West Virginia Plantation & Slave Genealogy Archive

Comprehensive index of probate inventories, courthouse deed books, and census slave schedules across West Virginia counties.

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West Virginia Primary Historical Entries

Matthew Dabney

Freedman's Bank Log (1872)
County: Berkeley County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 2643 at Berkeley branch. Recorded birthplace as Berkeley County, former master listed as Garland.

Josiah Morgan

Freedman's Bank Log (1872)
County: Berkeley County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 2136 at Berkeley branch. Recorded birthplace as Berkeley County, former master listed as Cary.

Victor Jefferson

Freedman's Bank Log (1872)
County: Braxton County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 1110 at Braxton branch. Recorded birthplace as Braxton County, former master listed as Boyd.

Moses Gordon

Freedman's Bank Log (1872)
County: Cabell County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 4205 at Cabell branch. Recorded birthplace as Cabell County, former master listed as Henry.

Lewis Pendleton

Freedman's Bank Log (1872)
County: Calhoun County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 8832 at Calhoun branch. Recorded birthplace as Calhoun County, former master listed as Polk.

Matthew Freeman

Freedman's Bank Log (1872)
County: Calhoun County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 1370 at Calhoun branch. Recorded birthplace as Calhoun County, former master listed as Lee.

Eve Dawson

Freedman's Bank Log (1872)
County: Grant County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 1640 at Grant branch. Recorded birthplace as Grant County, former master listed as Baker.

Sophia Rogers

Freedman's Bank Log (1872)
County: Hampshire County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 7810 at Hampshire branch. Recorded birthplace as Hampshire County, former master listed as Shelton.

Charlotte Clark

Freedman's Bank Log (1872)
County: Hampshire County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 7551 at Hampshire branch. Recorded birthplace as Hampshire County, former master listed as Henderson.

Absalom White

Freedman's Bank Log (1872)
County: Jackson County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 3707 at Jackson branch. Recorded birthplace as Jackson County, former master listed as Armstrong.

Rose Faulkner

Freedman's Bank Log (1872)
County: Jackson County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 5731 at Jackson branch. Recorded birthplace as Jackson County, former master listed as Bradley.

Caroline Hammond

Freedman's Bank Log (1872)
County: Jefferson County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 5431 at Jefferson branch. Recorded birthplace as Jefferson County, former master listed as Anderson.

Celia Dabney

Freedman's Bank Log (1872)
County: Lincoln County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 4235 at Lincoln branch. Recorded birthplace as Lincoln County, former master listed as Logan.

Andrew Pendleton

Freedman's Bank Log (1872)
County: Marion County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 6664 at Marion branch. Recorded birthplace as Marion County, former master listed as Morgan.

Sophia Mason

Freedman's Bank Log (1872)
County: Marion County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 9109 at Marion branch. Recorded birthplace as Marion County, former master listed as Fowler.

Rebecca Blackwell

Freedman's Bank Log (1872)
County: Mason County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 4482 at Mason branch. Recorded birthplace as Mason County, former master listed as Barbour.

Alfred Christian

Freedman's Bank Log (1872)
County: Mineral County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 8228 at Mineral branch. Recorded birthplace as Mineral County, former master listed as Dandridge.

Amos Washington

Freedman's Bank Log (1872)
County: Nicholas County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 1759 at Nicholas branch. Recorded birthplace as Nicholas County, former master listed as Bowman.

Susan Rogers

Freedman's Bank Log (1872)
County: Ohio County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 1327 at Ohio branch. Recorded birthplace as Ohio County, former master listed as Cox.

Felix Henderson

Freedman's Bank Log (1872)
County: Ohio County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 5128 at Ohio branch. Recorded birthplace as Ohio County, former master listed as Haynes.

Daniel Beverley

Freedman's Bank Log (1872)
County: Pleasants County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 4154 at Pleasants branch. Recorded birthplace as Pleasants County, former master listed as Bradley.

Emily Tazewell

Freedman's Bank Log (1872)
County: Preston County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 5466 at Preston branch. Recorded birthplace as Preston County, former master listed as Cox.

Benjamin Garland

Freedman's Bank Log (1872)
County: Tyler County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 1546 at Tyler branch. Recorded birthplace as Tyler County, former master listed as Byrd.

Cyrus Faulkner

Freedman's Bank Log (1872)
County: Wirt County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 8471 at Wirt branch. Recorded birthplace as Wirt County, former master listed as Hughes.

Lucy Harvey

Freedman's Bank Log (1872)
County: Wirt County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 1638 at Wirt branch. Recorded birthplace as Wirt County, former master listed as Dabney.

