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Lucas, Lucus - Hatteras Island Group
Genealogy Report
LUCAS/
LOCUS (T) FAMILY The Lucas/ Locus/ Locust family may
have originated in Charles City County where Elizabeth Lucie was presented by
the churchwardens of Weynoke Parish for having a bastard child by an unknown
father. Her son, a "molotto boy the sonne of Elizabeth Lucie dec'd,"
was bound to Howell Pryse on 4 December 1665. Perhaps his father was Jack (John1
Tann), "a negro servant to Mr. Rice Hoe," who was ordered freed
from his service on 8 February 1665/6 by virtue of a note given him by his
former master, Rice Hoe, Sr. A former servant of Hoe claimed that "Hoe had
never a servt. maid but the sd Jack the Negro lay w'th her or got her w'th
child" [Orders 1655-65, 601, 617, 618, 632]. One of Hoe's descendants,
Howson Hooe of Prince William County, was the master of Hester Lucas, a
"mulatto woman servant" whose son was bound to Hooe in 1763. Perhaps
the descendants of Elizabeth Lucie and Jack were 1
i. Francis Locus, born say 1728. 2
ii. James Locus, born say 1730. 3
iii. Joseph1 Lucas, born 16 July 1735. iv. William
Lucas, born 25 August 1737 in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, "a
mulatto Boy belong. to Mich'l Harfield" [NSCDA, Parish Register of St.
Peter's, 133]. 4
v. Hester Lucas, born say 1740. 5
vi. Susannah, born say 1741. 6
vii. Anthony1, born say 1742. 7
viii. Daniel1 Lucas, born say 1745. ix.
Thomas Locus, born about 1748, about five years old on 3 December 1753, called a
"base born son of ____ Locus "a free Negro woman," when he was
bound an apprentice shoemaker to Sherwood Haywood of Granville County, North
Carolina [CR 44.101.2]. He was head of a District 11, Nash County household of 8
"free colored" in 1820 [NC:432]. 8
x. Anthony2, born say 1750. 9
xi. Mary, born say 1755. 1. Francis Locus(t),
born say 1728, charged Thomas and William Tabers (Taborn) with trespass
in the 14 September 1749 Southampton County court. The suit was discontinued on
the agreement of all parties [Orders 1749-54, 17]. His wife may have been a
member of the Jeffries family since William Sweat and his wife
Margaret Jeffries, Francis Locust and his wife Hannah, and Margaret Jeffries,
daughter of the aforesaid, lost their right to 190 acres on the north side of
the Meherrin River in Southampton County in a dispute with Arthur Taylor heard
at the Council of Virginia on 8 November 1753 [Hall, Executive Journals of
the Council, V:448]. On 11 April 1754 he was one of fourteen householders
sued in Southampton County by William Bynum (informer) for failing to pay the
discriminatory tax on free African American and Indian women. He was found not
guilty on 15 November 1754, but Bynum was granted a new trial because his
witness Joseph Norton had not appeared. Francis was found guilty at the new
trial on 13 February 1755 with Joseph Everett as Bynum's witness. Francis was
fined 1,000 pounds of tobacco which was the fine for concealing two tithables,
so he probably had two women in his household over the age of sixteen. Bynum
sued him again on 14 March 1755 on another matter, but Francis was found not
guilty [Orders 1749-54, 473, 495, 507, 512; 1754-9, 23, 32, 34, 40, 69]. In
June 1759 he was one of the freeholders of Edgecombe County, North Carolina, who
were ordered to work on the road from Bryant's Creek to the Granville line [Haun,
Edgecombe County Court Minutes, I:238]. He received a grant for 525 acres
on Turkey Creek in Nash County, North Carolina, on 9 October 1783 and a further
150 acres on the south side of the creek on 1 November 1784 [DB 3:119; 2:146].
