BIOGRAPHICAL
| First Name | Lucy |
| Surnames | |
| Gender | Female |
| Death Information | 1781 Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 29 |
AS PROPERTY
GENEALOGY
| First Name | Lucy |
| Surnames | |
| Gender | Female |
| Death Information | 1781 Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 29 |
| Thomas Jefferson documents the people he enslaves across his properties, noting if someone is engaged in agriculture, a tradesperson, or is unable to work. 74 people are recorded at Elk Hil. Marked as "discharged from labor on acct of age or infirmity." | |
| Role | Enumerated |
| Sources | Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 17 Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 18 |
| Nine people at Crank’s are transferred to Thomas Jefferson in the division of his father’s estate. Marked as "discharged from labor on acct of age or infirmity." | |
| Sources | Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 11 |
| Eleven people enslaved by Thomas Jefferson escape from Cumberland County during a British invasion, most of them part of Hannibal and Patty’s family. | |
| Role | Freedom Seeker |
| Sources | Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 29 Jefferson’s Statement of Losses to the British at His Cumberland Plantations in 1781, [27 January 1783] Thomas Jefferson to William Gordon, 16 July 1788 |
| Lucy and Isabel return to the plantation in Cumberland County after escaping during a British invasion. | |
| Role | Traveler |
| Sources | Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 29 Jefferson’s Statement of Losses to the British at His Cumberland Plantations in 1781, [27 January 1783] |
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