Lewis Banks

Freedman's Bank Log (1872)
County: Wyoming County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 9831 at Wyoming branch. Recorded birthplace as Wyoming County, former master listed as Barnes.

Charity Butler

Freedman's Bank Log (1871)
County: Boone County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 3821 at Boone branch. Recorded birthplace as Boone County, former master listed as Gibson.

Jeremiah Hale

Freedman's Bank Log (1871)
County: Brooke County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 4580 at Brooke branch. Recorded birthplace as Brooke County, former master listed as Byrd.

Lucretia Fairfax

Freedman's Bank Log (1871)
County: Brooke County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 4330 at Brooke branch. Recorded birthplace as Brooke County, former master listed as Roberts.

Harriet Claiborne

Freedman's Bank Log (1871)
County: Gilmer County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 3549 at Gilmer branch. Recorded birthplace as Gilmer County, former master listed as Cooper.

Absalom Christian

Freedman's Bank Log (1871)
County: Hampshire County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 8011 at Hampshire branch. Recorded birthplace as Hampshire County, former master listed as Price.

Robert Hill

Freedman's Bank Log (1871)
County: Jefferson County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 5739 at Jefferson branch. Recorded birthplace as Jefferson County, former master listed as Byrd.

Francis Robinson

Freedman's Bank Log (1871)
County: Kanawha County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 1047 at Kanawha branch. Recorded birthplace as Kanawha County, former master listed as Beverley.

Lucy Boyd

Freedman's Bank Log (1871)
County: Kanawha County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 2933 at Kanawha branch. Recorded birthplace as Kanawha County, former master listed as Nicholas.

Isabella Fowler

Freedman's Bank Log (1871)
County: Logan County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 5427 at Logan branch. Recorded birthplace as Logan County, former master listed as Hall.

Rachel Taylor

Freedman's Bank Log (1871)
County: Logan County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 7477 at Logan branch. Recorded birthplace as Logan County, former master listed as Dandridge.

Priscilla Tazewell

Freedman's Bank Log (1871)
County: Marshall County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 5564 at Marshall branch. Recorded birthplace as Marshall County, former master listed as Howard.

Stephen Beverley

Freedman's Bank Log (1871)
County: Mercer County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 7458 at Mercer branch. Recorded birthplace as Mercer County, former master listed as Nicholas.

Isaac Faulkner

Freedman's Bank Log (1871)
County: Monroe County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 7107 at Monroe branch. Recorded birthplace as Monroe County, former master listed as Mercer.

Caroline Grayson

Freedman's Bank Log (1871)
County: Nicholas County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 6670 at Nicholas branch. Recorded birthplace as Nicholas County, former master listed as Morris.

Nancy Rogers

Freedman's Bank Log (1871)
County: Ohio County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 9142 at Ohio branch. Recorded birthplace as Ohio County, former master listed as Walker.

Peggy Gibson

Freedman's Bank Log (1871)
County: Putnam County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 5051 at Putnam branch. Recorded birthplace as Putnam County, former master listed as Perkins.

Matilda Fowler

Freedman's Bank Log (1871)
County: Ritchie County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 2819 at Ritchie branch. Recorded birthplace as Ritchie County, former master listed as Coleman.

Celia Martin

Freedman's Bank Log (1871)
County: Roane County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 3678 at Roane branch. Recorded birthplace as Roane County, former master listed as Tyler.

Charity Morris

Freedman's Bank Log (1871)
County: Summers County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 1759 at Summers branch. Recorded birthplace as Summers County, former master listed as Brooks.

Agnes Goode

Freedman's Bank Log (1871)
County: Summers County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 3897 at Summers branch. Recorded birthplace as Summers County, former master listed as Randolph.

Samuel Lewis

Freedman's Bank Log (1871)
County: Taylor County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 8707 at Taylor branch. Recorded birthplace as Taylor County, former master listed as Wythe.

Hiram Jones

Freedman's Bank Log (1871)
County: Tyler County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 9790 at Tyler branch. Recorded birthplace as Tyler County, former master listed as Fitzhugh.

Cyrus Barbour

Freedman's Bank Log (1871)
County: Upshur County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 7060 at Upshur branch. Recorded birthplace as Upshur County, former master listed as Mitchell.

Priscilla White

Freedman's Bank Log (1871)
County: Webster County, West Virginia

Opened savings account No. 4929 at Webster branch. Recorded birthplace as Webster County, former master listed as Dandridge.