BIOGRAPHICAL
| First Name | Betty |
| Surnames | |
| Gender | Female |
| Birth Information | Mar. 1774 Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 21 |
AS PROPERTY
| First Name | Betty |
| Surnames | |
| Gender | Female |
| Birth Information | Mar. 1774 Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 21 |
| Thomas Jefferson documents the people he enslaves across his properties. He records 129 people in Albemarle County, but only 128 names are visible on the manuscript. | |
| Role | Enumerated |
| Listed With | Phill (1742-1810)Molly (1749-1811)Phillip (b. 1768)Phyllis (b. 1771)Mary (1776-1813)Nancy (b. 1778)Sally (b. 1780) |
| Sources | Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 24 |
| Ten people are transferred from Thomas Jefferson to Hastings Marks following his marriage to Jefferson’s sister, Anne Scott Jefferson Marks. | |
| From Enslaver | Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) |
| To Enslaver | Hastings Marks (d. 1811) |
| Role | Sold Or Transferred |
| Sources | Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 25 Thomas Jefferson to Anna Jefferson Marks, 12 July 1788 |
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