In 1860, Henry S. Lloyd died, possessed of more than one hundred and forty slaves, bequeathing in his will all his Negroes on his "Roanoke plantation" in Martin County, and all of his slaves on his farms in Edgecombe County, whether inherited or purchased, to his aunt, Helen B. Slade, who lived in Martin County. The executors of the estate raise a number of questions about the will, especially concerning the ownership of some of the slaves. Should Granville, Betsy, Frances, and London, descendants of female slaves brought from Martin and born in Edgecombe County after their removal, they ask, pass on to the aunt? The executors "are unsure of the correct construction of the said will."
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Repository: North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina
