BIOGRAPHICAL
| First Name | Gawen |
| Alternate Names | Gowen |
| Surnames | |
| Gender | Male |
| Birth Information | Aug. 1778 Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 24 |
AS PROPERTY
GENEALOGY
| First Name | Gawen |
| Alternate Names | Gowen |
| Surnames | |
| Gender | Male |
| Birth Information | Aug. 1778 Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 24 |
| 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 | WillBetty (b. 1749)Augustine (b. 1775)Cate (b. 1780) |
| 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. 49 people are recorded in Bedford County. | |
| Role | Enumerated |
| Listed With | Hercules (1733-1807)Betty (b. 1749)Augustine (b. 1775)Cate (b. 1788)Mary (b. 1792)Hercules (1794-1823) |
| Sources | Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 30 |
| Thomas Jefferson documents the people he enslaves in Bedford County from late 1798 to early 1799. | |
| Role | Enumerated |
| Listed With | Hercules (1733-1807)Betty (b. 1749)Augustine (b. 1775)Cate (b. 1788)Mary (b. 1792)Hercules (1794-1823)Jupiter (1800-1809) |
| Sources | Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 57 |
| Thomas Jefferson documents the people he enslaves in Bedford County. | |
| Role | Enumerated |
| Listed With | Hercules (1733-1807)Betty (b. 1749)Augustine (b. 1775)Cate (b. 1788)Mary (b. 1792)Hercules (1794-1823)Jupiter (1800-1809) |
| Sources | Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 60 |
| Thomas Jefferson documents people living at Bear Creek | |
| Role | Enumerated |
| Listed With | Sally (b. 1777)Milly (1797-1819)Betty (b. 1801)Abbey (b. 1804)Edy (b. 1806)Martin (b. 1809) |
| Sources | Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 129 |
| Thomas Jefferson records the distribution of woollen, shirting, blankets and beds to people at Tomahawk. | |
| Role | Receives Provisions |
| Listed With | Sally (b. 1777)Betty (b. 1801)Matilda (b. 1818)Abbey (b. 1804)Edy (b. 1806)Martin (b. 1809)Hannah (b. 1770)Moses (b. 1811)Mary Anne (b. 1812)Harriet (b. 1815)Alfred Grason (b. 1818) |
| Sources | Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 166 |
| Thomas Jefferson records schedule of blanket distributions to people between 1819 through 1821 at Poplar Forest. On 1821 list | |
| Role | Receives Provisions |
| Sources | Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 168 |
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