Black Person Information
First Name:
Absalom
Last Name:
Porter
Family Code:
31527A
Color:
Mulatto
Gender:
Male
County:
Bourbon
State Born in:
VA
Birth Year:
1788.0
Occupation:
House Carpenter
Description:
five feet eight inches high of a yellow complexion with some freckles appearing on his countenance
Height:
68
Skin Color:
Yellow
Enslaver Information
First Owner Name:
John Sr. Porter
First Owner Code:
W09807
First Owner State:
KY
First Owner County:
Bourbon
First Owner Year Transferred:
1809
Second Owner Name:
John Porter
Second Owner Code:
W09807XX
Second Owner State:
KY
Second Owner County:
Bourbon
Second Owner Year Transferred:
1809
Third Owner Name:
Bourbon Circuit Court
Third Owner Code:
X0002A
Third Owner State:
KY
Third Owner County:
Bourbon
Third Owner Year Transferred:
1810.0
Fourth Owner Name:
Benjamin Mills
Fourth Owner State:
KY
Fourth Owner County:
Bourbon
Fourth Owner Year Transferred:
1814.0
Fifth Owner Name:
Free
Year Emancipated:
1814.0
Family
Mother's Name:
Betty Harris
Mother's Family Code:
31527
Additional Information
Notes:
Subject to a court case - emancipation delayed until 1814 Was supposed to be freed 1 JAN 1812 according to will