Andrew

Documented History

Andrew was a resident of Page County, Virginia, as a boy in 1845; he is named as one of seven enslaved individuals in papers from the estate of Daniel Strickler produced in June of that year. Andrew was sold, along with a woman named Mary, to Stricker’s son Harrison Strickler in the settlement of the estate. While little is known of his subsequent life, it is likely he was a skilled agricultural worker.

Speculations

Andrew is listed as a boy in the documents associated with Strickler’s estate, suggesting he was born sometime between 1832 and 1845. A Black man of nineteen, a Black man of twenty-one, and a Black woman of thirty-nine were enumerated in the Harrison Strickler household in Page County on the 1850 slave census; it is possible that Andrew was one of the two men.

Connections

Arthur, Edmund, Mary, Mary Louisa, Sarah, and Rebecca were enslaved along with Andrew in the household of Daniel Strickler as of 1845. Mary and Andrew went to the household of Harrison Strickler in June of that year.

Sources

Page County, Virginia, Will Book C, Last Will and Testament of Daniel Strickler, dated 1 April 1845, recorded 28 May 1845, page 43; digital image, Ancestry.com, “Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1983.”

Page County, Virginia, Will Book C, list of property assigned to Elizabeth Strickler, widow and relict of Daniel Strickler, 11 June 1845, pages 50-51; digital image, Ancestry.com, “Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1983.”

Page County, Virginia, Will Book C, “Appraisement of the personal Estate of Daniel Strickler dec’d as appraised into current money this 11th and 12th days of June 1845,” pages 51-52; digital image, Ancestry.com, “Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1983.”

Page County, Virginia, Will Book C, “Sale Bill of the Personal Estate of Daniel Strickler dec’d as sold by the Exec’s on the 13th and 14th days of June 1845,” pages 52-53; digital image, Ancestry.com, “Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1983.”

1850 U.S. census, Page County, Virginia, slave schedule, District 49, unpaginated, Harrison Strickler, slaveowner; digital image, Ancestry.com, “1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules”; citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm publication M432.