African Americans, Enslaved & Free, at Washington Navy Yard
and Daniel and Mary Bell and the Struggle for Freedom

by John G. M. Sharp

Table 2 - African Americans Employed on the Rolls of the Navy Yard 1799-1865
Footnotes may be found at wny5

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Date
Name
Occupation
Wage
Slaveholder
Status
Source
Remarks
1805-1807
Charles Ball
Cook
Mr. Cox
Enslaved
A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball, 1854, p. 27-29.
Ball states Cox placed him as a cook in the ordinary
aboard the USS Congress for two yrs. 225
Oct. 1806
Ivy
Laborer
.81
Enslaved
John Cassin to Robert Smith, 23 May 1806 RG 45/M125 NARA, "discharged"
"Increase of the Number of Persons Employed in the U.S. Navy Yard Washington with their several Occupations & Wages May 22nd 1805 to 1st May 1806"
Oct. 1806
Stephen Smoot
Laborer
.81
Alexander Smoot
Enslaved
Cassin to Smith, 23 May 1806
RG 45/M125 NARA
Oct. 1806
Charles Smoot
Laborer
.81
Alexander Smoot
Enslaved
Cassin to Smith, 23 May 1806
RG 45/M125 NARA
Oct. 1806
Rodger Howard
Carpenters Laborer
.81
Thomas Howard Overseer of the Laborers
Enslaved
Cassin to Smith, 23 May 1806
RG 45/M125 NARA
April 1806
Tom Washington
Laborer
.81
Mrs. Thomas
Washington
Enslaved
Cassin to Smith, 23 May 1806
RG 45/M125 NARA
Entered on the rolls April 1805  "by written
permission of the Secretary of the Navy"
April 1806
Dick Washington
Laborer
.81
Mrs. Thomas
Washington
Enslaved
Cassin to Smith, 23 May 1806
RG 45/M125 NARA
Entered on the rolls April 1805  "by written
permission of the Secretary of the Navy"
April 1806
Anthony Washington 226
Laborer
.81
Mrs. Thomas
Washington
Enslaved
Cassin to Smith, 23 May 1806
RG 45/M125 NARA
Entered on the rolls April 1805  "by written
permission of the Secretary of the Navy"
April 1806
Charles Washington
Laborer
.81
Mrs. Thomas
Washington
Enslaved
Cassin to Smith, 23 May 1806
RG 45/M125 NARA
Entered on the rolls April 1805  "by written
permission of the Secretary of the Navy"
Oct. 1806
Tom King 227
Apprentice Blacksmith
1.06
Benjamin King
Master Blacksmith
228
Enslaved
Cassin to Smith, 23 May 1806
RG 45/M125 NARA
January
1807
Cato Day 229
Caulker
Free
Dally National Intelligencer
January 15, 1807 re
Runaway slave reward notice.
"I believe has contracted an acquaintance with a certain Cato Day, a black man who worked some years past in the Navy Yard in the city of Washington" John Masters 230
July 1807
Richard Brown
John Cassin
[Captain USN]
Enslaved
Reward Notice Daily National Intelligencer, July 7, 1807
[The notice is unclear if Richard Brown  is free or enslaved]
20 Dollars reward. "Deserted this morning …
A negro man Richard Brown in ordinary.
He is 22 yrs. 5 ft. 6 or 7, wears hair tied." 
April 16, 1808
Washington Bowie 231
Gustavius Ward
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 22 April 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
Black Laborers Discharged from the Navy Yard Apr 16th 1808
April 16, 1808
Daniel Brant
Robert Brant
Enslaved
Tingey to  Smith 22 April 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
Black Laborers Discharged from the Navy Yard Apr 16th 1808
April 16, 1808
Lewis Butler
Allen How
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 22 April 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
Black Laborers Discharged from the Navy Yard Apr 16th 1808
April 16, 1808
Robert Kramer
John Templeton
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 22 April 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
Black Laborers Discharged from the Navy Yard Apr 16th 1808
April 16, 1808
Jim Elgin
James Kemp
Enslaved
April 16, 1808
Charles Briscoe
David Dobbins
Overseer of the Yard Laborers
Enslaved
***Letters Received by the Secretary of the Navy from Captains
April 16, 1808
John Sherwin
John Minister
Enslaved
***Letters Received by the Secretary of the Navy from Captains
April 16, 1808
Stephen Smoot
Alexander Smoot
Enslaved
***Letters Received by the Secretary of the Navy from Captains
Black Laborers Discharged from the Navy Yard
Apr 16th 1808
April 16, 1808
Dick Barber
Thomas Howard
Enslaved
***Letters Received by the Secretary of the Navy from Captains
Black Laborers Discharged from the Navy Yard
Apr 16th 1808
April 16, 1808
Jerry Gratton
Azariah Gratton
Enslaved
***Letters Received by the Secretary of the Navy from Captains
Black Laborers Discharged from the Navy Yard
Apr 16th 1808
April 16, 1808
Charles Moody
Michael Lowe
Enslaved
***Letters Received by the Secretary of the Navy from Captains
Black Laborers Discharged from the Navy Yard
Apr 16th 1808
April 16, 1808
Henry Naylor
John L. Naylor
Enslaved
***Letters Received by the Secretary of the Navy from Captains
Black Laborers Discharged from the Navy Yard
Apr 16th 1808
April 16, 1808
Joseph William
John Wakins
Enslaved
***Letters Received by the Secretary of the Navy from Captains
Black Laborers Discharged from the Navy Yard
Apr 16th 1808
April 16, 1808
Nicholas Pie
Thomas Router
Enslaved
***Letters Received by the Secretary of the Navy from Captains
Black Laborers Discharged from the Navy Yard
Apr 16th 1808
April 16, 1808
Jack Buchanan
W. King
Enslaved
***Letters Received by the Secretary of the Navy from Captains
Black Laborers Discharged from the Navy Yard
Apr 16th 1808
April 16, 1808
Bill Sanders
Upton Carroll
Enslaved
***Letters Received by the Secretary of the Navy from Captains
Black Laborers Discharged from the Navy Yard
Apr 16th 1808
April 25, 1808
Jim Allen
1.75
Henry Allen
Enslaved
 Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
"One Blackman of Mr. Cocke"
Buller Cocke  232
Naval Storekeeper
and Purser USN
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Solomon Bond
Caulker
1.75
James Claggett
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Robert Claggett 233
Caulker
1.75
James Claggett
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Aaron Claggett
Caulker
1.75
James Claggett
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Henry Adams
234
Caulker
  1.75
Free
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Cato Day
Caulker
1.75
Free
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[ 25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Nic[holas] Franklin 235
Caulker
1.75
Free
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Moses Liverpool 236
Caulker
1.75
Free
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
J. Oliver
1.75
Free
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Aaron [Davis]
Oakum Boy
.80
Tho[mas] Davis
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Andy Smith
Oakum Boy
.65
Wm. Smith
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
B. Collins
Reamer
.80
Free
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Peter Selby
Reamer
.80
Phillip Selby
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Bill Holmes
Pitch Boiler
.80
Joseph Cassin
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Dick Hamilton
Reamer
.80
Francis Hamilton
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Henry Hicks 237
Carpenter's Laborer and Carver
1.00
Mr. Evans
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Bill Bean
Carpenter's Laborer and Carver
1.00
Thomas Howard
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Rodger Howard
Laborer
1.00
Thomas Howard
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Zeph. Western
Laborer
1.00
T. Catowell
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Hezekiah Smallwood
Laborer
1.00
Samuel  N. Smallwood 238
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Tom King
Apprentice [Blacksmith]
1.00
Benjamin King
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
D. Clabone
Apprentice [Blacksmith]
1.00
Dan Beat
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Joe Thompson 239
.80
Walter Clarke
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Joe Smoot 240
.80
Alexander Smoot
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Pompey Slater
.80
Alexander Smoot
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Luke Cannon 241
Striker in the Smith's Shop
.80
Mr. Fenwick  242
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Joe Edward
Striker in the Smith's Shop
David Dobbins
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Jim Murray
.80
Thomas  Murray
Master Cooper
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Joe Byers
.80
Captain John Davidson
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Davy Bean
.85
Geo[rge] Bean
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Nat. Duckett
.85
[Wm B.] Magruder
of Georgetown
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Joe Button
.75
William Small
Instrument Maker 243
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Blanton Dyson
.75
Edward Fitzpatrick
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Blanton Dyson
.75
Edward Fitzpatrick
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
William Bean
.75
Colmore Bean
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Caesar Dyson
.75
William Dyson
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
George Gratton
.75
William Boswell
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Phil Hammond
.75
Verlinda Selby
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Bill Hamilton
Carpenter's Laborer and Carver
.75
Francis Hamilton
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
and 12 May 1808
RG 45/ M125 NARA
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
William Mason
.75
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Sander Naylor
.75
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Nace Naylor
.75
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Ned /Red  Nevitt 244
.75
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
George Vigunet
.75
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Jim Standard
.75
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Charles Smoot
.75
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Joe Washington
.75
Sara Washington
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Tom Wood
.75
Daniel Brant
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Dick Washington
.75
Sara Washington
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
