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Note: ren County North Carolina, then to the W. K. KEARNEY family as found in his 1829 slave book. WILLIAM ALSTON left the slaves SARAH, LETTUCE, LUCY and BOATSWAIN, to his wife MARTHA (HARDY) ALSTON in his will. MARTHA gave MELVY to her daughter's, MARIAH, children in 1823. W.K. KEARNEY married MARIAH ALSTON in July 1810, and in 1811, some additional slaves were distributed to the KEARNEY family from the Estate of WILLIAM ALSTON. By 1823, MELVY and her daughter, LUCY, b. 1820, were among the slaves in the Inventory of MARTHA (HARDY) ALSTON, who were to be distributed to the Children of WILLIAM K. KEARNEY and MARIAH ALSTON-KEARNEY. They were further distributed to WILLIAM and MARIAH's daughter, VIRGINIA V. KEARNEY, in the 1832 allotments to their specific children. And in 1841, when VIRGINIA married ROBERT E. WILLIAMS, MELVY and her children, HUBBARD, and DELIA, were among those who went with her to live with the new family. It is my suspicion, that the slave named LUCY, first listed in the 1795 will of WILLIAM ALSTON, may have been MELVY’s mother, since that was also the name of MELVY’s oldest child.
("Warren County, North Carolina, Records of Estates,1805-1833", #82- COL. WILLIAM ALSTON - Accounts ordered settled with SAMUEL ALSTON, exr., Feb. Ct. 1809. The orphans Patsey ALSTON, Eliza. ALSTON,, Matilda ALSTON [or Eliza. Matilda ALSTON] & Mariah ALSTON chose Whitmell ALSTON as their gdn, May Ct. 1809. A share of Negroes was allotted to WILLIAM KERNEY in right of his wife MARIAH, Nov. Ct. 1810 and Feb. Ct. 1811. A share of the Negroes was allotted to Joseph HAWKINS in right of his wife Martha, Nov. Ct. 1811. Shares of the Negroes were allotted to Joseph HAWKINS and Matilda ALSTON, Feb. Ct. 1812.)
From the Estate of WILLIAM ALSTON, 1795:
In obedience to an order of the County Court of Warren we the undersigned have laid of and set apart to WM. K. KEARNEY in right of his wife MARIA the following Negroes as his proportion of that part of the estate of the late Colo. WILLIAM ALSTON Deceased. to wit -
BEADY, BEN, ORANGE, AMY, RHODA, KINCHEN, ISABEL, SAM, ABRAM Senr., PETER, JUDY, LUCY, JERUSALEM, WISDOM, CHLOE, MATILDA, CHARLOTTE, DELILAH, ISHAM, OLD PLACE, LUCY, & JAMES.
We also say that the said WILLIAM K. KEARNEY pay unto MARTHA & MATILDA ALSTON the sum of one hundred and twenty five dollars which sum is over and above his proportion of said Estate
In witness whereof We have hereunto set our hands and seals this 2nd day of January 1811.
JOHN MACLIN
THOMAS MAYFIELD
R. T. CHEEK
Warren County February Court 1811
This alotment of Negroes to WILLIAM KERNEY was returned by the above comm'rs and ordered to be recorded.
Test
MDUKE JOHNSON CC.
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MARTHA ALSTON died in 1823 in Warren County, and left her slaves ALLEN, DILEY and EASTER to her daughter, MARIA[H] KEARNEY in her will. But through a separate division of Slaves in 1832
("Warren County, North Carolina, Records of Estates, 1805-1833', #317- MARTHA ALSTON - Will proved on oaths of Mary R. JONES and Sarah F. YEARGAIN; administration with will annexed grtd. Col. Joseph HAWKINS & William K. KEARNEY, Feb. Ct. 1823. Negroes ordered divided -no details, Nov. Ct 1823. Division of Negroes - no details-, Feb. Ct. 1824.)