He was taxed on 800 acres, 20 cattle, and 6 horses in Nash County in an undated
tax list which should perhaps be 1784. He sold 300 acres of this land to Francis
Anderson on 11 February 1785 [DB 1:174]. He was head of a Nash County
household of 8 "other free" in 1790 [NC:70]. He was called Francis
Locust of Granville County in an undated power of attorney to Samuel Bailey to
recover his lands in Southampton County, Virginia, proved in the February 1803
Granville County court [WB 5:291]. He sold to Jesse Hammons 250 acres on
the north side of Turkey Creek on 20 November 1792 and 150 acres on the west
side of the creek on 13 January 1798 [DB 6:114, 366]. In 1800 he was in Anson
County where he was head of a household of 9 "other free" [NC:221]. He
may have been the father of i.
Billing Lucas, "man of color," enlisted for nine months in the 10th
North Carolina Regiment and died September 5, 1779 [Crow, Black Experience in
Revolutionary North Carolina, 101]. ii.
Arthur, born say 1760, taxed on 3 cattle in a Nash County tax list circa 1784.
He may have been living on land of (his father?) Francis Locus. He was head of a
Nash County household of 7 "other free" in 1790 [NC:70], 8
"other free" in Darlington District, South Carolina, in 1800 [SC:116],
and 4 "other free" in 1810 [SC:667]. iii. Joshua, born
about 1782, head of a Darlington District, South Carolina household of 8
"other free" in 1810 [SC:667]. In 1860 he was a seventy-eight-year-old
"Mulatto" living in household #1010, Cass County, Michigan, in the
household of (his son?) Henry Lucas who was born in South Carolina. 2. James Locus,
born say 1730, was a "Black" taxable living with his wife in the
Granville County tax list of Robert Harris in 1754 [CR 44.701.19]. They may have
been the parents of 10
i. Valentine, born say 1750. 11
ii. James, born say 1755. iii. Barnaby,
born say 1755, head of a Nash County household of 8 "other free" in
1790 [NC:70]. iv. John, born
say 1757, head of a Nash County household of 6 "other free" in 1790
[NC:70], 6 in 1800 [NC:109], and 4 in 1810 [NC:660]. v. George, born
say 1758, head of a Nash County household of 5 "other free" in 1790
[NC:70]. 3. Joseph1
Lucas, born 16 July 1735 in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, a "Mulatto
Boy," was bound to Michael Harfield until the age of thirty-one [NSCDA, Parish
Register of St. Peter's, 36]. He sold property in Henrico County by deed
proved on 7 September 1789 [Orders 1789-91, 77]. He was taxable in the lower
district of Henrico County on a horse from 1783 to 1797 and taxable on 18 acres
in 1799 and 1800. He was deceased by 1801 when his estate was taxable on the
land [Personal Property Tax List 1782-1814, frames 12, 46, 107, 163, 181, 239,
256, 294, 332, 356; Land Tax List 1799-1816]. He may have been the father of i. Solomon Lucas,
a "free Negro" taxable in the lower district of Henrico County from
1797 to 1814: his tax charged to Robinson Lord from 1797 to 1801, called a
"free Mulatto" in 1803 and 1804 [Personal Property Tax List 1782-1814,
frames 356, 390, 423, 515, 557, 577, 619, 684, 704, 772, 789; Land Tax List
1799-1816], head of a Henrico County household of 2 "other free" and a
white woman in 1810 [VA:993]. ii. George
Locus(t), born say 1780, a "free Negro" taxable in the upper district
of Henrico County from 1806 to 1814 [Personal Property Tax List 1782-1814,
frames 490, 536, 598, 641, 725, 824], head of a Henrico County household of 6
"other free" in 1810 [VA:1015]. 4. Hester Lucas,
born say 1740, a "mulatto woman" servant of Howson Hooe, was the
mother of several illegitimate children born in Prince William County, Virginia.