William Baker
Driver of Oxen
.75
Thomas Wheat
Enslaved
Tingey to Robert Smith 5 May 1808 and Tingey to Smith 18 May 1808 RG 45/M125 NARA
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Joe Mason
.75
Joseph Cassin
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Jason Postan
Sawyer 245
.75
Sawyer Bartholomew Postan
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808
April 25, 1808
Davy Gardner  246
Apprentice Mast maker
1.80
Peter Gardner
Master Mast Maker
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
[25 April 1808]
April 25, 1808
Geo[rge Carnes ]
.75
Thomas Murray
Master Cooper
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 5 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NAR
Shipwright &c under the direction of Mr. Fox-
25 April 1808]
May 12, 1808
Joe Byers
Striker in the Smith's Shop
Captain John Davidson
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 12 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
List of Slaves who were considered necessary to retain
May 12, 1808
Jim Brown
Striker in the Smith's Shop
Thomas Murray
Master Cooper
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 12 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
List of Slaves who were considered necessary to retain
May 12, 1808
Luke Cannon
Striker in the Smith's Shop
Mr. [George] Fenwick District of Columbia
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 12 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
List of Slaves who were considered Necessary to retain
May 12, 1808
Joe Edward
Striker in the Smith's Shop
David Dobbins Overseer of Yard Laborers
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 12 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
List of Slaves who were considered necessary to retain
May 12, 1808
Brazil Nevitt
Striker in the Smith's Shop
Widow Nevitt
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 12 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
List of Slaves who were considered necessary to retain
May 12, 1808
Joe Smoot
Striker in the Smith's Shop
Alexander Smoot
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 12 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
List of Slaves who were considered necessary to retain
May 12, 1808
Joseph Washington 247
Widow Sarah Washington
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 12 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
List of Slaves who were considered necessary to retain
May 12, 1808
Charles Washington
Striker in the Smith's Shop
Widow Sarah Washington
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 12 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
List of Slaves who were considered necessary to retain
May 12, 1808
Davy Bean
Blower in the Smith's Shop
George Bean
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 12 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
List of Slaves who were considered necessary to retain
May 12, 1808
Leck Nally
Rebecca Nally
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 12 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
List of Slaves who were considered necessary to retain
May 12, 1808
Pompey Slater
Blower in the Smith's Shop
Alexander Smoot
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 12 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
List of Slaves who were considered necessary to retain
May 12, 1808
Bill Barnes
Carpenter's Laborer & Carver
Tho[mas] Howard Overseer of Yard
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 12 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
List of Slaves who were considered necessary to retain
May 12, 1808
Bill Campbell
Carpenter's Laborer & Carver
Mr. Fenwick
District of Columbia.
18 May 1808 lists Thomas Howard
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 12 May 1808 and Cassin to Smith 18 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
List of Slaves who were considered necessary to retain
May 12, 1808
Henry Hicks
Carpenter's Laborer & Carver
Mr. Evans of Washington
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 12 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
List of Slaves who were considered necessary to retain
May 12, 1808
Rodger Howard
Carpenter's Laborer & Carver
Thomas Howard
Overseer of Laborers
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 12 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
List of Slaves who were considered necessary to retain
May 12, 1808
Luke Barbour
Carpenter's Laborer & Carver
Michael Laine
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 12 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
List of Slaves who were considered necessary to retain
May 12, 1808
Zeph. Woodward
Carpenter's Laborer & Carver
Thos Caldwell of Washington
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 12 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
List of Slaves who were considered necessary to retain
May 12, 1808
Bill Holmes
Pitch Boiler/ Carpenter's Laborer and Carver
Joseph Cassin
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 12 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
List of Slaves who were considered necessary to retain
May 12, 1808
Henry Smallwood
Turner Grindstone
Widow Comd. Smallwood of Washington
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 12 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
List of Slaves who were considered necessary to retain
May 12, 1808
Hezariah Smallwood
Turner Grindstone
Widow Comd. Smallwood of Washington
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 12 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
List of Slaves who were considered necessary to retain
May 12, 1808
Peter Selby
Caulker/ Reamer
Phillip Selby of Washington
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 12 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
List of Slaves who were considered necessary to retain
May 12, 1808
Bill Hamilton
Caulker/ Reamer
Francis Hamilton of Washington
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 12 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
List of Slaves who were considered necessary to retain
May 12, 1808
Bill Davis
Carpenter's Laborer
Thomas Howard Overseer of  Laborers
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 18 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
May 18, 1808
Zephyr Westcourt
Carpenter's Laborer
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 18 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
May 19, 1808
Abraham Lynson 248
Seaman
$12.00 per month
Commodore Thomas Tingey
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 19 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
"Ditto [Slave] of Captain Tingey and Servant "
May 19, 1808
Charles Lancaster
Ordinary Seaman
$11.00 per month
Dr. Alexander
McWilliams
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 19 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
"Slave of Dr. McWilliams, Servant of Captain Cassin"
May 19, 1808
Ferdinand Land
Boy
$8.00 per month
Lt. Talbot
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 19 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
"Ditto [Slave] of Lt. Talbot, Servant
onboard and on shore –"
May 19, 1808
Orlando Vincent
Boy
$5.00 per month
Lt. Harrison
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 19 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
[Slave] of Lt Harrison, Servant on shore  –"
May 19, 1808
John Russell
Boy
$8.00
per month
Nathaniel Harden
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 19 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
May 19, 1808
George Brown
$10.00
Dr. [Thomas] Ewell 249
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 19 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
May 19, 1808
Henry Brown
$10.00
Dr. [Thomas] Ewell
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 19 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
May 19, 1808
Phillip Greyhook
Boy
$8.00 per month
Nathaniel Haraden
250
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 19 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
"Servant of Lt. Haraden serves on board –"
May 19, 1808
James Johnson
Ordinary Seaman
$10.00 per month
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 19 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
James Johnson’s name is proceeded  by a  "C" which Tingey utilized to denote to Smith blacks who were "servants to officers. The slaveholders name was not listed.
May 19, 1808
Thomas Downs
Apprentice
Nathaniel Haraden
Enslaved Works onboard
Tingey to Smith 19 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
May 19, 1808
George Saunders
$10.00 per month
Mrs. Carroll
Enslaved Works onboard
Tingey to Smith 19 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
"The five marked with a cross [X] before their name I have directed to be forthwith discharged –"
May 19, 1808
Mace Saunders
$10.00 per month
Mrs. Carroll
Enslaved Works onboard
Tingey to Smith 19 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
"The five marked with a cross [X] before their name I have directed to be forthwith discharged –"
May 19, 1808
Ralph McWilliams
Seaman
Dr. Alexander
McWilliams 251
Slave
Tingey to Smith 19 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
"The five marked with a cross [X] before their name I have directed to be forthwith discharged –"
May 19, 1808
George Plowden
$10.00 per month
Dr. Alexander McWilliams 251
Enslaved Works onboard
Tingey to Smith 19 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
"The five marked with a cross [X] before their name I have directed to be forthwith discharged –"
May 19, 1808
Peter Briscoe
Nathaniel Haraden
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith 19 May 1808
RG 45/M125 NARA
"The five marked with a cross [X] before their name I have directed to be forthwith discharged –"
November 1808
Negro Man
Cook in the
Ordinary
Tunis Craven 252
Purser USN
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith
4 November 1808
Jan. 6, 1809
Stephen Smoot
Blacksmith Striker
Mr. Smoot
Enslaved
 
