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Billy (b. 1799) Event Records

Date Type: Subtype Occupation Location Enslaver Role Brief Description Source
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 Albemarle County Plantation roll sorted by age. Marked through. Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 130
1810   Commercial: Enslaved_inventory Bedford County Plantation roll. Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 131
1810   Provisions: Clothing Distribution list for hats. Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 143
1810 Apr.  Commercial: Enslaved_inventory Poplar Forest Plantation roll. Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 129
1813   Provisions: Clothing Distribution list for summer clothing. Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 139
1813   Provisions: Supplies Blanket distribution list for 1813, 1816, and 1819. Marked through. Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 142
1814 Dec.  Provisions: Clothing Distribution list for shirts, wool, blankets, beds, hose, or hats. Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 146
1815   Provisions: Food Monticello House Bread supply list. Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 148
1815 June 26 Labor: Agricultural Farm Laborer Lego Received mutton and whiskey for labor during wheat harvest. Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 149
1815 Dec.  Provisions: Clothing Distribution list for wool, shirts, socks, blankets, or beds. Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 150
1816   Provisions: Clothing Distribution list for hats. Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 143
1816   Commercial: Enslaved_inventory Tradesman List of people with notes on spinning and weaving of fabrics. Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 152
1816   Provisions: Clothing Distribution list for wool, shirts, blankets, beds, socks, or hats. Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 154
1817   Provisions: Clothing Distribution list for shirts, plains, wool, blankets, hats, beds, or socks. Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 144
1817   Provisions: Food Monticello Bread supply list. Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 156
1817   Provisions: Clothing Distribution list for wool, shirts, blankets, beds, or hats. Marked through. Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 158
1818 Jan. 11 Resistance: Work_slowdown_or_stoppage Cooper Monticello Assigned to work in the cooper's shop. Referred to as "too ungovernable." Thomas Jefferson to Joel Yancey
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
1819 Oct. 10 Resistance: Physical Bear Creek Bites an overseer who ordered him to work on a Sunday and leaves Bear Creek. Joel Yancey to Thomas Jefferson
1822 Nov.  Resistance: Physical Poplar Forest Attacked an overseer, "knock'd him down and wounded him in several places with a knife." Extract from Elizabeth Trist to Nicholas P. Trist
1822 Nov. 19 Resistance: Freedom_seeking Award for his capture is advertised in a newspaper. Physical description is provided. Thomas Jefferson Randolph’s Newspaper Advertisement for Billy
1822 Dec. 23 Violence: Punishment Bedford County Found guilty for the stabbing of overseer William Gough and sentenced to burning "in the left hand" and 39 lashes. 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