Sydney Howard Gay’s "Record of Fugitives"

Fugitive Slaves > M - P > Madison, Wiley

   
   
   
slave name: Madison, Wiley
owner name: Anderson, William
state: Virginia
town: Petersburg nr
county: Dunwoodie County
census: 1850 William Anderson 59, w wife,2 ch,
farmer, 6000 real, 15 slaves and William
W. Anderson, poss son, 30, farmer, 15 slaves,
400 real; 1860 William A 15,000 real,
45,000 pers, 25 slaves; William W doctor and farmer, 10,000 real,
10,000 personal no slaves
comments: farmer, gardener, waiter; age 19

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