkins, Johnson | 1 | 5 | Ashe | |||||
| Perry, William | 1 | |||||||
| Phillips, C. R. | 3 | Ashe | ||||||
| Phillips, George | 1 | |||||||
| Phillips, James | 1 | |||||||
| Phillips, Jonathan | 4 | |||||||
| Phillips, Richard | 1 | |||||||
| Phipps, Jamima | 1 | |||||||
| Phipps, John | 1 | |||||||
| Phipps, Joseph | 1 | |||||||
| Phipps, Patsey | 4 | |||||||
| Phipps, Samuel | X | 1 | 6 | |||||
| Phipps, William | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ashe | ||||
| Poe, Jane | 10 | Ashe | ||||||
| Poe, Mathias | 7 | 18 | ||||||
| Poe, William | 1 | |||||||
| Pope, Elijah | 1 | |||||||
| Pope, Matthew | 1 | |||||||
| Price, George | 1 | Ashe | ||||||
| Pugh, John | 1 | Alleghany | ||||||
| Pugh, William | 1 | |||||||
| R_______. Rebecca | 4 | |||||||
| Ray, James | 6 | Ashe | ||||||
| Ray, James, Sr. | 2 | |||||||
| Ray, Jesse | 1 | Ashe | ||||||
| Ray, John | 1 | 4 | 9 | Ashe | ||||
| Ray, Larkin | 1 | |||||||
| Reece, John, Sr. | 5 | |||||||
| Reeves, Alex | 1 | |||||||
| Reeves, Charles | 2 | Ashe | ||||||
| Reeves, Enoch | 4 | 13 | ||||||
| Reeves, George W. | 6 | 4 | 7 | Ashe | ||||
| Reeves, George | 1 | |||||||
| Reeves, H. S. | 1 | Alleghany | ||||||
| Reeves, Jesse A. | 1 | Ashe | ||||||
| Reeves, Jesse F. | 1 | Alleghany | ||||||
| Reeves, Jesse, Jr. | 1 | |||||||
| Reeves, Jesse, Sr. | X | 7 | 16 | |||||
| Reeves, John | 1 | 2 | Ashe | |||||
| Reeves, John | 3 | Ashe | ||||||
| Reeves, Mary | 4 | 2 | Ashe | |||||
| Reeves, William | X | 4 | ||||||
| Reeves, William | 1 | Alleghany | ||||||
| Richardson, Canada | 3 | 6 | 8 | Ashe | ||||
| Richardson, Joshua | 11 | |||||||
| Ross, Alfred | 15 | |||||||
| Ross, John, Jr. | 7 | |||||||
| Russeau, Adolphus | 3 | |||||||
| S_____, James | 1 | |||||||
| Scott, Francis | 1 | |||||||
| Scott, William | 1 | |||||||
| Seiver, Phillip | X | |||||||
| Senter, John | 3 | |||||||
| Senter, Nathaniel | 1 | |||||||
| Shearer, John | X | 3 | ||||||
| Shearer, Robert | 2 | 6 | ||||||
| Shearer, William | 2 | |||||||
| Sheets, John M. | 6 | |||||||
| Sheriff, Abel | 5 | |||||||
| Smith, Alexander | X | |||||||
| Smith, David | X | 4 | ||||||
| Smith, W. B. | 1 | Ashe | ||||||
| Smyth, James | 1 | |||||||
| Snow, Elizabeth | 13 | 2 | ||||||
| Stafford, Levi | X | |||||||
| Stamper, John | 1 | |||||||
| Stewart, Newell | 4 | |||||||
| Stinson, D. C. | 1 | Alleghany | ||||||
| Strunk, Daniel | 1 | |||||||
| Strunk, Lucy | 7 | |||||||
| Sturgill, David | 2 | |||||||
| Sturgill, Francis, Jr. | 7 | |||||||
| Sturgill, James | 3 | |||||||
| Sturgill, Joshua | 3 | 1 | Ashe | |||||
| Sturgill, Rebecca | 11 | |||||||
| Sutherland, Joseph | 1 | |||||||
| Sutherland, Reuben | 1 | Ashe | ||||||
| T____, Quincey | 4 | |||||||
| Tatum, Buckner | 1 | |||||||
| Tatum, Joseph | 4 | 5 | Ashe | |||||
| Teague, Joab | 6 | |||||||
| Teague, Moses, Sr. | 3 | |||||||
| Teaster, Samuel | 2 | |||||||
| Testerman, Peter | 2 | |||||||
| Thomas, Stephen | 1 | 10 | 9 | Ashe | ||||
| Thomas, Wiley | 10 | Ashe | ||||||
| Thompson, Robert | 8 | 1 | 11 | |||||
| Thompson, William H. | 3 | |||||||
| Thornburg, Daniel | 4 | |||||||
| Thornburg, Eli | 11 | |||||||
| Todd, James | 2 | |||||||
| Toliver, Charles | 1 | |||||||
| Toliver, Hugh | 1 | Alleghany | ||||||
| Toliver, Jesse | X | |||||||
| Toliver, John | 2 | |||||||
| Toliver, Solomon | 2 | 1 | 1 | Alleghany | ||||
| Toliver, William | 1 | |||||||
| Tomlin, John | 4 | |||||||
| Trivett, David | 2 | |||||||
| Turner, William | 1 | |||||||
| Wagoner, Jacob | 2 | |||||||
| Wagoner?, William | 2 | |||||||
| Wallace, Edward | 4 | |||||||
| Walters, Lewis | 1 | |||||||
| Ward, Benjamin | X | 4 | ||||||
| Ward, James | 1 | |||||||
| Watson, John D. | 1 | |||||||
| Waugh, F. H. | 7 | |||||||
| Waugh, J. C. | 1 | Ashe | ||||||
| Waugh, J. P. | 3 | Ashe | ||||||
| Weaver, Joshua, Sr. | 1 | |||||||
| Wilcox, Cyrus | 10 | |||||||
| Wilcox, William | 3 | |||||||
| Williams, Jonathan | 1 | |||||||
| Williams, Lewis | 2 | |||||||
| Williams, Mathias | 2 | |||||||
| Williams, Richard | X | 3 | ||||||
| Wilson, S. H. | 2 | Alleghany | ||||||
| Witcher, Toliver | 6 | |||||||
| Wolf, Allen | 1 | 1 | Alleghany | |||||
| Woodruff, A. J. | 3 | 4 | Alleghany | |||||
| Woodruff, Allen | 1 | |||||||
| Woodruff, Candas | 1 | Alleghany | ||||||
| Woodruff, Henry | 2 | |||||||
| Woodruff, John | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Woodruff, John A. | X | 3 | 4 | |||||
| Woodruff, Moses | X | |||||||
| Woodruff, William | 2 | 1 | Alleghany | |||||
| Woody, James | 1 | |||||||
| Worth, David | 7 | 16 | Ashe | |||||
| Wyatt, Solomon | 2 | |||||||
| Younce, Joseph | 10 | |||||||
| Young, J. F. | 4 | Alleghany | ||||||