Robert Hemings (1762-1819)

Robert Hemmings (1762-1819)

Biographical

First Name	Robert
Alternate Names	Bob Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 24
Surnames	Hemmings Richmond City, Hustings Court Marriage Bonds, Microfilm Reel 123, film numbers 0094-0096, LVA, Marriage Bond for William Scott and Elizabeth Hemmings, 28 Aug. 1812
Gender	Male
Birth Information	1762 Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 24
Death Information	Jul. or Aug. 1819 Martha Jefferson Randolph to Thomas Jefferson, 7 Aug. 1819
Enslaver	Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 24

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Getting Word: Hemings Family

Genealogy

Mother	Elizabeth Hemings (1735-1807) Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 24
Father	John Wayles (1715-1773) Recollections of Madison Hemings, 13 Mar. 1873

Timeline

1774
Monticello

Commercial: Enslaved_inventory

Plantation roll.

Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 15
1774
Monticello

Provisions: Supplies

Blanket distribution list.

Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 19
1774 Jan. 14
Forest (Charles City County)

FreedomStatus: Transfer

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

Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 13
1774 June 24

Provisions: Clothing

Received pants and shirts.

Monticello Household Account Book, page 15
1783

Commercial: Enslaved_inventory

Plantation roll.

Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 24
1794 Dec. 24

FreedomStatus: Manumission

Freed through manumission.

Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 25
1812 Aug. 28

SocialInteraction: Ceremony_attendance

Approved a marriage bond between his daughter Elizabeth Hemmings and William Scott.

Marriage Bond between William Scott and Elizabeth Hemmings
1819 Aug.

LifeEvent: Death

Reported as deceased by Martha J. Randolph.

Extract from Martha Jefferson Randolph to Thomas Jefferson