She may have been the common-law wife of one of Hooe's slaves. Her children were i. Francis
(Frances), bastard female born 28 July 1761 to Hester Lucas, bound to Howson
Hooe on 3 May 1763 [Historic Dumfries, Records of Dettingen Parish, 113].
Perhaps she was the Francis Lucas, "F. Negro," who was head of a
Fairfax County household of 1 "other free" in 1810 [VA:276]. ii. James, born
24 July 1764 to Hester Lucas, bound to Howson Hooe on 4 June 1765 until the age
of thirty-one [Historic Dumfries, Records of Dettingen Parish, 113]. He
was taxable in Prince William County in 1787 (listed with Howson Hooe, Esq.),
1801 and 1802 [Personal Property Tax Lists, 1782-1810, frames 87, 478, 491],
head of a Prince William County household of 2 "other free" in 1810
[VA:523]. iii. Sarah, born
about 1764, registered at the court of the District of Columbia in Alexandria on
10 July 1804: a Mulatto woman aged about forty years, was born free ... all
her female ancestors were born free, particularly her mother who I well know,
Barthw. Dade [Arlington County Register of Free Negroes, 1797-1861, no. 8,
p.9]. iv. Betsy,
married to Benjamin Nickens on 5 August 1805 when they obtained
certificates of freedom in Prince William County [Orders 1804-6, 204]. v. ?Charles1,
may have been identical to Charles Lucas who was taxable in Loudoun County in
1778 [Tithables 1758-1799, 857a]. He was taxable in the upper district of Prince
William County from 1787 to 1810: listed with William Mitchell in 1787, called a
"black" man in 1802 [PPTL, 1782-1810, frames 88, 128, 156, 222, 285,
352, 491, 545, 509, 723]. He was head of a Prince William County household of 15
"other free" in 1810 [VA:523]. He was a "F.N." taxable on
his unnamed son in Loudoun County in 1811 [PPTL 1798-1812]. vi. ?Philip1,
may have been identical to Phil Lucas who was one of Peter Fox's Loudoun County
tithables in 1767, James Sinclair's tithable in 1768 and Benjamin Dowers'
tithable in 1769 [Tithables 1758-1799, 402, 468]. He was a "free negro"
taxable in Fauquier County in 1786, 1789; listed with Peter Powers in 1790, with
Alderman Sanders in 1791; listed with Richard Gray from 1804 to 1807 [PPTL
1782-96, frames 97, 278, 413; 1797-1807, frames 653, 785], taxable near Occoquan
in Prince William County from 1791 to 1810, called a "Mul" in 1802 [PPTL,
1782-1810, frames 168, 273, 462, 509, 545, 597, 736], head of a Prince William
County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:503], listed with his
wife Susanna in Fauquier County in 1813 [Waldrep, 1813 Tax List]. 5. Susannah Lucas,
born say 1741, was living in Cumberland County, Virginia, on 25 May 1761 when
the court ordered the churchwardens of Southam Parish to bind out her
"Mulatto" infant son Joseph Lucas until the age of thirty-one
"according to the condition of his mother" [Orders 1758-62, 320]. She
was the mother of 12
i. Joseph2, born say 1760. 6. Anthony1
Lucas, born say 1742, was taxable in Prince William County from 1782 to 1796:
listed with slaves Harry and Sarah, 4 horses and 13 cattle in 1782, taxed on
Benjamin Cunningham's tithe in 1787. He purchased 142 acres near Blandsford in
Prince William County from Thomas Blackburn for 142 pounds in 1794 [DB Z:92-3].
