PITCHFORD SLAVES

List of slaves belonging to Dr. Thomas J. Pitchford, copied from Family Bible

Thanks to Shirley Pitchford for contributing this slave list

Transcribed & Researched by Deloris Williams

**Probably named Courtney, a daughter of Julia, b. 1818, listed with incorrect birth date which probably should say 1851.

Following is a list of the above names listed by Mothers:

Thomas Jefferson Pitchford (1810-1883) was the son of Sterling Pitchford and Elizabeth Davis (daughter of Matthew Davis & Mary Madray) who were married Sept. 4, 1809. He married Matilda Hinton Cheek (1812-1881)on March 15, 1833, the daughter of Robert Tynes Cheek & Matilda Mary Hinton Alston. Sterling Pitchford (1781-1822) was the son of Samuel & Amy Pitchford. Samuel had a will probated 1802 in Warren County, which named his children: Elijah, Jesse, Thomas, Burwell, Stirling, Rhoda, and an unnamed daughter who had married ______ Perkinson. Sterling & Elizabeth Davis Pitchford's children were: Thomas, married Matilda H. Cheek; Rebecca, married Edward Davis; Polly, died in infancy in 1814;  Nancy, married Henry A. Foote; George, died in 1821 at age 4; and Mary, married Charles Jackson Egerton.  The children of Thomas J. Pitchford & Matilda H. Cheek were: John C. mar: Harriet Day; Robert T., mar: Bettie V. Lott; James, mar: 1st Sallie Davis (d/o John S. Davis & Martha Powell), 2nd Parmelia Duke (d/o Mark Duke & Nancy Pitchford), 3rd Alice Perry; Elizabeth, mar: Col. John W. Williams, moved to Madison Co., Mississippi; Mary Polly, mar: Isham H. Davis (s/o John S. Davis & Martha Powell); Thomas Jr., mar: Pattie Plummer; Samuel W., mar: Emma Fleming (d/o Solomon Fleming & Elizabeth Riggan); William, died at 2 mos. of age in 1848; Nancy, died at age 2 mos. in 1849; Emily, died at 1 ½ mos. of age in 1851; Annie, mar: Matthew Duke (s/o Mark Duke & Nancy Pitchford); Sterling II, never married, died June 29, 1862 after being struck on the head by a shell during the battle around Coal Harbor, VA during the Civil War. 

(Pitchford family info from the "Research of Florence Egerton Underhill on the Egerton, Davis and Pitchford families" under the Peter Davis family research and Pitchford Family Research pages, which also contains a list of family from the Lizzie Davis Records, as dictated to her by her grandmother, Rebecca Pitchford Davis; NC State Archives Digital Collection)

See also,  photo of Dr. Pitchford's home, Long Branch

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In relationship to the above PITCHFORD Slave List, following is from the Estate of Sterling Pitchford, Inventory of Slaves, where many of the same names from the Thomas J. Pitchford list are included and which gives one further info about them.

Estate of STERLING PITCHFORD
State of North Carolina, Warren County
8th December 1832

Pursuant to an order of court we have divided the Negroes belonging to the Estate of Sterling Pitchford between the children and widow of said Pitchford and have alloted them as follows vizt:

Commissioners:
R. CHEEK
ALFRED ALSTON
JNO A. WILLIAMS

Warren County, Feb'y Sess. 1833
The commissioners appointed to divide the Negroes belonging to the Estate of STERLING PITCHFORD dec'd between the Widow & Children of said dec'd made the foregoing report, and on motion it is ordered to be recorded.
Test
C. DRAKE CWCC
 

Inventory of Slaves, November 1822:

Rec'd of JOS. T. GREEN for three Hho. tobacco crop of 1821 two hundred & forty seven dollars and some cents
November Court 1822
PETER R. DAVIS, Admins.

Warren County, November Court 1822
This Inventory & acct of sales of the Estate of STERLING PITCHFORD was returned upon oath in open court by PETER R. DAVIS the Adm'r. & on motion is O.R.

CAS DRAKE CWCC

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There were basically 2 lines of families which were descended from the original generations of the PITCHFORD Slaves listed in the Pitchford Bible. I have charted the families and included them in my tree, since I am also a descendant, which I am providing links to those two specific original ancestors, where you can follow them through the generations.

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Additional info from Marriage Records on some of the above Slaves

Following are marriages for many of the slaves listed in the Thomas Pitchford Family Bible. As will be apparent from some of the surnames used, various of the slaves took the CHEEK, DAVIS, & KEARNEY Surnames, all indications of the different families they ended up with after 1832. Females from above lists who are indicated as mothers below, are written in color, some with variations in the spelling of their names as they appear on their marriage records. Note that some who didn't have mothers listed above, do have them listed in other records which I have included below, which cans further help those seeking their ancestors' parents names.

Ellen Pitchford, b.1848 (d/o Arthur & Ellen Pitchford) -  married Lewis Williams (s/o Wiley & Charity Williams) - Nov. 2, 1867

Patience Davis (d/o Dick Davis & Catherine Pitchford)  married Joseph Davis (s/o Dempsy Alston & Cherry Davis)  - Dec. 30, 1870. Her older children's father was indicated to have been John Davis, deceased prior to 1870.

Angeline Davis (d/o Dick Davis & Catherine Pitchford) - married 1st: Robert Kearney (s/o Drew Kearney & Angeline Williams, mar: 1853) - August 26, 1882

Richard "Dick" Davis (s/o Dick Davis & Catherine Pitchford)- married Della Williams (d/o Allen & Luvenia Williams)  -Feb. 21, 1874

Fannie Davis (d/o Dick Davis & Catherine Pitchford) -married Hawkins Davis (s/o Arthur & Anna Davis) - April 5, 1874

Andrew Davis (s/o Plummer Davis & Julia) married 2nd:  Sallie Alston (d/o William & Margaret Alston) -June 1, 1876

Andrew Davis (s/o Plummer Davis & Julia) married 3rd: Pinky Nicholson (d/o Jeff Nicholson & Emily Egerton) - Aug. 15, 1885

John Davis (s/o Plummer Davis & Julia) married Laura Hawkins (d/o Matt Hawkins & Pleasant Green) - Dec. 8, 1881