Collecting and Compiling Plantation Records: Thomas Terrell Case Study
Orice Jenkins
Content
Welcome
1m 24s
Speaker's Introduction
1m 56s
Introduction
9m 13s
The Inventory
11m 44s
The Last Probate
8m 49s
Evalina Stepney
13m 59s
Pleasant Robinson
4m 10s
Columbus Gatewood
4m 58s
Elihu's Exception
18m 51s
Announcements / prizes
3m 45s
Questions / answers
2m 37s
About this webinar
Thomas Terrell was a lawyer born in Louisa County, Virginia in 1761. His plantation in Greene County, Georgia and the people he enslaved there have connections to a Civil War battlefield, the University of Georgia, Wells Fargo, a United States Congressman, and northern enslavers from Connecticut and New Jersey. Thomas’ death in 1822 created the only comprehensive list of his enslaved population, requiring the use of unconventional sources to gather more information about them. Many were separated due to devastating slave sales, but 200 years later, their descendants have been reunited by DNA testing.
About the speaker
Orice Jenkins is a recording artist, genealogist, educator, and author, born and raised in Hartford, Connecticut. He began researching his family history upon discovering that Whitney Houston’s grandp...
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Comments (71)
This was very insightful, helpful, and interesting. Fantastic researcher.
This was wonderful! Well thought out, very well presented.
Amazing research skills here, okay who is Tom? you called him out, and just recognized...
If I could choose 10 as the highest rating, I would. Absolutely fascinating case study presentation and very helpful information in researching enslaved people. Thank you.
Amazing presentation! I loved seeing how Orice put everything together, taking each tiny clue and following it through. Thank you so much for sharing! I look forward to more presentations by Orice.
empowered me to be more certain about making connections of family members based on commonalities such as naming children the same or after other family members, finding movement to other areas based on land ownership or sales. I am always very hesitant and uncertain to connect family units because there are no surnames assigned to the enslaved nor records establishing relationships. Guess we have to use our best research skills and take a little leap of faith.
Orice gave an extremely engaging presentation. I learned additional ways to research my ancestors. I would like to learn more from him.
Very helpful as presenter made discoveries that may relate to our own research.