Tingey to  Smith
6 January 1809
"Mr. King states that the shop is in want of two strikers and that Mr. Smoot has applied for two of his slaves to be taken their names are Geo. Plowden and Stephen Smoot, they were formerly in the Yard, and I believe will suit very well."
Jan. 6, 1809
George Plowden 253
Striker
Mr. Smoot
Enslaved
Tingey to Smith
6 Jan. 1809
See above
June 1809
David Davis 254
James Cassin
Enslaved
Daily National Intelligencer
16 June 1809
Reward  $100.00
Dec. 1809
Edwin Jones
255
Shipwright
1.60
Josiah Fox
Enslaved
Manumission 12 Dec 1809
Dec. 1809
William Oakley
AKA William Fox 256
Shipwright
1.60
Josiah Fox
Enslaved
Tingey to R. Smith
10 August 1809
Tingey states Oakley is slave of Fox
July 1811
William Winters 257
Caulker
1.75
Free
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811, RG 45 NARA
D.C. Certificate of Freedom signed by Lund Washington states William Winters manumitted 1806. District of Columbia Deed Book, Liber A.M. 37, p. 19, 7 August 1816 re William Winters.  
July 1811
Charles Franklin
Caulker
1.75
Free
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811, RG 45 NARA
July 1811
Solomon Bond
Caulker
1.75
Free
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811, RG 45 NARA
Letitia W. Brown Free Negroes in the District of Columbia 1790-1846 Oxford University Press New York 1972, p. 147.
July 1811
John Martin
Caulker
1.75
Free
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811, RG 45 NARA
Letitia W. Brown Free Negroes in the District of Columbia 1790-1846 Oxford University Press New York 1972, p. 149.
July 1811
Henry Adams
Laborer
 
