The Ancestors Of George & Hazel Mullins

by Philip Mullins

Slave Schedules, 1850 and 1860

The first items is a list of slaves belonging to the children of Samuel Varnadoe.

In 1842, George Varnadoe, a son of Samuel Varnadoe, Sr. died leaving his brothers and sisters an inheritance as follows-

Leonard Varnadoe received five slaves worth $2,350.
Elizabeth Varnado Reeves received five slaves and one child, worth $2450.
Arcadia Varnado Dougharty received three slaves worth $2200.
Mary Varnado Herlong received five slaves and one child, worth $2400.
Sarah Varndo Amaker received six slaves worth $2475.
Moses Varnedoe received five slaves and one child, worth $2300.
George Varnadoe was the deceased sibling.
Nathaniel Varnedoe received five slaves worth $2450.
Samuel Varnado received five slaves and one child, worth $2500.
Isham Varnedeau received six slaves and two children, worth $2750.

The other children of Samuel Varnadoe, Sr. were half-brothers and sisters of George Varnadoe and they received no inheritance from George Varnadoe. They were Pearl Varnado, Henry Varnado, Clarissa Varnado Strickland, Pachel Varnado Cutrer and Washington Varnado.

Slave Schedules of the 1850 US Census of Pike County, Mississippi, lists the following Varnados as owning slaves:

Leonard Varnadoe- nine slaves.
Samuel Varnado Jr.- nine slaves.
Isham E Varnador- four slaves.

Slave Schedules for the 1860 US Census of Pike County, Mississippi, lists the following Varnados as owning slaves:

Sarah H Varnadoe (the widow of Leonard Varnadoe)- 15 slaves.
Samuel Varnado, Jr.- 14 slaves.

Slave Schedules of the 1850 and 1860 US Census of Pike County, Mississippi, lists the following children of Richard Simmons as owning slaves:

name	1850	1860
Rebecca Sandifer, wife of Benjamin Sandifer	6	nl
Elizabeth Sandifer, wife of William Y Sandifer	7	1
William Simmons	4	18
John Simmons	2	3*
Henry H Simmons	6	nr
Thomas Simmons	nr	nr
George Simmons	2	9
Nancy Strickland, wife of John Strickland	nl	nl
Martha Sandifer, wife of William E Sandifer	3	3
Sarah Varnado, wife of Emanuel Varnado	nl	2

Notes:

* The 1860 Census lists Will Simmons, a 90-year-old black man from South Carolina, as living in the household of John Simmons. This man was not included in the Slave Schedules of either 1850 or 1860.
"nr" stands for "non-resident" in Pike County on the date of the Census enumeration. They may or may not have owned slaves where they lived.
"nl" stands for "not listed". The individual was, to my knowledge, resident in Pike County on the date of the Census enumeration but is not listed on the US Census Slave Schedules. They presumable owned no slaves on the date of the Census.

The 1850 US Census of Copiah County, Mississippi, lists William H Mullins as owning eight slaves and his uncle, William Mullins, as owning five slaves.

Comment by Philip Mullins: The Slave Schedules list slaves by age and sex. Of the slaves owned by the three family groups listed (the children of Samuel Varnadoe Sr., the children of Richard Simmons and two Mullins families) about 24% were boys under the age of 15, 26% were men over the age of 15, 17% were girls under the age of 15 and 33% were women over the age of 15. None of the slaves with the exception of Will Simmons (who was not listed as being a slave) were over 65 years of age. The median age of the slaves was about 18 years old with half of them women and half men.

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