He left a 16 March 1796 Prince William County will, proved 6 February 1797, by
which he divided his land among his sons Thomas, Samuel, Semer and Anthony Lucas
and his grandson Alexander Lucas after the death of his wife Rebecca. His land
included the 142 acres he had purchased from Blackburn as well as another 57
acres he leased from Blackburn for three lives. He divided his estate among his
children Thomas, Nancy, Dosha, Samuel, Semer, Tamer, Anthony, Rebecca, and his
grandson Alexander Lucas after his wife's death. He appointed Bernard Hooe, Sr.,
executor. His estate was appraised at $642 [WB H:192-3, 211]. His widow Rebecca
Lucas was taxable from 1797 to 1813, in a list of "FNs and Mulattoes"
above the age of 16 in 1813 [PPTL, 1782-1810, frames 18, 51, 65, 88, 128, 212,
246, 298, 327, 380, 493, 559, 695, 723] and head of a Prince William County
household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [VA:524]. On 2 October 1826 the
Fairfax County court issued a certificate of freedom to Rachel Lucas: (from
an affidavit of Bernard Hooe) a bright mulatto woman, about twenty five years of
age, five feet five and an half inches high...is daughter of Milly Lucas who by
a judgment of the County Court of Prince William against Rebecca Lucas,
administratrix of Anthony Lucas, deceased, received her freedom [Register of
Free Negroes, 1822-61, no.62]. Anthony's children were i. Nancy, born
say 1777, in a list of "FNs and Mulattoes above the age of 16" in
Prince William County in 1813, perhaps the mother of Alexander Lucas who was in
the same list [Personal Property Tax Lists, 1782-1810, frame 723]. ii. Thomas, born
say 1780, taxable in Prince William County in 1798 and 1799 [Personal Property
Tax Lists, 1782-1810, frames 352, 380]. iii. Samuel, born
say 1783, taxable in Prince William County in 1800 [Personal Property Tax Lists,
1782-1810 frames 422], head of a Prince William County household of 7 in 1810
[VA:518]. iv. Dosha. v. Semer. vi. Tamer. vii. Anthony3,
in a list of "FNs and Mulattoes" above the age of 16 in Prince William
County in 1813 [Personal Property Tax Lists, 1782-1810, frame 723]. viii. Rebecca. 7. Daniel1
Lucas, born say 1745, and his wife Sarah were the "mollatto" parents
of several children born in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County [NSCDA, Parish
Register of St. Peter's, 166]. He was taxable in New Kent County from 1782
to 1786, in 1790, and from 1793 to 1807: called Daniel Lucas, Sr., from 1798 to
1807; listed as a "M"(ulatto) starting in 1801 [Personal Property Tax
List 1782-1800, frames 8, 17, 90, 148, 211; 1791-1828, frames 269, 283, 296,
308, 319, 331, 344, 358, 371, 383, 396, 408, 420, 432]. Their children were i. Thomas, born 7
May 1771, baptized 10 June 1771. ii. Joseph3,
born 7 February 1773, baptized 14 March 1773. He was taxable in New Kent County
from 1793 to 1795, called Joseph Lucas, Jr. [Personal Property Tax List
1791-1828, frames 255, 269, 283]. iii. Daniel2,
born 19 March 1775, taxable in New Kent County from 1798 to 1810: called Daniel
Lucas, Jr., from 1797 to 1810; listed as a "M"(ulatto) starting in
1801 [Personal Property Tax List 1791-1828, frames 308, 319, 331, 344, 358, 371,
383, 396, 420, 432, 443, 455]. 8. Anthony2
Lucas, born say 1750, may have been identical to Anthony Lucas who was one of
Francis Peyton's tithables in Loudoun County in 1780 and 1784 [Tithables
1758-99, 985, 1184]. He was a "F.N." taxable in Loudoun County from
1788 to 1812: taxable on Samuel King's tithe and 5 horses in 1791, on John
Butler's tithe and 6 horses in 1795 and 1796, on his son Thomas's tithe in 1803,
taxable on his 2 unnamed sons from 1804 to 1806, taxable on Charles Hill's
tithe in 1803 and 1804, listed with his son, a slave and 8 cattle in 1812 [PPTL
1787-97; 1798-1812] and head of a Loudoun County household of 11 "other
free" and a slave in 1810 [VA:258]. He was the father of i. Susannah, born
25 April 1793, daughter of Anthony Lucas, married Elihu Goins, and they
registered as "free Negroes" in Loudoun County [Certificates of Free
Negroes at the Loudoun County courthouse by Townsend Lucas]. 9. Mary Lucas, born
say 1755, was a "free mulatto hireling" living in Richmond City with
her unnamed six-year-old son and infant daughter in 1782 [VA:112]. She was head
of a Henrico County household of 8 "other free" in 1810 [VA:993]. She
may have been the mother of i. Eliza, head of
a Richmond City household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [VA:321], ii. Charity Lucis,
head of a Richmond City household of 7 "other free" [VA:368]. 10.