.85
John Davis of Abel Master Plumber
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811, RG 45 NARA
July 1811
Joe Byers
Laborer
.85
John Davidson
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811, RG 45 NARA
July 1811
Jim Brown
Laborer
.85
Thomas Murray
Master Cooper
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811, RG 45 NARA
July 1811
Bill Bean
Laborer
.85
Free
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811, RG 45 NARA
Bill his X mark Bean
July 1811
Washington Bowie
Laborer
.85
Walter Cox
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811, RG 45 NARA
Walter Cox
July 1811
Singleton Crawford
Laborer
.65
John Davis of Abel 258
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811, RG 45 NARA
John Davis of Abel
July 1811
Luke Cannon
Laborer
.85
Free
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811, RG 45 NARA
Luke his X mark Cannon
July 1811
Nat Duckett
Laborer
1.25
Free
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811, RG 45 NARA
Nat his X mark Duck ett
July 1811
David Davis 259
Laborer
.85
James Cassin
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811, RG 45 NARA
July 1811
Lut
Laborer
1.25
John Davis of Abel
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811, RG 45 NARA
Wages signed by John Davis of Abel
July 1811
Joe Edwards
Laborer
.85
Alexander Smith
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811, RG 45 NARA
July 1811
Jerry Cotton
Laborer
.85
Azariah Gratton
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811, RG 45 NARA
Wages signed for by Azariah Gratton
July 1811
Tom [King]
Laborer
1.70
Benjamin King
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811, RG 45 NARA
Wages signed for by Benjamin King
July 1811
Basil [Nevit]
Laborer
    .85
Mary Nevit
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811,  RG 45 NARA
Wages acknowledged by "Mary her X mark Nevit"
July 1811
George Plowden
Laborer
    .85
Alexander Smoot
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811, RG 45 NARA
"Joseph Casson order filed in this office"
July 1811
Jo[e] Smoot
Laborer
    .80
Alexander Smoot
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811, RG 45 NARA
 
July 1811
Joe Thompson
Laborer
.85
Walter Clarke
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811, RG 45 NARA
Wages signed for by Walter Clarke
July 1811
Anthony [Washington]
Laborer
    .85
Sarah Washington
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811,  RG 45 NARA
"Thomas L. Washington Attorney order on file in this office"
July 1811
Charles [Washington]
260
Laborer
    .85
Sarah Washington
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811,  RG 45 NARA
"Thomas L. Washington Attorney order on file in this office"
July 1811
Bill Barnes
Laborer
    .75
Thomas Howard
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811,  RG 45 NARA
 
July 1811
Sam Grant
Laborer
    .75
 Elizabeth Shantley
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811, RG 45 NARA
 
July 1811
Jess Boarman
Laborer
    .75
Mrs. Queen
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811,  RG 45 NARA
 
July 1811
James Harvey
Laborer
    .75
Anthony Thornton
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811, RG 45 NARA
 
July 1811
Andrew Howard
Laborer
    .75
Thomas Howard
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811, RG 45 NARA
 
July 1811
Rodger Howard
Carpenter's Laborer
    .75
Thomas Howard
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811, RG 45 NARA
 
July 1811
Bob Maddox
Laborer
 .75
Notley Maddox
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811, RG 45 NARA
 
July 1811
Ned [Nevit]
Laborer
 .85
Mrs. [Ann] Nevit
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811, RG 45 NARA
 
July 1811
Pad[rick] Paine
Laborer
 .75
Mrs. Queen
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811, RG 45 NARA
 
July 1811
Luke Rivers
Carpenters Laborer
.75
Michael Lowe
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811,   RG 45 NARA and Cassin to Smith 18 May 1808 RG 45 NARA
 
July 1811
Peter Selby
Laborer
.75
Phillip Selby
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811, RG 45 NARA
 
July 1811
Sam Selby
Laborer
.75
Verlinda Selby
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811,  RG 45 NARA
 
July 1811
Harry Smallwood
Laborer
.75
John Gibson
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811, RG 45 NARA
 
July 1811
Zeph Woodward
Laborer
.75
William O Neal
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811, RG 45 NARA
 
July 1811
Frank [Vermillion]
Laborer
.75
Henrietta  Vermillion
261
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811, RG 45 NARA
 
July 1811
Dennis
Laborer
.75
Mrs. Evans
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811, RG 45 NARA
 
