SANKOFA'S SLAVERY DATA COLLECTION

Beck Plantation

Location: Dickson Co., TN
Constructed: ca. 1820

History: William Beck and his father Jesse Beck moved from Amherst Co. VA to Dickson Co. TN
about 1820.

Associated Surnames: Beck

Associated Free White Names
(years associated with this locale shown in parentheses)

• (1820 - ) Jesse Beck
  • (1820 - ) son William Beck

Associated Black Slave Names

Slaves at Beck Plantation
From the Beck Family Bible, submitted by The USF Africana Heritage Project

• Albert & James Henry (Twins)
• Alexander
• Althea
• Andrew
• Ann
• Charles
• Ellen
• Joe
• Joel
• Johnson
• Mary Ann
• Eliza Washington
• James Stockton

Agriculture

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Description of Associated Architecture

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Other People Researching This Plantation

• The USF Africana Heritage Project (e-mail, webpage)

RESOURCES

• Beck Plantation originally submitted by the USF Africana Heritage Project. Thanks!
• Beck Family Bible. In possession of Roger Landers of Brooksville, Fl., a descendant of William Beck