Valentine Locus, born say 1750, married Rachel Pettiford, 1780 Granville
County bond. Rachel received a pension for his services in the Revolutionary
War. He was living in Oxford District, Granville County, in 1790 [NC:91] and was
head of a Wake County household of 8 "other free" in 1790 (abstracted
as Valentine Dorus) [NC:106] and 9 "other free" in 1800 [NC:778]. He
was taxable in Henry King's list for Wake County on 60 acres from 1793 to 1802
but not charged with poll tax in 1802 [MFCR 099.701.1, frames 54, 227, 253]. He
was called an "aged free Negro, who resides on Leek Creek in Wake
County" in the 6 October 1801 edition of the Raleigh Register which
reported that four men entered his home with clubs,
beat him and his wife until they were near death, and stole two of their
children. Luckily, the children managed to escape later while their captives
slept [Raleigh Register, October 6, 1801, cited by Franklin, Free
Negro in North Carolina, 54]. According to Rachel's declaration on 24
May 1838 in Wake County court to obtain a pension, she was an eighty-year-old
"free woman of color" whose husband died about a month before
Christmas 1812. Bartlett Pettiford, "a person of
respectability" testified that Rachel was his sister, that he had witnessed
their marriage, and that they had eight children: Martin, Phereby, Kinchen,
Nancy, Ruthy, Polly, Jordan, and Absalom [M805-533, frame 766]. Their children
were i.
Martin, born about 1780, head of a Wake County household of 3 "other
free" in 1800 [NC:778]. He married Molley Mitchell, 24 January 1800
Orange County bond, Lawrence Pettiford bondsman. ii.
Pheraby, also mentioned in Valentine's will. She married Jonathan George,
27 January 1802 Orange County bond, Lawrence Pettiford bondsman. iii.
Kinchen, head of a Nash County household of 2 "other free" in 1810
[NC:663]. iv.
Nancy. v. Ruthy,
probably identical to Ruthy Lucas who married Brittain Pitman, 21
February 1815 Wake County bond, William Curtis bondsman. Brittain may have been
the brother of Archibald Pitman, a "mulatto boy" aged five
years the 26 December 1798, ordered bound to Nathan Bradley as an apprentice
wheelwright by the Wednesday session of the August 1799 Edgecombe County court
[Minutes 1797-1800, n.p.]. vi. Polly. vii. Jordan. viii. Absalom. 11.
James Locus, born say 1755, was taxable on six head of cattle in Nash County in
1784. He was head of a Nash County household of 6 "other free" in 1790
[NC:70] and 9 in 1800 [NC:108]. He died before 14 August 1809 when his orphans
were bound by the Nash County court to Jesse Booth, Benjamin Tann,
and John Locus [Rackley, Nash County North Carolina Court Minutes VI:71].
