| First Name | Patty |
| Surnames | Hern Getting Word: Hern Family |
| Gender | Female |
| Birth Information | 9 Sept. 1781, Monticello Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 24 |
| Death Information | Sep. 1806 Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 60 |
| 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 | David Hern Sr. (b. 1755)Isabel Hern (1758-1819)James Hern (b. 1776)Moses Hern (b. 1779) |
| Sources | Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 24 |
| Thomas Jefferson documents the people he enslaves across his properties and where they will be settled the following year. 64 people are recorded at Monticello. | |
| Role | Enumerated |
| Occupation: | Spinner |
| Sources | Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 30 |
| Thomas Jefferson calculates alottments for clothing and other supplies to people, with quantity determined by age and size. This includes linen, cloth, thread, stockings, blankets, beds, and shoes. | |
| Role | Receives Provisions |
| Sources | Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 43 |
| Clothing and textiles are distributed to enslaved and hired persons, inlucding linen, wool, cotton, stockings, shoes, blankets, and beds. | |
| Role | Receives Provisions |
| Sources | Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 49 |
| Bread is distributed to enslaved people and hired workers. The source material organizes people into lists by overseer. Listed under Hugh Petit. | |
| Role | Receives Provisions |
| Listed With | David Hern Sr. (b. 1755)Moses Hern (b. 1779)David Hern Jr. (b. 1784) |
| Sources | Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 43 |
| 64 people participate in the wheat harvest at Shadwell, with each person assigned a role as cradler, reaper, stacker, or gatherer. Assigned as gatherer | |
| Role | Laborer |
| Occupation: | Farm Laborer |
| Sources | Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 46 |
| Thomas Jefferson records distribution of fish. | |
| Role | Receives Provisions |
| Sources | Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 53 |
| Bread is distributed to enslaved people and hired workers listed under overseer Hugh Petit. | |
| Role | Receives Provisions |
| Listed With | David Hern Sr. (b. 1755)Isabel Hern (1758-1819)Moses Hern (b. 1779)David Hern Jr. (b. 1784)Aggy Hern (1789-1815)Lilly Hern Davis (b. 1791)Amy Hern (b. 1793) |
| Sources | Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 50 |
| Fish and other rations are distributed to people living on the Monticello mountain. | |
| Role | Receives Provisions |
| Listed With | David Hern Sr. (b. 1755)Isabel Hern (1758-1819)Aggy Hern (1789-1815)Lilly Hern Davis (b. 1791)Amy Hern (b. 1793) |
| Sources | Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 51 |
| Linen, wool, stockings, blankets, beds, and shoes are distributed to 134 people enslaved or hired by Thomas Jefferson. | |
| Role | Receives Provisions |
| Sources | Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 52 |
| Bread is distributed to people living on the Monticello mountain. | |
| Role | Receives Provisions |
| Listed With | David Hern Sr. (b. 1755)Isabel Hern (1758-1819)Edith Hern Fossett (1787-1854)Lilly Hern Davis (b. 1791)Amy Hern (b. 1793)Thruston Hern (b. 1795) |
| Sources | Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 52 |
| Thomas Jefferson documents the people he enslaves at Monticello from late 1798 to early 1799. | |
| Role | Enumerated |
| Listed With | David Hern Sr. (b. 1755)Isabel Hern (1758-1819)James Hern (b. 1776)Moses Hern (b. 1779)David Hern Jr. (b. 1784)Edith Hern Fossett (1787-1854)Aggy Hern (1789-1815)Lilly Hern Davis (b. 1791)Amy Hern (b. 1793)Thruston Hern (b. 1795)Indridge Hern (b. 1797) |
| Sources | Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 57 |
| Thomas Jefferson records the distribution of fish and beef to people at Monticello. | |
| Role | Receives Provisions |
| Sources | Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 56 |
| Thomas Jefferson records the distribution of fish and beef rations. | |
| Role | Receivies Provisions |
| Sources | Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 57 |
| People participate in the grain harvest at the South Field. Assigned as plougher | |
| Role | Laborer |
| Occupation: | Farm Laborer |
| Sources | Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 58 |
| Linen, wool, stockings, blankets, beds, and shoes are distributed to people enslaved or hired by Thomas Jefferson | |
| Role | Receives Provisions |
| Sources | Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 55 |
| Several people are not assigned to work in the crop harvest due to illness. | |
| Role | Ill Or Injured |
| Sources | Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 58 |
| Thomas Jefferson records the distribution of linen, wool, stockings, blankets, beds, and shoes to people. | |
| Role | Receives Provisions |
| Listed With | Beverly Hern (b. 1800) |
| Sources | Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 58a |
| 47 people are leased from Thomas Jefferson to John H. Craven | |
| Role | Hired |
| Listed With | James Hern (b. 1776)Beverly Hern (b. 1800)Jenny (b. 1768)Jesse (1790-1815)Sally (b. 1792)James (b. 1795)Evelina (b. 1797) |
| Sources | Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 60 |
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