Race and Slavery Petitions Project

Details for
CHARLESTON, John ([Charlston] [Charleson]) in Petition 11681416

Name:CHARLESTON, John ([Charlston] [Charleson])
Petition:11681416 filed in Virginia, 1814
Role in Petition:petitioner
Color and Gender:black male
Status:FPOC
Identified Immediate Family:Ursley - wife
Asberry - son of Ursley
Caroline - daughter of Ursley
Economic Profile:ASSESSMENT - Year Unkown - petition
SALE - Circa 1814 - petition
Age:47 years of age in 1814
Birth:
Death:
Owned slaves?:Yes.
Occupation:
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Plantations
Literate?:
Urban?:
Runaway?:
Punishments Received:
Term Slave:
Freedom:Free by 1814. Origins of freedom: purchased his own freed for 110 pounds.