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Sneed Plantation

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Overview

The Sneed Plantation was the home of several generations of Sneeds who lived in Granville County, North Carolina who were the descendants of Samuel Sneed (1723-1806) and Jane Dudley (1733-1823). Samuel moved probably  from Hanover County, Virginia in probably the middle of the 18th century to North Carolina and lived in Granville, and later Person County where he died leaving a large family. One of them was his son, Stephen Sneed (1756–1821), whose son, Richard R. Sneed (1790–1861) owned the Sneed Plantation, and later, his own son, William Morgan Sneed (1819-1892). When Richard moved most of his family to Henderson County, Kentucky in 1853, he gave his eldest son, William M. Sneed, a portion of his slaves, who remained in Granville County. Stephen Sneed was married to Mary Williams (1761-1826), the daughter of William Williams (1733-1775) and Phillis Beckham (1737-1792); William Williams was the brother of Judge John Williams (1731-1799), the founder and owner of Montpelier Plantation, Granville NC in Granville County. Richard Sneed was married to Lucy Farrar Henderson (1800-1868), the daughter of Judge Leonard Henderson (1772-1833), one of the first Chief Justices of North Carolina, and Frances Farrar (1765-1845). Leonard’s father was Col. Richard Henderson (1735-1785)who was famous for his purchase of the land which later became the State of Kentucky.

 

Location

near Williamsboro, in present day Vance Co.,formerly a part of Granville County

 

Date Constructed/ Founded

ca. 1840

 

Associated Surnames

Sneed

 

Historical notes

By 1860, William M. Sneed, was the last of the SNEED family to live in Granville County; most all of the former slaves in the County with the SNEED surname were from the Sneed Plantation.

 

Associated Slave Workplaces

Montpelier Plantation, Granville NC


 

 

Associated Free Persons

 

 

  • William Morgan Sneed, son of Richard Sneed, and last owner of Sneed Plantation.
  • Richard Sneed,father of William M. Sneed, and son of Stephen Sneed.

 

 

Associated Enslaved Persons

 

 

  • Alexander,born June 27, 1819, first son of Matilda
  • James Cook, born January 7, 1820, first son of Agnes
  • William, born February 7, 1822, son of Caty & George
  • John, born June 10, 1821, second son of Matilda
  • Rachel, born October 15, 1825, first daughter of Agnes
  • Nancy, born December 10, 1822, first daughter of Matilda
  • Silog, born February 1824, first daughter of Caty & George
  • Polly, born December 1824, second daughter of Matilda
  • Rose, born December 1826, second daughter of Caty & George
  • Tempy, born February 9, 1827, daughter of Deannah
  • Ellen, born October 1829, third daughter of Matilda
  • Mary Jane, born October 6, 1831, third daughter of Deannah
  • Andrew Ligon, born May 10, 1833, son of Simon & Deannah
  • Julia, born October 25, 1837, first child of Amanda
  • M.H. Freedr?, born December 1,1837, fifth daughter of Matilda
  • Thomas, born November 16, 1838, third son of Matilda
  • Powhatan, born January 28, 1839, first son of Amanda -sold to Archibald E. Henderson, Granville Co. in 1848
  • Isabella/Alice, born February 29, 1841, second daughter of Nancy & Henry (apparent name change)
  • Junious, born January 14, 1842, second son of Amanda -sold to Archibald E. Henderson, Granville Co. in 1848
  • Car Pleconer(?),born at Montpelier September 15, 1842, daughter of Matilda
  • William Barry Grove, born February 1, 1847, fourth son of Amanda -sold to Archibald E. Henderson, Granville Co., in 1848
  • Hanson Trueman, born March 27, 1847, first son of Tempy
  • Sally Green, born September 13, 1847, first daughter & third child of Betsy
  • George, born July 24, 1845, first son of Rose -sold to Archibald E. Henderson, Granville Co. in 1848
  • Dallas, born January 29, 1845, third son of Amanda & Elick - sold to Archibald E. Henderson Granville Co. in 1848
  • Unknown, born March 7, 1848, first daughter and 2nd child of Rose
  • Unknown, born October 9, 1848, second son of Tempy
  • Betsy, born July 12, 1849, third daughter of Nancy
  • Isabella, born June 19, 1845, second daughter of Nancy
  • Cain, born August 21, 1843, first son of Polly
  • Aaron, born June 19, 1845, second son of Polly
  • James, born September 19, 1847, first son and third child of Nancy & Henry Buster
  • William, born February 1, 1847, fourth son of Amanda
  • Sally, born September 25, 1847, first daughter of Polly
  • Ann Martin, born September 23, 1849, daughter of Elick & Amanda
  • Terry, born March 21, 1850, son of Polly
  • John, born March 7, 1857, fifth son of Amanda
  • Sam, born March 3, 1850, third son of Tempy
  • Walter, born June 16, 1852, child of Nancy
  • Elick, born October 19, 1854 in Henderson, Kentucky, sixth son of Amanda
  • Peter, the blacksmith, born about 1806, sold to William M. Sneed (son of Richard) in 1843
  • Mildred, and her 3 children Margaret, Tom, Cary - sold to Archibald E. Henderson, Granville, in 1848

