Dabney-MD-Slaves Names-1812-1885

Memorials of a Southern Planter, written in 1886 by Susan Dabney Smedes.
Pub. 1887-88, J. Lippincott & Co. first printing: Cushing & Bailey, Baltimore, Md. second printing.

Names of slaves with surnames other than Dabney:
George Orris, butler, died 1825---
Joe Nelson, adopted son of Harriet---
Henry Ferguson, Maria's brother---
George and Susan Page, (photograph), personal servant of Thomas Dabney, had a daughter named Puss---Maria Reeves, second cook---
Mr. Scarborough, an overseer---
Caleb Osbaldistone---
Ann Craven, c. 1885.

Names of slaves with probably Dabney surname:
Harriet, Thomas Dabney's personal maid,---
Granny Annie, Thomas's father's maid, her son Toby---
Maja, an overseer, 1812---
Abby, Mrs. Dabney's maid---
Billy, Harriet's brother---
Patsy, milker---
Sarah, Billy's daughter and Harriet's niece, a fieldhand---
Harrison, charge of horses and carriages---
Beverly (male), wagon-driver---
Maria,  seamstress, Beverly's sister, died 3/24/1885---
Phoebe, "fancy-dresser"---
Aaron, the dancer from Dabneys of Raymond (Miss)---
Nelly, Billy's daughter---
Isaac and Kitty, chicken-breeders---
Viney, Billy's daughter---
Alcey, first cook---
Bob, Alcey's beau---
Solomon, married Courtenay---
Lewis, carriage-driver---
Milly, house servant---
Ike, Harriet's son---
Abel, raised the hogs---
Indian Mary, half Choctaw---
William, bodyguard in the war---
Edmund, women's bodyguard---
Amy, escapee---
Becky---
Alice,c.1867---
Robert, killed in 1869 slave riot---
John, gardener---
Charlotte and Ida.

Note: the word "sister" and "brother" are not always meant as blood-relative, as the Africans frequently used it to denote simply "my fellow-being". However, I have tried to use the terms here only when they seemed more positively related, or when the author of the book stated them as being so.

Contributed by: Guy.Bensusan@nau.edu (Guy Bensusan)