This article is part of the continuing case study into the roots of former slave Jefferson Clark of Leon County, Florida. To catch up on the previous articles, read “Summary of the Jefferson Clark online case study.”
Using available probate records in Noxubee County, Mississippi, we were able to identify the mother and siblings of George W. Tubb, Jefferson Clark's possible slave owner. With the places of birth reported for each of these children in the 1850 and 1860 federal census, we have been able to identify a likely path of migration for the Tubb family. The article "Researching the family history of potential slave owners, part one" outlines the process.
The next step would be to complete a survey of Tubb heads of household in these three years, to identify whether any followed the same migration path as this Tubb family:
1800 (South Carolina)
- George Tubb, Greenville, South Carolina
- James Tubb, Greenville, South Carolina
- Jeremiah Tubb, Greenville, South Carolina
- John Tubb, Greenville, South Carolina
- John Tubb Jr , Greenville, South Carolina
- Samuel Tubb, Greenville, South Carolina
- Willliam Tubb Jr , Greenville, South Carolina
- Wm Tubb, Greenville, South Carolina
- Wm Tubb Jr , Greenville, South Carolina
- Wm Tubbs, Pendleton District, South Carolina
1810 (South Carolina)
- Wm Tubbs, Greenville, South Carolina
or
1810 (Tennessee)
- none
1820 (Tennessee)
- Abraham Tubbs, Smith Co., Tennessee
- Carter Tubbs, Hickman Co., Tennessee
- Eleanor Tubbs, Rutherford, Rutherford Co., Tennessee
- Eli Tubb, Stewart Co., Tennessee
- George Tubb, Dickson Co., Tennessee
- Isaac Tubb, Dickson Co., Tennessee
- James Tubb, Stewart Co., Tennessee
- James Tubbs, Smith Co., Tennessee
- James Tubbs Junior, Smith Co., Tennessee
- Jeremiah Tubbs Junior, Hickman Co., Tennessee
- Jeremiah Tubbs Junior, Hickman Co., Tennessee
- John Tubbs, Smith Co., Tennessee
- John Tubbs, Hickman Co., Tennessee
- Nathan Tubb, Dickson Co., Tennessee
- William Tubb Senior, Stewart Co., Tennessee
- William Tubbs, Smith Co., Tennessee
- William Tubbs, Hickman Co., Tennessee
- William Tubbs, Humphreys Co., Tennessee
- Wm Tubb, Stewart Co., Tennessee
The 1810 federal census contains only one Tubb(s) in either South Carolina or Tennessee. The 1810 federal census has unfortunately been lost for all but Rutherford and Grainger counties, Tennessee. It thus appears likely that George W. Tubb's family was indeed living in Tennessee in 1810. This record loss leaves a gap of twenty years between 1800 and 1820.
In the next installment, we will examine the 1830 federal census, and compare the names from these various census records to identify patterns.
Comments
My Wilmington, N.C., War of 1812 ancestor, artillery 4th Sgt. Joshua James, Sr., circa the 1830's removed to Holmes Co., Miss, and died Lexington, 1851. He seems to have been in the naval stores business. Many blacks, both slave and free, tapped the sap of theCarolina Long Leaf Pine. If Joshua removed to Holmes Co. in pursuit of new pines to tap, he may have taken his slaves with them (white families of James & McIntire). Therefore Holmes Co. slaves and post Civil War free blacks once chattels of the James and/or McIntire families, might look into New Hanover, Onslow, and Brunswick Cos., N.C., for their forebears? I can try to help, but: it's a hard row to hoe. Jim
Thank you for your comment -- these articles demonstrate how deeply into the lives of slave owners the researchers of slaves must delve. Understanding migration patterns is one of the most difficult parts of researching slave owners.
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