Overview

Location

Tarboro, Edgecombe Co., NC

Date Constructed/ Founded

not determined

Associated Surnames

Harris, Powell

Historical notes

none

Associated Slave Workplaces

none

Associated Free Persons

• Dr. Joseph "Jessup" Powell - owner; bought slaves from Richmond, VA

• Henry Downing - slave driver

Associated Enslaved Persons

• Lancy Harris
• Perry Powell - purchased for the purpose of breeding

1860 Slave Schedule, Joseph Powell

From the 1860 Federal Slave Schedule, Edgecombe Co., NC

• Jo JW Powell: 106 slaves, 25 slave houses

Research Leads and Plantation Records

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Miscellaneous Information

• National Register of Histric Places. http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NC/Edgecombe/state.html
• The main house, built in 1861, was designed by architect E.G. Lind of Baltimore.

References

• American Slave narratives: Lancy Harris, North Carolina. http://newdeal.feri.org/asn/asn15.htm
• Rocky Mount Chamber of Commerce - Area History. http://www.rockymountchamber.org/history.html
• 1860 Federal Slave Schedule, Edgecombe Co., NC

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