Betty (b. 1747)

Biographical

First Name	Betty
Alternate Names	Bess Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 28
	Old Betty Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 46
Surnames
Gender	Female
Birth Information	1747 Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 129
Enslaver	John Wayles (1715-1773) Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 11
	Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 11

Genealogy

Partner	Will (b. 1752) Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 11
Children	Hall (1767-1819) Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 11
	Dilcy (b. 1769) Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 11
	Suckey (1771-1811) Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 11
	Caesar (1774-1818) Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 24
	Billey (1777-1794) Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 24
	Cuffy (1779-1796) Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 24

Timeline

1774
Poplar Forest

Commercial: Enslaved_inventory
Farm Laborer

Plantation roll. Marked as "a labourer in the ground."

Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 16
1774
Poplar Forest

Provisions: Supplies

Blanket distribution list.

Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 19
1774
Poplar Forest

Provisions: Supplies

Bed distribution list.

Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 19
1774 Jan. 14
Poplar Forest

FreedomStatus: Transfer
Farm Laborer

Transferred to TJ during the division of John Wayles's estate. Marked as "a labourer in the ground."

Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 11
1774 Sept.
Poplar Forest

Health: Childbirth

Gave birth to a girl named Betty.

Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 21
1777 Jan.
Poplar Forest

Health: Childbirth

Gave birth to a boy named Billey.

Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 28
1779
Bedford County

Health: Childbirth

Gave birth to a boy named Cuffy.

Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 31
1783
Poplar Forest

Commercial: Enslaved_inventory

Plantation roll.

Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 24
1792 Aug. 17
Poplar Forest

Commercial: Enslaved_inventory

On plantation roll.

From Bowling Clark
1794 Nov.
Bedford County

Commercial: Enslaved_inventory

On "Roll of the negroes Nov. 1794. and where to be settled for the year 1795."

Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 30
1795

Labor: Domestic
Cook

TJ notes she should work as a cook for the next wheat harvest.

Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 46
1795 June 27
Shadwell

Labor: Agricultural
Farm Laborer

Gatherer during wheat harvest at Shadwell.

Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 46
1798
Bedford County

Commercial: Enslaved_inventory

Plantation roll.

Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 57
1805 July
Bedford County

Commercial: Enslaved_inventory

Plantation roll.

Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 60
1810
Bedford County

Commercial: Enslaved_inventory

Plantation roll.

Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 131
1810 Apr.
Poplar Forest

Commercial: Enslaved_inventory

Plantation roll.

Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 129

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Betty (b. 1747)

Biographical

Genealogy

Timeline