Enslaved Individuals: Rebecca
Rebecca
Documented History
Rebecca was a resident of Page County, Virginia, in 1845; she is listed as a girl among seven enslaved individuals in an inventory of the estate of Daniel Strickler taken in June of that year. She was allocated to Stricker’s wife Elizabeth in the settlement of his estate. No further documentation of her life has yet been located.
Speculations
Rebecca is referred to as a girl in 1845, suggesting she was born between roughly 1832 and 1845.
A twenty-four-year-old black woman is listed in Elizabeth Strickler’s household on the 1850 slave census for Page County. If she is Rebecca, that would suggest a birthdate about 1825 or 1826. A twenty-eight year old mulatto woman is listed in the same household on the 1860 slave census; if she is Rebecca, that would suggest a birthdate of about 1831 or 1832, consistent with her having been listed as a girl in 1845. It is possible that both listings represent Rebecca, and that her age was overestimated in 1850.
Connections
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, Catherine Brumback, slaveowner; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), “1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules”; citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm publication M432.
1860 U.S. census, Page County, Virginia, slave schedule, District 3, page 8, Elizabeth Strickler, slaveowner; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), “1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules”; citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm publication M653.