 

 

Research Leads and Plantation Records

 

 

  • Negro Birth Records for the enslaved people of Dr. Richard Sneed from the Sneed Family Bible, carried from Granville County, NC to Henderson County, KY in the 1850's, originally held by the Sneed family.
  • See Plantations of North Carolina

 

 

Miscellaneous Information

 

  • Some of the slaves went to Henderson County, Kentucky in 1851 with Richard Sneed, however, many did remain in Granville County with William M. Sneed.
  • Most of the children of the slave named Matilda remained in Granville County, North Carolina. Alexander Sneed married Fanny Sneed in 1856, and died in Vance County, North Carolina in 1903, they had at least 2 children together: 1)  Phoebe Ann, b.1834 (married in 1864, Beverly Jefferson, a former slave born in VA; they had 9 children, where they lived in Warren & Vance Counties, NC: Fannie, Hannah, Mary, John, Sallie, Mariah, Betsy, Moses and Junius Jefferson; Phoebe also had a son, Lisbon B. Sneed, b. 1862/d. 1934 Vance Co.,NC).   2) Susan Frances Sneed, b. 1835 (married Peter Henderson, and together they had 13 children, where they lived in Granville & Vance Counties: Hopkins, Joseph, Benjamin David, James, Caroline, Mary E., Crittie, Robert, Alex, Fannie, Kate, Peter, and Junius Henderson).
  • Nancy Sneed's son, Walter, lived in Granville for a while, but later moved on to Halifax and then Warren County, where he lived out the remainder of his days, marrying 3 times, and fathering 18 children. He died in Warren Co., NC on July 31, 1941.
  • Nancy Sneed's son, James, b. 1847, more often known as John Sneed, remained in Granville & Vance Counties; he married firs Lydia, b. abt 1840, with whom he had 6 children: Govan, Henderson, Ella, Thomas, Martha and William Sneed. John later married in 1879 to Charity Ann Winbush, and had at least 3 children - Alexander, Anna and Mary Jane Sneed.
  • Nancy Sneed's daughter, Betsy (1849-1923), was among the slaves who were taken to Henderson County, Kentucky, where she remained the rest of her life.  She married James Price, and they had 7 children: James Henry, Frank, Elizabeth, Mary, Irving, Katie, and Sneed James Price.
  • The slave named Henry Buster, later took the name of Henry Burton, was born abt 1820, and he married Hannah Bridger; the family lived in Granville and later, Vance County; Henry & Hannah had 8 children, the first born in 1854: Cornelia, Lee, Lucius, George, James, Elizabeth, Dumpie, and Henry Burton.
  • Further info on the slave named Amanda and her son Junius; they were among the slaves that went to Henderson County, Kentucky. Amanda and her children Powhatan, Junius, Dallis and William, were among a number of slaves given temporarily to Archibald E. Henderson, a Sneed cousin, of Granville County in 1848, where they apparently worked for a while but were returned to the Sneed Plantation and she had more children.  The slave, Junius Sneed, married Lula Morton, and they lived in Henderson Co.,KY where he died on November 19, 1925; his widow, Lula, also received a Civil War Widows Pension. On his death certificate, his father is listed as Odius Sneed, b. NC, mother, Amanda Sneed, b. NC. Junius and Lula Sneed are buried in Fernwood Cemetery, Henderson Co.,KY.

 

 

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