July 1811
Cupid Slater
Laborer
.75
Maria Shanley
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811, RG 45 NARA
"Wages acknowledged By Maria Shanley"
July 1811
Bill Smith
Laborer
.75
Elizabeth Magruder
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811, RG 45 NARA
Elizabeth Magruder by Maria Shanley order on file
July 1811
Toby Forest
Laborer
.75
Betsey Magruder
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811,  RG 45 NARA
Elizabeth Magruder by Maria Shanley order on file
July 1811
Gerard Brooks 
Laborer
.75
David Dobbins
262
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811, RG 45 NARA
Wages Signed for by David Dobbins
July 1811
Stephen
Laborer
.75
Sally Adams
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811, RG 45 NARA
Thos. Howard order on file this office
July 1811
John Forest
Laborer
.75
Richard Forest
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811, RG 45 NARA
 
July 1811
Jim Forest
Laborer
.75
Richard Forest
Enslaved
Payroll of mechanics and laborers, 1811, RG 45 NARA
 
June
1812
David Davis 263

 

 

J[ames] Cassin
Enslaved
Daily National Intelligencer
June 2, 1812
Thirty Dollars reward. Davis ran away from navy yard  26 May 1812. He worked in yard blacksmiths shop for last 3 yrs. He is age 25, 5 ft. 10 to 5 ft. 11 inches. Per DNI Davis ran away on June 16, 1809.
April 1813
Jim Smith
John Davis of Abel
Enslaved
District of Columbia, Deed Book, Liber No 30 p. 212
Feb. 1814
Harry Carroll
Blacksmith Striker

John Bird/George Beale 264
Enslaved
Daily National Intelligencer
Feb. 17, 1814
He belongs to a Mr. John Bird … but I hired him out Signed Geo Beale Navy Yard
Nov 16 1815
Henry Adams
Ordinary Seaman

Free
NARA RG 45 M125, Roll 163,
p. 17-20
Muster of Ordinary 1815-1817
 
Charles Grandison
Ordinary Seaman
 
Timothy Winn
Purser USN
Enslaved
NARA RG 45 M125, Roll 163,
p. 17-20
Muster of Ordinary 1815-1 817
Dec 31 1815
Alexander Hays
Boy
 
Marmaduke Dove
Enslaved
NARA RG 45 M125, Roll 163,
p. 17-20
Muster of Ordinary 1815-1817
Dec 31, 1815
Charles Lancaster
Ordinary Seaman
 
Dr. Alexander McWilliams
Enslaved
NARA RG 45 M125, Roll 163,
p. 17-20
Muster of Ordinary 1815-1817
 Jan 1, 1816
Charles Grandison
Ordinary Seaman
 
Timothy Winn,
Purser USN
Enslaved
NARA RG 45 M125, Roll 163,
p. 32-34
Muster of Ordinary 1816-1819
 April 13, 1816
Basil Brown
Boy
 
 
Enslaved
NARA RG 45 M125, Roll 163,
p. 17-20
Muster of Ordinary 1815-1817
 June 24, 1816
George Milton
Ordinary Seaman
 
Timothy Winn,
Purser USN
Enslaved
NARA RG 45 M125, Roll 163,
p. 17-20
Muster of Ordinary 1815-1817
July 1 1816
Charles Lancaster
Ordinary Seaman
 
Dr. Alexander McWilliams
Enslaved
NARA RG 45 M125, Roll 163,
p. 32-34
Muster of Ordinary 1816-1819
Oct.
1816
George Milton 265
 Ordinary Seaman
 
Timothy Winn,
Purser USN
Enslaved
Timothy Winn to Tingey
16 September 1816
Winn claims Milton works in the Pursers Store
Oct. 1816
Tom Macom
266
Sawyer
 
Captain Nathaniel Haraden
Enslaved
Tingey to John Rodgers  
3 October 1816
"A slave belonging to Capt. Haraden, who is employed in the Yard as a Sawyer"
 Nov 13 1816
Jack Pie
Ordinary Seaman
 
 
Enslaved
NARA RG 45 M125, Roll 163,
p. 32-34
Muster of Ordinary 1816-1819
Nov 24 1816
Jack Pie
Ordinary Seaman
 
 
Enslaved
NARA RG 45 M125, Roll 163,
p. 17-20
Muster of Ordinary 1815-1817
April
1817
Nat Cummins
 
 
Captain Nathaniel Haraden
Enslaved
Daily National Intelligencer
30 April 1817
"Nat Cummins, who formerly lived with Captain Haraden, in the Navy Yard and a few weeks with Capt. James Cassin in Georgetown. He is about 5 feet 10 or 11 inches high, slender male; had on when seen last the habit of sailor."
14 May 1817
Joe Smoot
Blacksmith
 
James Moore
Enslaved
Daily National Intelligencer
14 May  1817
Fifty Dollars Reward Ran away Joe Smoot AKA Joe Lee "a blacksmith by trade who has been working in the navy yard."
1817
November
Joe Mason
 
 
Offa Wilson
Enslaved
Daily National Intelligencer
11 November 1817
Runaway 267 Hired out at the Navy Yard by Ann Ray also worked for Captain John Cassin
 Jan 1 1818
Alexander Hays
Boy
 
Marmaduke Dove
Enslaved
NARA RG 45 M125,
Roll 163, p .32-34
Muster of Ordinary 1816-1819
1818
April
Henry Carroll 268
Servant to Commodore Tingey
 
Thomas Tingey
Enslaved
Daily National Intelligencer
April 25, 1818
Ran away June Last
1819 -1820
Joe Smoot
 
 
Alexander Smoot
Enslaved
List of Personnel employed by year, 1819-1820
RG 45 NARA
"Joseph Casson, order on file in this office"
1819 -1820
Joe Thompson
 
 
 
Enslaved
List of Personnel employed by year, 1819-1820
RG 45 NARA
 
1819 -1820
Robert Thompson
 
 
 