His children may have been i. Berry, born
about 1796, thirteen years old on 14 August 1809 when he was bound by the Nash
County court to Jesse Booth until the age of twenty-one. He was married
to Beady Taborn, daughter of Burrell Taborn, on 9 January 1842
when her brother Hardimon applied for a pension for their father's service in
the Revolution [M804-2335, frame 744]. ii. Elijah, born
about 1807, two years old on 14 August 1809 when he was bound to Jesse Booth. iii. Susanna,
born about 1798, about eleven years old on 14 August 1809 when she was bound to
Benjamin Tann. iv. John, born
about 1799, about ten years old on 14 August 1809 when he was bound to Benjamin Tann. v. James, born
about 1801, about eight years old on 14 August 1809 when he was bound to John
Locus. vi. Obedience,
born about 1805, four years old on 14 August 1809 when she was bound to John
Locus. 12. Joseph2
Lucas, born say 1760, was bound out in Cumberland County, Virginia, on 25 May
1761. He was a "yellow" complexioned man living in Powhatan County
when he was listed as a soldier who served as a substitute in the Revolution [NSDAR,
African American Patriots, 151]. He was a "free Bk"
taxable in Powhatan County in 1790 [Personal Property Tax List, 1787-1825, frame
48]. He and his wife Lucy Lucas were the parents of William, Nancy, Josiah and
Abraham Lucas (no race mentioned) whose births were registered in St. Peter's
Parish, New Kent County, from 1786 to 1794 [NSCDA, Parish Register of St.
Peter's, 166]. He was taxable in New Kent County from 1792 to 1809: called a
"F. Negroe" in 1792 and 1794; taxable on 2 tithes in 1805 and 1806
[Personal Property Tax List 1782-1800, frames 188, 211; 1791-1828, 269, 283,
296, 308, 319, 331, 344, 358, 383, 396, 408, 420, 432, 443]. He was called
"Joseph Locust, free Negro" when he was taxable in the upper district
of Henrico County in 1811 and 1812, charged with William Locust's tithe in 1812
[Personal Property Tax List 1782-1814, frames 666, 726]. He registered as a free
Negro in Goochland County on 18 July 1809: five feet nine and an half inches
high, about forty five years of age, short curled hair intermingled with Grey
... free born [Register of Free Negroes, p. 32]. He was head of a Henrico
County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [VA:998]. His children were i. William, born
28 January 1786 [NSCDA, Parish Register of St. Peter's, 166], a "M"(ulatto)
taxable in New Kent County from 1807 to 1810, taxable on a slave aged 12-16 and
a horse in 1807 [Personal Property Tax List 1791-1828, frames 432, 443, 455]. He
was a "free Negro" taxable in the upper district of Henrico County
from 1811 to 1814: his tax charged to Joseph Locust in 1812; listed with his
unnamed wife in 1813 [Personal Property Tax List 1782-1814, frames 666, 726,
759, 824], head of a Henrico County household of 2 "other free" in
1810 [VA:1015]. He registered in Henrico County on 11 November 1831: age 44,
a mullatto man, 5 feet 9-3/4 inches, Free as appears from his register from the
County of New Kent [Register of Free Negroes and Mulattoes, 1831-1844, p.7,
no. 638]. ii. Nancy, born
23 February 1788, perhaps the Nancy Lucas who was head of a Richmond City
household of 4 "other free" and one slave in 1810 [VA:353]. iii. Josiah, born
8 December 1792. iv. Abraham, born
5 October 1794. Westmoreland and King George
County, Virginia 1. Elizabeth Lucus,
born say 1717, the servant of John Footman, confessed to the Westmoreland
County, Virginia court on 30 March 1736 that she had an illegitimate
"Mulatto" child. The court ordered that she pay fifteen pounds after
completing her indenture or be sold by the churchwardens of Cople Parish for
five years [Orders 1731-9, 189a, 192a]. She and her children were listed in the
