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Last Will and Testament of William Christian, March 13th, 1786.
The last will and testament of William Christian, dated March 13th, 1786. This document lists the forty-seven people he enslaved and who they will be transferred to upon his death. The people William Christian enslaved are named as follows: James Kavanaugh, James Lumpkins, Peter, Lewis, Titus, John, Dinah and her child Wilson, Tom Body, Sarah, Hannah, Edincurg, Cloe, Little Jame, Jenny and their children Sarah, Adam, Betty, Jenny, and Moses, Noah, York, Sam, his wife Ruth, and their children Bill, Poll, Luke, Tom, and Little Sam, Phebe, Riah, Ben, Delphi, Simon, Lydia, Hannibal, Cesar, Will Trigg, Charles Trigg, Jame Trigg, Venus, Ben, Billey, Melissa, Betty, Harry, Tom Body, and Salley. He bequeaths the people he enslaved to his wife, Anne Christian, and advises her to create a road connecting Oxmoor and Alexander Scott Bullitt's home. Alexander Scott Bullitt married Priscilla Christian, William Christian's daughter.Tags Adam; Annie Christian; Ben; Betty; Bill; Billey; Bullitt, Alexander Scott; Cesar; Charles Trigg; Cloe; Delphi; Dinah; Edincurg; Hannah; Hannibal; Harry; Jame Trigg; James Kavanaugh; James Lumpkins; Jenny; John; Lewis; Little Jame; Little Sam; Luke; Lydia; Melissa; Moses; Noah; Oxmoor; Peter; Phebe; Poll; Priscilla Christian; Riah; Ruth; Salley; Sam; Sarah; Simon; Titus; Tom; Tom Body; Venus; Will Trigg; William Christian; William Trigg; Wilson; York -
Letter to William C. Bullitt from Davy Steward discussing Tom, a man Bullitt enslaves, January 6th, 1826.
A letter from Davy Steward (Beargrass) to William Christian Bullitt discussing Tom, a man enslaved by William Bullitt, and how he is “without a master” and “anxious that [Davy Steward] hire him.” The letter is dated January 6th, 1826.