Enslaved
List of Personnel employed by year, 1819-1820
RG 45 NARA
 
1819 -1820
Henry Butler
Laborer
 .90
 
Free
List of Personnel employed by year, 1819-1820
RG 45 NARA
 
1819 -1820
John Thompson
Laborer
 1.12
 
Enslaved
List of Personnel employed by year, 1819-1820
RG 45 NARA
 
1819 -1820
Charles Washington
Laborer
1.12
 
Enslaved
List of Personnel employed by year, 1819-1820 RG 45 NARA
 
May 10 1820
Henry Carroll
Ordinary Seaman
 
Thomas Tingey
Enslaved
NARA RG 45 M125 Roll 163
Muster Roll of the Ordinary 1826, p.48-52
March 20,
1823
Leonard  Taylor
Blacksmith Striker
 
Widow, Mrs. Dorothy] Wailes
Enslaved
Tingey to BNC 25 March 1823
T. T. is forwarding George Blagden’s letter endorsing
Mrs Wailes appeal that her two slaves be rehired.
March 25,
1823
Alexander Taylor
Blacksmith Striker
 
Widow, Mrs. [Dorothy] Wailes
Enslaved
Tingey to BNC 25 March 1823
T. T. is forwarding George Blagden’s letter endorsing
Mrs Wailes appeal that her two slaves, Leonard and
Alexander Taylor, recently fired, be rehired.
March 25,
1823
Moses Dyson
Blacksmith Striker
 
Widow Jaffe
Enslaved
Tingey to BNC 25 March 1823
T. T. recommends rehiring of Moses Dyson
March 28, 1823
Moses Dyson
Blacksmith Striker
 
Mrs. Jaffe
Enslaved
BNC letter book
28 March 1823
John Rodgers to Tingey.
Letter authorizes the employment of slave of Mrs. Jaffe,
Moses Dyson, in Chain Cable Shop
March 28, 1823
Leonard Taylor or Alexander Taylor
Blacksmith Striker
 
Mrs. Wailes
Enslaved
BNC letter book 28 March 1823 Rodgers, to Tingey
Letter authorizes the employment of one of Mrs. Wailes slaves, either Leonard or BNC letter Alexander Taylor,
in Chain Cable Shop
March 28, 1823
Ralph Cole or Nace Johnson
Blacksmith Striker
 
The Misses Greenwells
Enslaved
BNC letter book
28 March 1823
John Rodgers to Thomas Tingey
Letter authorizes the employment of one of the Misses Greenwells' slaves either Ralph Cole or Nace Johnson,
in Chain Cable Shop
Oct. 1, 1823
Henry Butler
Blacksmith Striker
 
 
Free
Tingey to BNC 1 Oct. 1823 re Henry Butler leaving the Anchor Shop
Foreman Kurtz "plans to replace with three Black men."
Oct. 1, 1823
Moses Liverpool
Blacksmith Striker
 
 
Free
 Tingey to BNC 1 Oct. 1823 re Henry Butler leaving the Anchor Shop
See above. 4 Oct. 1823, BNC gives approval to hire two black strikers.
Jan. 16,1824
UNK
Blacksmith Striker
 
Joe Forrest
Enslaved
Tingey to BNC  16 January 1824 forwarding letter of B. King requesting a slave
of Forrest for Blacksmith Shop 
Tingey notes master blacksmith King "already had seven black strikers"
BNC  replies 17 Jan. 1824 "not disposed to hire anymore without absolute necessity."
July 1, 1824
John Ambler
Ordinary Seamen
 
Cary Seldon
Enslaved
NARA RG125 Entry T829,
Roll 163, p.48-52.
Muster of the Ordinary 1826
Feb.
1825
Nathan Brown
AKA Jerry or Terry 269
Anchor Smith
 
John Davis of Able
Master Plumber
Enslaved
Daily National Intelligencer 3 March 1825 Reward Notice
Thirty dollars reward. Brown ran away on 26 Feb.1825 to Baltimore for ship to Haiti.
April 1825
William Allison
 
 
Thomas Howard,
Clerk of the Yard
Thomas Lyndall, Master Joiner, James Owner, Master Shipwright
Enslaved
Manumission and Emancipation Record, 1821-1862, Volume 1,
p. 189-190, NARA RG21
Deed of Manumission re William Allison 12 April 1825
 
6 June 1826
Henry Overton
Ordinary Seaman
 
 
Enslaved
NARA RG125 Entry T829, Roll 163,
p. 48-52.
Muster of the Ordinary 1826 dtd 1 January 1827
12 June 1826
Thomas Penn
Ordinary Seaman
 
Lieutenant John Kelly
Enslaved
NARA RG125 Entry T829, Roll 163,
p. 48-52.
Muster of the Ordinary 1826 dtd 1 January 1827
12 June 1826
Basil Brown
Ordinary Seaman
 
Slave
 
NARA RG125 Entry T829, Roll 163,
p. 48-52.
Muster of the Ordinary 1826 dtd 1 January 1827
1 July 1826
Michael Shiner
Ordinary Seaman
 
 
Enslaved
NARA RG125 Entry T829, Roll 163,
p. 48-52.
Muster of the Ordinary 1826 dtd 1 January 1827
25 Nov 1826
Joseph Savoy
 
 
 
Enslaved
NARA RG125 Entry T829, Roll 163,
p. 48-52.
Muster of the Ordinary 1826 dtd 1 January 1827
1827
Richard Brooks
Navy Yard Messenger
 
 
Free
 1827 Washington City Directory,
p.15. 270
Brooks, Richard, (col man) messenger to Com. Tingey, 7c btw G and I st Navy Yard
Jan
1827.
Thomas Pen
Ordinary Seaman
 
Lieutenant John Kelly 271
Enslaved
M. Shiner Diary
19 January 1827 p. 20
"Tom Pen got clear of the cats [cat of nine tails] that day by talkin Quaker to captain Booth and the rest of the officers"
30 June 1827
Thomas Pen
Ordinary Seaman
 