inventory of John Footman's Westmoreland County estate which was taken on 21
March 1739/40: 1 Negro man named Sambo 26 pounds 1 Negro Boy named Anthony 10
pounds 1 white servant woman that has
four years & a half to serve 9 pounds 1 Mulatto Boy named Nathaniel
Lucas 15 pounds 1 Mulatto Boy named John Lucas 12
pounds 1 Mulatto Boy named Leonard Lucas
10 pounds 1 Mulatto Boy named Abraham Lucas
5 pounds [Estate Settlements, Records,
Inventories 1723-46, 221]. On 28 May 1745 she was presented by
the court for "entertaining Negroes & Servants & keeping a
disorderly house" [Orders 1743-7, 76, 178a]. She was the ancestor of i. Nathaniel1,
born say 1733, a "Mulatto" boy listed in the account of the estate of
John Footman, Gent., on 21 March 1739/40. He was taxable in Westmoreland County
from 1782 to 1815: taxable on 3 tithes from 1788 to 1790 [Personal Property Tax
Lists, 1782-1815, frames 246, 327, 358, 372, 399, 696, 628, 784, 835]. He
married Nelly Lawrence, 31 May 1791 Westmoreland County bond, John Lucas
security. He was a "Molatto" farmer living with his wife Nelly Lucaus
and children Meredith, Alcey, and Fanny Locust on William Fitzhugh's land in
Westmoreland County in 1801 [Virginia Genealogist 31:42]. ii. John, born
say 1735, a "Mulatto" boy listed in the account of the estate of John
Footman, Gent., on 21 March 1739/40. He was probably the John Lucus who was
taxable above Rappahannock Creek in Richmond County in 1782, and from 1787 to
1794: taxable on a horse and 10 cattle in 1782, taxable on John Lucus, Jr.,
Nathaniel Lucus and 2 horses in 1788 and 1789 [PPTL 1782-8, frames 629, 740,
748; 1789-1829, frames 15, 24, 44, 53, 73, 81]. iii. Leonard,
born say 1737, a "Mulatto" boy listed in the account of the estate of
John Footman, Gent., on 21 March 1739/40. He was taxable in King George County
in 1782 [Fothergill, Virginia Taxpayers, 78] and taxable in Westmoreland
County from 1787 to 1793: taxable on 2 tithes and 2 horses in 1791 [Personal
Property Tax Lists, 1782-1815, frames 317, 346, 372, 399]. His widow may have
been Milly Locus, a "Molatto" farmer living on Thomas Sanford's land
in Westmoreland County in 1801 with children Mark, Naney, Dulcey, Harraway, and
Betsey Locust [Virginia Genealogist 31:41]. She was head of a
Westmoreland County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [VA:777]. iv. Abraham, born
say 1739, a "Mulatto" boy listed in the account of the estate of John
Footman, Gent., on 21 March 1739/40. He was taxable in King George County from
1786 to 1795 [PPTL, 1782-1830, frames 35, 42, 60, 105, 118, 137], exempted from
taxation by order of the King George County court on 3 July 1800. James Kendall
sued him for trespass, but the jury found him not guilty on 3 December 1801
[Orders 1799-1805, 77, 259]. v. James, born
say 1756, a seaman in the Revolution from King George County [Jackson, Virginia
Negro Soldiers, 40]. Perhaps he was identical to James Locust whose
Westmoreland County tax was charged to David Ashton in 1787 [Personal Property
Tax Lists, 1782-1815, frame 314]. He registered in King George County on 1 May
1800: a dark Mulatto man aged about ___ years, and about five feet ___
Inches, was bound to Thomas Massey, Senr. of this County to serve till the age
of thirty one years [Register of Free Persons 1785-1799, no.12]. vi. John, born
say 1760, served as a seaman in the Revolution from King George County [Jackson,
Virginia Negro Soldiers, 40]. He was a "free Neg" or
"Black" taxable in Stafford County from 1783 to 1792: listed by John DeBaptist
in 1787 [PPTL 1782-1813, frames 106, 151, 218, 226, 263]. He may have been the
John Locus who was a "Molatto" farmer living in Westmoreland County
with Margaret Locus and children Penny, Margaret, and Joyce Locus on D.
