Peg/Peggy Case - PEG8
Title
Peg/Peggy Case - PEG8
Description
African descent
Contributor
Jackie Dinan
Status
Enslaved
Location or Address
Southold
Enslaver or Household
David Wiggins
Source/s
Salmon Records: 111 (marriage)
Sag Harbor Express, October 20, 1870, page 2.
URL southoldtownny.gov=>Weblink/Laserfiche=>Town Historian>Documents>Manumissions>1810-1816>image 2/3.
Sag Harbor Express, October 20, 1870, page 2.
URL southoldtownny.gov=>Weblink/Laserfiche=>Town Historian>Documents>Manumissions>1810-1816>image 2/3.
Male or Female
Female
Birth Date
1763-1770, calculated from age reported in various records
Marriage Date
April 26, 1798
Death Date
October 11, 1870
Biographical Notes
She married Jason Case (#1745). They had at least four children, including a son named Crank.
Their household (all free people of color) was listed in the following censuses, residing in Shelter Island:
1820: One male, 45+; one female, 45+; one female, age 26-44; two males, 14-25; one female, under 14.
1830: One male, 55-100; one female, 36-54; one female, 24-36; two males, 10-24.
1840: One male, 55-99; one female, 55-99; two males, 24-35; one male, under 10.
1850: Jason Case, 76; Peggy Case, 70.
1860 (in Elias Paine household): Jason Case, 102; Peggy Case, 97.
Their household (all free people of color) was listed in the following censuses, residing in Shelter Island:
1820: One male, 45+; one female, 45+; one female, age 26-44; two males, 14-25; one female, under 14.
1830: One male, 55-100; one female, 36-54; one female, 24-36; two males, 10-24.
1840: One male, 55-99; one female, 55-99; two males, 24-35; one male, under 10.
1850: Jason Case, 76; Peggy Case, 70.
1860 (in Elias Paine household): Jason Case, 102; Peggy Case, 97.
Owner or Household
David Wiggins registered a daughter and son born of his enslaved servant Peg in the Southold town record books.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Peg/Peggy Case - PEG8,” Plain Sight Project, accessed April 25, 2024, http://plainsightproject.org/items/show/1601.