Greetings,
I am an Afro-American.

My G-Grand parents  were Peter and  Allie/Alice Chappell of Halifax Co. Va. 

Christopher Carlton a white slave holder died in 1824  (probably in King + 
Queen County) Va.  In his will Christopher willed to his daughter Polly 
Carlton “one Negro Esther and her future  increase”.  

Dolly died July 7, 1858 without husband, or issue.  
In Jan of 1859 the increase of  "one Negro Esther",  the slave willed to 
Polly Carlton were bought by Joel Younger from the  Pollys surviving siblings 
and the dead siblings children  for $1,500 dollars.  "One negro Esther" was 
mentioned in the papers only to establish that Joel was purchasing her 
increase (I am assuming that Esther was then dead.). 

The sum of  $1,500, bought my g-grand mother Allie and her children,  Willis, 
Daniel (my grandfather ), Eppa, George, and Henry. 

Joel Younger had in fact had posession of Allie before he officially bought 
her in 1859, because I found in "Slave Birth Records", Allie giving birth to 
three of her children, in 1853, 1855, and 1858, with the owner listed as Joel 
Younger.   

In the 1870 Census for Halifax Co Va, Peter aged 40y and  Allie aged 35  were 
found  with the following children:  Willis 20y.  George, 15y,  Henry 13y,  
Peter 12y,  Doctor 10y,  Davis 9y,  Bell 7y,  Willy Ann 5y,  Edward 3y, and 
Horace 6mo.  
Daniel  my gfather using the surname Younger, was living nearby with his wife 
Sue.   

In 1880  I again find Peter 50y, and Allie/Alice 50 y, with children Bell 
18y,  Willie 16,  Doctor 20,  Lee (Peter) 22y,  Henry 23y, Eppy 24y,  Edward 
12y,  
Horace (Braxton) 11y,  Milly 7y,  and Corer 4y.
 
Other than the births of children to Allie in 1853, 1855 and 1858,  and the 
sale of she and her children,  I found no other records whatsoever of Peter 
or Allie before 1859, or after 1900 . 

I don't know yet where Peter the hubby of Allie came from, or how they wound 
up with the name Chappell. Perhaps Joel Younger, who held 35 slaves in 1860, 
bought Peter from a Chappell family.   

Larry

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