McCarty's land in 1801 [Virginia Genealogist 31:41, 42]. He was taxable
in Stafford County from 1803 to 1813, listed with wife Mary in 1813 [PPTL
1782-1813, frames 542, 553, 597, 672, 775, 834] and head of a Stafford County
household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [VA:126]. Margaret Locus was
taxable on a horse in the upper district of Westmoreland County from 1804 to
1807 [PPTL, 1782-1815, frames 606, 666] and head of a Westmoreland County
household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [VA:777]. vii. Agatha, born
say 1770, married Newman Harrison, 15 April 1791 Westmoreland County
bond. He was called Newman Hammon in 1801 when he was counted with his
wife Aggy in a List of "Free Mulattoes & Negroes in Westmoreland
County" [Virginia Genealogist 31:42]. viii. Elizabeth,
born say 1772, married Allen Ashton, 24 December 1793 Westmoreland County
bond. ix. Elizabeth,
born say 1773, married Thomas Sorrell, 3 December 1794 Westmoreland
County bond. x. Spencer, born
say 1780, taxable in Westmoreland County from 1801 to 1815 [Personal Property
Tax Lists, 1782-1815, frames 551, 635, 784, 835], a "Molatto" working
as a distiller for Daniel McCarty in 1801 [Virginia Genealogist 31:42]. xi. Anthony3,
registered in King George County on 13 May 1800: a dark Mulatto man aged
about ___ years & about five feet ___ Inches, was born in this County of a
free woman [Register of Free Persons 1785-1799, no.13]. xii. Charles2,
born about 1780, registered in King George County on 9 October 1800: a dark
molatto man, aged about twenty years, & about five feet five inches high,
was born in this County of a free malatto woman [Register of Free Persons
1785-1799, no.14]. He was head of a Spotsylvania County household of 5
"other free" in 1810 [VA:112b]. xiii. Barbary,
born say 1780, a "Molatto" farmer living with children Rubin and
George Locus on Thomas Sanford's land in Westmoreland County in 1801 [Virginia
Genealogist 31:41]. She was head of a Westmoreland County household of 5
"other free" in 1810 [VA:777]. xiv. Philip, head
of a King George County household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [VA:206]. xv. David,
taxable in King George County from 1796 to 1803 [PPTL 1782-1830, frames 127,
178, 230], head of a King George County household of 4 "other free" in
1810 [VA:206]. xvi. Jane, born
about 1780, registered in King George County on 7 September 1820: daughter of
___ Lucas, a dark mulatto about 40 years of age, 5' 1/12 Inch high ... born free
in this County [Register of Free Persons 1785-1799, no.63]. xvii. Nathaniel2,
taxable in Stafford County from 1809 to 1813: listed with wife Jenney in 1813 [PPTL
1782-1813, frames 714, 755, 775, 834] and head of a Stafford County household of
4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:128]. xviii. Leonard, a
"Black" taxable in Stafford County in 1791, 1798, 1810 and 1813 [PPTL
1782-1813, frames 227, 407, 755, 834]. xix. Hannah, born
say 1788, married Samuel Tate, 30 December 1809 Westmoreland County bond,
Lawrence Ashton security. xx. William, born
about 1792, registered in King George County on 4 December 1817: a black man
aged about Twenty five years, about five feet six and a half Inches high ...
born of a free black woman [Register of Free Persons 1785-1799, no.49]. xxi. Harriet,
born about 1796, registered in King George County in March 1820: a dark
mulatto woman, about 24 years of age, about 5 feet high, stout made, born in
this County of free Parents [Register of Free Persons, 1785-99, no.57]. Other members of the Lucas family in
Virginia were i. Samuel, head
of a Loudoun County household of 10 "other free" in 1810 [VA:258]. ii. Catey,
"F. Negroe," head of a Fauquier County household of 5 "other
free" in 1810 [VA:379]. iii. Francis,
"F. Negro," head of a Fairfax County household of 1 "other
free" in 1810 [VA:276]. iv. William, head
of a Prince William County household of 1 "other free" in 1810
[VA:523].
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