Did the famous abolitionist Elihu Embree own slaves at the time of his death?
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Yes. Or at least he did at the time he wrote his will less than a year before his death.
Elihu Embree's will, available for viewing at FamilySearch and probably other places, starts out:
Note: the will contains offensive language and descriptions of people
I Elihu Embree Iron Master of the town of Jonesborough Tennessee being in usual state of health of body & mind calling to mind the uncertainty of life do make and ordain this my last will & testament & do dispose of the property which it hath pleased God to bless me with in this world in the following manner (to wit)
I do will & bequeath to my faithfull servant & slave black Nancy her freedom together with her children Francis a yellow boy or young man Abigail & Sophia her two black daughters and Moriah her yellow daughter & John her son nearly black together with all the future progeny of the said Nancy & well as the posterity of each & all of her children that they be considered & treated as free persons as I have now for some years past & that they all be legally emancipated as soon as they can which the notes of Godfrey [Carrigan?] dcd. has on them can be extinguished agreeable to an article which may be seen among my papers signed by myself and Godfrey [Carrigan?] and Christian [Carrigan?] sons & executors of the said Godfrey [Carrigan?] dcd. . . .
And finishes up:
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 10th day of the first month in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty -
Elihu Embree
Notes:
- Viewing the document on FamilySearch may require a (free) login.
- The name I've transcribed as Carrigan may be Carriger or Carryer or something else.
- There are likely more probate documents, such as an inventory, records of the sale of the estate, one or more accountings (status updates). These may or may not still exist and may or may not be available for viewing. One of these documents would likely provide information about what happened to Nancy and her family.
Citation "Tennessee Probate Court Books, 1795-1927," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-2TMQ-S9?cc=1909088&wc=M6QW-LMS%3A179850501%2C180221401 : 22 May 2014), Washington > Wills, 1779-1857, Vol. 01 > image 83 of 269; county courthouses, Tennessee.
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