Lieutenant John Kelly
Enslaved
 Station Log entry for 30 June 1827
NARA RG 181. 14 entry 492
July
1828
John M. Green
Ordinary Seaman
 
 
Enslaved
M. Shiner Diary 4 July 1828
 
July
1828
Thomas Payne
Ordinary Seaman
 
 
Enslaved
M. Shiner Diary 4 July 1828
 
July
1828
Henry Over
Ordinary Seaman
 
 
Enslaved
M. Shiner Diary 4 July 1828
 
July
1828
John Williams
Ordinary Seaman
 
 
Enslaved
M. Shiner Diary 4 July 1828
 
July
1828
John Thompson
Ordinary Seaman
 
 
Enslaved
M. Shiner Diary 4 July 1828
 
July 5,
1828
Basil Brown
Ordinary Seaman
 
 
Enslaved
M. Shiner Diary 4 July 1828
4 July 1828 Brown taken to rigging loft for punishment with boatswain's starter.
December 1828
Michael Shiner
Ordinary Seaman
 

Thomas Howard
Clerk of the Yard

Enslaved
Station Log December 28, 1828
RG 181.3.14 NARA
 27 December 1828, the officer of the watch recorded: ’Michael Shiner who has liberty out from Wednesday till Friday Morning has not come to the yard" On Sunday, 28 December 1828 the officer of the watch records: ’This day pleasant airs from the SW and fair weather. Michael Shiner got home this evening."
May 8 1829
Richard Brooks
Blacksmith Striker
.90
 
Free
Isaac Hull to BNC RG 45.3 NARA List of persons employed 8 May 1829
 
 May 8 1829
Electus Davis
Anchor Smith
$1.12

John Davis of Abel

Enslaved
Isaac Hull to BNC RG 45.3
NARA List of persons employed 8 May 1829
 
 May 8 1829
Joseph Thompson
Anchor Smith
.90
 
Free
Isaac Hull to BNC RG 45.3
NARA List of persons employed
8 May 1829
 
 May 8 1829
Charles Thompson
Anchor Smith
.80

Mrs. Washington

Enslaved
Isaac Hull to BNC RG 45.3
NARA List of persons employed  
8 May 1829

 

 May 8 1829
Moses Dyson
Anchor Smith
.80

Carey Seldon

Enslaved
Isaac Hull to BNC RG 45.3
NARA List of persons employed
8 May 1829

 

 May 8 1829
Leonard Taylor
Anchor Smith
.80

Mrs. Nailey

Enslaved
Isaac Hull to BNC RG 45.3
NARA List of persons employed
8 May 1829
 
May 8, 1829
Alex Taylor
Anchor Smith
.80

Mrs. Nailey

Enslaved
Isaac Hull to BNC RG 45.3
NARA List of persons employed
8 May 1829
 
May 8, 1829
William Brown
Anchor Smith
.80

James Tucker

Enslaved
Isaac Hull to BNC RG 45.3 NARA List of persons employed 8 May 1829
 
May  8, 1829
 
 
 
 
 
Isaac Hull to BNC RG 45.3
NARA List of persons employed
8 May 1829
 
May 8, 1829
Francis Nailey
Anchor Smith
.80

Mrs. Van Reswick

Enslaved
Isaac Hull to BNC RG 45.3
NARA List of persons employed
8 May 1829
 
May 8, 1829
Robert Gibson
Anchor Smith
.80

Lieutenant Ramsey

Enslaved
Isaac Hull to BNC RG 45.3
NARA List of persons employed
8 May 1829
 
 May 8, 1829
Walter Sommerville
Anchor Smith
.80
 
Free
Isaac Hull to BNC RG 45.3
NARA List of persons employed
8 May 1829.
 
April 8, 1830
Electus Davis
Blacksmith Striker
.90

John Davis of Able Master Plumber

Enslaved
Isaac Hull to BNC Letters
RG 45.3 A List of Colored men free & Slaves now Employ'd in
the Blacksmith & Engine
departments & in Ordinary
8 April 1830.
 
 April 8, 1830
Joseph Thompson
Blacksmith Striker
1.12
 
Free
Hull to BNC Letters RG 45.3 NARA List of persons employed 8 April 1830
 
 April 8, 1830
Charles Thompson
Blacksmith Striker
.80

Mrs. Washington

Enslaved
Isaac Hull to BNC Letters
RG 45.3 A List of Colored men free & Slaves now Employ'd in
the Blacksmith & Engine
departments & in Ordinary
8 April 1830.
 
April 8, 1830
Moses Dyson
Striker
.80

Carey Seldon
Navy Store Keeper

Enslaved
Isaac Hull to BNC Letters
RG 45.3 A List of Colored men free & Slaves now Employ'd in
the Blacksmith & Engine
departments & in Ordinary
8 April 1830.
 
April 8, 1830
Lyn [Leonard] Taylor
Striker
.80

Mrs. Wailes (widow)

Enslaved
Isaac Hull to BNC Letters
RG 45.3 A List of Colored men free & Slaves now Employ'd in
the Blacksmith & Engine
departments & in Ordinary
8 April 1830.
 
April 8, 1830
Alex Taylor
Anchor Smith
.80

Mrs. Nailey

Enslaved
Isaac Hull to BNC Letters
RG 45.3 A List of Colored men free & Slaves now Employ'd in
the Blacksmith & Engine
departments & in Ordinary
8 April 1830.
 
 April 8, 1830
William Brown
Anchor Smith
.80

James Tucker
Master Blacksmith
272

Enslaved
Isaac Hull to BNC Letters
RG 45.3 A List of Colored men free & Slaves now Employ'd in
the Blacksmith & Engine
departments & in Ordinary
8 April 1830.
 
