Slave list of Maurice and Clarissa Reid Smith

Below is the list of slaves owned by Maurice & Clarissa (Reid) Smith of Tulip, Arkansas, that I have been able to locate over the years. Those with an (*) are my family members.

Slave list of Maurice and Clarissa Reid Smith

Name                   Birthdate

Isaac  *                       1826

Rachel *                     ?

Eli                               May 1839

Little Jane             Oct. 30, 1841

Cat                             Dec. 4, 1840

Bell                            Feb. 18, 1846

Bob                           Sept. 10, 1847

Kiz                              Sept. 1849

Peggy *                      Oct. 1851

Daniel *                     Apr. 11, 1854

Lea & Lealia *         Jan. 17, 1857 (twins)

Howell *                   March 20, 1860

Parthenia              May 3, 1862

Little Bell               Feb 11, 1860

Susan Rebecca    Oct. 1863

Hallie                       Aug. 1855

Hannah                   Aug. 12, 1819

Monk                       Jan. 1845

Candace                 Aug. 1847

Sarah                        May 7, 1841

Tan & Sylvia mention in family letter

Jim                            Jan. 1826

Linda                        Apr. 5, 1833

 Mike                         Sept. 15, 1837

Jane                          Oct. 1828

George                    Sept 15, 1846

Andrew                   June 1848

Milly                         July 30, 1850

Helen                       Dec. 1852

Lou                            Nov. 1854

Ede                            Mar. 1857

Lone &Tony         March 20, 1859  (twins)

Milton                     May 11, 1861

Becky                       July 19, 1862

Ned                           May 21, 1867

Dead Letter - Fordyce, Arkansas

Although not a relative of mine, I found this article on a dead letter quite funny.

From The Seattle Republic 26 April 1906. Full article found here

1861 Slave Map of Dallas County, Arkansas

This is a portion of a map made in September of 1861, showing the number of slaves within the Southern States, based upon the1860 US Census. This map was created by the U.S. Coast Survey, the predecessor organization of the current National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), for President Abraham Lincoln to assist him during the Civil War. The full map and the history behind it, can be found here.

Map entitled “Map showing the distribution of the slave population of the southern states and the United States” was created in September 1861 based on statistics from the eighth Census,

My family has been in Dallas County, Arkansas; since before it's creation in 1845. They were the ones who worked to clear the area for the newly settling population. Some fifteen years later in 1860, the Census enumerates them only by age and color, under the name of the slave holder, leaving you to wonder who each of these persons were.
According to the 1860 US Census, the State of Arkansas had a population of 435,427; with 324,323 Free persons, and 111,104 persons considered a Slaves or 25.5% of the population were slaves by the start of the Civil War in 1861.

Also from the Map entitled “Map showing the distribution of the slave population of the southern states and the United States” was created in September 1861 based on statistics from the eighth Census.

The figures on each of the counties in the map, represent the percentage of slaves per every 100 inhabitants of that county. According to the map, 42.2% of the population of Dallas County, Arkansas were slaves in 1860.

I admit that I haven't done much research on the time period before 1870, but looking at this map and the 1860 Slave Schedules, leads me to believe I need to do some additional research to locate more information on who these slave persons were, and on the slave holding families. Here is a list of the persons with slaves, who were living in Smith Township, Dallas County, Arkansas during the 1860 US Census; (taken from Ancestry.com. 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.

Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1,438 rolls.):

• W. L. Somerville
• Tyre H. Brown
• B. M. Smith
• Peyton M. Bass
• E. B. Williams
• Thos J. Reed
• A.R. Banks
• Jas T. Stenerson
• Nat G. Smith *
• Berry Watson
• Elizabeth Eaton
• E. H. Eaton
• H. Mattock
• May Thasher
• Josaphen Thasher
• Nat R. Tunstall
• H. N. Nunn
•  B. J. Bordell
• Geo D. Alexander
• H. L. Taylor
• John S. Cheatham
• Naomi Nix
• Mary Harville
• Barabara Nix
• R. Vanderslice
• Asbury Thompson
• Henry Hunter
• Hector McNeil
• John B. Phillips
• Ellen Neeley
• Jesse McAlester
• John A. Rupell
• Maurice Smith *
• Elizabeth Barber
• Thas J. B. Neeley
• B. F. Baird
• W. L. Baird
• W. A. Young
• Madison Badgett
• George Wilson
• Alex Wilson
• E. H. Green
• Alex Butler
• Albert G. Butler
• John Gibson
• W. C. Ballard
• L. D. Cooper
• Wm L. Pattillo *
• W N Smith *
• Sallie W. Smith *
• Samuel A. Smith *
• F. H. Smith
• N. H. Hunter
• Samuel W. Smith *
• Wm Smith *
• Jas S. Pattillo *
• O. Wilder
• William Dyer
• Sanford Reamy
• W. A. Lea
• John N. Amis
• Howell L. Taylor

* Person known to have a connection with my family post Civil War, which leads me to believe they were the slave holding family before the Civil War.

Follow Friday: The Encyclopedia of Arkansas

The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture Project  is a project of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies at the Central Arkansas Library System. It is a free source of the history and culture of Arkansas from before Arkansas became our 25 th state, til today. The site includes photos, maps and stories of Arkansas and her people, and covers all Arkansas localities.

The Encyclopedia of Arkansas

Wordless Wednesday: Bethel AME Church

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Carthage, Arkansas

Wordless Wednesday: Carthage, AR Historical Marker

Historical Marker of Carthage, Arkansas; taken by Me