Keturah

Title

Keturah

Description

Negro slave

Contributor

Jackie Dinan

Male or Female

Female

Location or Address

Southold

Enslaver or Household

Estate of Thomas Youngs

Birth Date

1786. Birth year calculated from her age at death.

Death Date

March 10, 1862.

Misc. Date

April 30, 1817. Manumission recorded in Southold Town Record Book, Liber D: 57 (left).

Biographical Notes

Use of the surname, Youngs, makes it likely that these records refer to the same woman.

Source/s

Southold Town Records, Volume 3: 93 (transcription).
For original record see URL southoldtownny.gov=>Weblink/Laserfiche=>Town Clerk>Town Record Books>Liber D 1683-1832>image 58/238.
Death notice in the "Cleveland Supplement" printed in the Long Island Traveler, May 20, 1880, page 3.

Files

1817.MANUM.Keturah_Thos Youngs estate.JPG
1862.DEA.Keturah Youngs at Greenport.JPG

Collection

Tags

Citation

“Keturah,” Plain Sight Project, accessed December 1, 2023, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/1690.