April 8, 1830
Frances Nally
Anchor Smith
.80

Mrs. Van Reswick (widow)

Enslaved
Isaac Hull to BNC Letters
RG 45.3 A List of Colored men free & Slaves now Employ'd in
the Blacksmith & Engine
departments & in Ordinary
8 April 1830.
 
 April 8, 1830
Robert Gibson
Striker
.80

Lieut. Ramsey

Enslaved
Isaac Hull to BNC Letters
RG 45.3 A List of Colored men free & Slaves now Employ'd in
the Blacksmith & Engine
departments & in Ordinary
8 April 1830.
 
 April 8, 1830
Walter( Nat) Sommerville
Striker
.90
 
Free
Isaac Hull to BNC Letters RG 45.3 A List of Colored men free & Slaves now Employ'd in the Blacksmith & Engine departments & in 8 April 1830
 
 April 8, 1830
Lyn Taylor
Blacksmith Striker
.80
Mrs. Wailes (widow)
Enslaved
Isaac Hull to BNC Letters
RG 45.3 A List of Colored men free & Slaves now Employ'd in
the Blacksmith & Engine
departments & in Ordinary
8 April 1830.
 
April 8, 1830
George Carnes
Laborer
[Steam Engine]
.88
 
Free
Isaac Hull to BNC Letters
RG 45.3 A List of Colored men free & Slaves now Employ'd in
the Blacksmith & Engine
departments & in Ordinary
8 April 1830.
 
April 8, 1830
Henry Over
Ordinary Seaman
$10 per month
Miss Sarah Ann Bean (child)
Enslaved
Isaac Hull to BNC Letters
RG 45.3 A List of Colored men free & Slaves now Employ'd in
the Blacksmith & Engine
departments & in Ordinary
8 April 1830.
 
April 8, 1830
Michael Shiner
O]rdinary Seaman
$10 per month
Thomas Howard
Clerk of the Yard
Enslaved
Isaac Hull to BNC Letters
RG 45.3 A List of Colored men free & Slaves now Employ'd in
the Blacksmith & Engine
departments & in Ordinary
8 April 1830.
 
 April 8, 1830
John Thompson
Ordinary Seaman
$10 per month
Mrs. Sims (widow)
Enslaved
Isaac Hull to BNC Letters
RG 45.3 A List of Colored men free & Slaves now Employ'd in
the Blacksmith & Engine
departments & in Ordinary
8 April 1830.
 
 April  8 1830
Basil Brown
Ordinary Seaman
 
Mrs. Allen ( widow)
Enslaved
Isaac Hull to BNC Letters
RG 45.3 A List of Colored men free & Slaves now Employ'd in
the Blacksmith & Engine
departments & in Ordinary
8 April 1830.
 
April 8, 1830
John Williams
Ordinary Seaman
$10 per month
Purser [George] Beale
Enslaved
Isaac Hull to BNC Letters
RG 45.3 A List of Colored men free & Slaves now Employ'd in
the Blacksmith & Engine
departments & in Ordinary
8 April 1830.
 
April 8, 1830
Nathaniel Drucker
Ordinary Seaman
$8 per month
Mrs. Bland (widow)
Enslaved
Isaac Hull to BNC Letters
RG 45.3 A List of Colored men free & Slaves now Employ'd in
the Blacksmith & Engine
departments & in Ordinary
8 April 1830.
 
 April 8  1830
James Compton
Ordinary Seaman
$8 per month
James  Carberry Inspector
Enslaved
Isaac Hull to BNC Letters
RG 45.3 A List of Colored men free & Slaves now Employ'd in
the Blacksmith & Engine
departments & in Ordinary
8 April 1830.
 
July 1829
James Woodland
 
 
Thomas Talbert 273
Quarterman Ship Carpenter
Enslaved
Reward $20.00 for James Woodland United States Telegraph  Washington D.C.
24 July 1829
 
1829-1848
Daniel Bell 274
Blacksmith Striker
1.20
 
Free
Josephine F. Pacheco The Pearl: a failed slave escape on the Potomac. p. 48-51
Manumitted between 1844-1846, see Mary Kay Ricks, Escape on the Pearl, pp 57-58  
October 1835
John Ambler
Servant
 
Commodore Isaac Hull
Enslaved
Manumission
17 October 1835 275
‘Hull himself bought slave John Ambler whom he freed when he left the Yard." Maloney p. 421
1840-1842
Thomas Smallwood 276
 
 
 
Free
New York Tribune, August 26, [1850] and  Pennsylvania Freeman,
5 September 1850 
 
1848
Anthony Blow
AKA Henry Levison
277
Blacksmith Striker
 
Col. Cunnagan
Enslaved
May Kay Ricks, Escape on the Pearl p. 76, & Josephine F. Pacheco The Pearl: a failed slave escape on the Potomac. p. 115 William Still, The Underground Railroad (Revised Edition)
Volume 1, p.55

Apprehended by authorities at the time of the Pearl escape.
Rented to the Yard for several years. M. K. Ricks.

"For some years his master, Col. Cunnagan hired him out." W. Still

1855
William F. Jewrix
Laborer in the Ordinary
 
Benjamin P. Smith
Enslaved
Langley, Harold D. "The Negro in the Navy and Merchant Service 1789-1860"
The Journal of Negro History 
Vol. 52, No. 4 (Oct., 1967), p. 280-281. 
Jewrix worked at the navy yard for a brief time and ran
away and the slaveholder applied for Jewrix’s wages $25.58

***Letters Received by the Secretary of the Navy from Captains
(“Captains Letters”) 1805 -1861, 1866 – 85 Letter number 38,
pp 1-5, Volume 11, RG 260, NARA Washington D.C.

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