Race and Slavery Petitions Project

Details for
GOWEN, Frank ([Francis]) in Petition 11680923

Name:GOWEN, Frank ([Francis])
Petition:11680923 filed in Virginia, 1809
Role in Petition:
Color and Gender:black male
Status:FPOC
Identified Immediate Family:Patience - wife
Philemon ([Phil]) - son of Patience
Elizabeth ([Betsey]) - daughter of Patience
Henry - son of Patience
Economic Profile:SALE - 1808 - bill of sale, David Jones to Francis Gowen
Age:approx 25 years of age in 1803
Birth:
Death: in 1809
Owned slaves?:Yes.
Occupation:
Skills:
Diseases:
Physical Attributes:5 ft 9 and 1/2 in tall; broken little finger of right hand; small sear mark middle of forehead and under edge of hair
Moral Attributes:industrious and proper conduct
Plantations
Literate?:
Urban?:
Runaway?:
Punishments Received:
Term Slave:
Freedom:Free by 1803. Origins of freedom: freed by owner, Richard M. Jones.