westview plantation

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Westview Plantation

Location: Roanoke District, Charlotte Co., VA
Constructed: 1832

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Associated surnames: Bailey, Brown, Chappel, Cousins, Crawley, Davis, Dean, Elam, Hamlet, Hodge, Jones, Lawson, Mason, McCraw, Mitchell, Robinson/ Robertson, Spencer, Wilson


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1847: Slaves named in the inventory of John Elam (deceased)
From Slaves on Westview Plantation Charlotte County, Virginia , submitted by The USF Africana Heritage Project.
http://www.africanaheritage.com/uploads/1029/SlavesonWestviewPlantation.txt

1851 - 1855: Slaves hired by and from Martha J. Elam Williams
From Slaves on Westview Plantation Charlotte County, Virginia , submitted by The USF Africana Heritage Project.
http://www.africanaheritage.com/uploads/1029/SlavesonWestviewPlantation.txt

1851

1853 (all hired from L.S. Skidmore)

1855

1857 - 1863: Doctor's visits
From Slaves on Westview Plantation Charlotte County, Virginia , submitted by The USF Africana Heritage Project.
http://www.africanaheritage.com/uploads/1029/SlavesonWestviewPlantation.txt

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1865 - 1870: Tenant workers at Westview Plantation
From Former Slaves Working at Westview Plantation 1865 - 1916, submitted by The USF Africana Heritage Project.
http://www.africanaheritage.com/uploads/1026/FormerSlavesWorkingatWestviewPlantation1865.doc

1865

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(Note: a complete list of tenants up to 1916 can be accessed at http://www.africanaheritage.com/uploads/1026/FormerSlavesWorkingatWestviewPlantation1865.doc)

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