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Hercules (1794-1823) Event Records

Date Type: Subtype Occupation Location Enslaver Role Brief Description Source
1794   LifeEvent: Birth Bedford County On list of births. Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 31
1794 Nov.  Commercial: Enslaved_inventory Bedford County On "Roll of the negroes Nov. 1794. and where to be settled for the year 1795." Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 30
1798   Commercial: Enslaved_inventory Bedford County Plantation roll. Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 57
1805 July  Commercial: Enslaved_inventory Bedford County Plantation roll. Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 60
1810   Commercial: Enslaved_inventory Bedford County Plantation roll. Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 131
1810 Apr.  Commercial: Enslaved_inventory Poplar Forest Plantation roll. Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 129
1819   Provisions: Clothing Tomahawk Distribution list for wool, shirts, blankets, beds, or hats. Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 166
1819   Provisions: Supplies Poplar Forest Blanket distribution list. Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 168
1822 Dec. 23 Violence: Punishment Bedford County Found not guilty of stabbing overseer William Gough and planning an insurrection. Bedford County Trial Proceedings for Poplar Forest Slaves Gawen, Billy, and Hercules in Assault on William Gough, Overseer
1822 Dec. 23 Violence: Punishment Bedford County Discussion of court proceedings and his defense lawyer, Christopher Clark. Extract from William Radford