In 1841, MARIAH & WILLIAM KEARNEY's daughter, VALERIA VIRGINIA KEARNEY, married Dr. ROBERT EDGAR WILLIAMS in Warren County. HUBBARD would later always live next door to his former owner, ROBERT E. WILLIAMS, as well as named some of his children the same names as the WILLIAMS family used. The 1829 Slave book of W.K.KEARNEY reads:
Slaves to giving to my children by their Grand Mother Alston
Melvy's Family 1804 (born) Melvy
Lucy- born 1820
May - Hubbard-born 1827
Dec - Dealia - born 1831
Feb - Frank - born 1836
(This information about the 1829 Slave Book is thanks to Morris J. Clarke, who found these in the UNC CHAPEL HILL -MANUSCRIPTS LIBRARY.- under the Annie Blackwell Thorne Papers of SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION; http://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/04521/)
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Excerpt from the will of JOSEPH JOHN ALSTON, written 1780 Halifax County,North Carolina:
"I give and devise unto my son William Alston his heirs or assigns all the negro slaves which are now in his possession excepting the following negroes (to wit) Hanah, Hagar, Silva, Nancy, Pris, Boatswain, Musery, Rose, Rachel,& Sam, which s'd ten negroes herein mentioned I lend unto my s'd son Wm Alston the use of until his children male and female shall arrive to lawfull age or marriage. Then I give and bequeath the s'd ten negroes and their increase to be equally divided between the s'd children and their heirs of assigns share and share alike, Each child to have his or her part or proportion of the s'd negroes and their increase as he or she shall arrive to Lawfull age or marriage as afores'd and the remainder of the s'd negroes to remain as undivided until the neat child shall arrive to age as afores'd and so on till the youngest shall be of age aforesaid to take his or her part of the s'd negroes Which Division it is my will and desire shall be made among my s'd Grand Children by their father my s'd son William, if living, if not by my executors herein after mentioned....
...Signed, Sealed, Published, and Declared by the Testator Jos John Alston as & for his last Will and Testament in presence of us who at his request subscribe our names as witness to the due Excr of the same. Robert Green John Green Wiley Green Halifax County __ August Court 1781. Then this will was Exh'd in open court and duly proved by the oaths of John Green and Robert Green, two of the subscribing witnesses there to whereupon Solomon Williams, Wm Alston son of Philip, & John Jones Excrs Qualified according to the Law an Motion ordered to be recorded. Test Wm Wootten "
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MELVY may have been one of the offspring of one of these slaves, especially since it was requested they be given to WILLIAM ALSTON's children as they came of age, which is exactly how MELVY and her family came to the KEARNEY family.
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By 1870, MELVY may have also been known as MINERVA ALSTON, married to AUGUSTUS ALSTON, born 1790 and they were living in Warren County,North Carolina next door to her son, HUBBARD.
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Estate Papers, MARTHA HARDY[HARDEE] ALSTON, Warren Co., Estate Records, 1780-1907, Unbound, NC State Archives [#12]
Estate Papers- WILLIAM ALSTON (will probated Nov. Ct. 1810 Warren Co., this was son of WILLIAM ALSTON, d. 1795 and MARTHA HARDY)
"State of N. Carolina, Warren County, pursuant to an order of the worshipful Court of said county to us directed we the undersigned commissioners have divided the negroes belonging to the estate of WILLIAM ALSTON dec'd agreeable to Will that is to say to MRS. ELIZABETH ALSTON, widow of said dec'd the following negroes DEMPSEY, ANTHONY, MENTON, THOBEN, MILTON, HASTEY, TALL, EASTER, NERINA, and LITTLETON and to CHARITY D. ALSTON, daughter of said dec'd the following negroes to that DAVID, BOSON, THEOPHILUS, NATHAN, ISAAC, ELIAS, GITCH, DINAH, GENUS, LETTICE, LUDUH, GRACE and TOLLEY -given under our hands this 14th December 1814.
WILLIAM ARRINGTON
THOMAS MAYFIELD
JOHN HAVICK
[#370, pp. 213-214]
[#133, p. 520]
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In the February 1824 Division of Slaves of Martha (Hardy) Alston to the children of Mariah (Alston) Kearney, (wife of William K. Kearney) that is, Whitmell A. Kearney, Mary A.E.K. Kearney, Martha H. Kearney, Mariah Kearney, Caroline C. Kearney & Valeria V. Kearney:
Warren Sarah Noell Lucy Duck (or "Duck" may have been a different individual) Melvy Lucy Amanda Johnson Catherine Polly Peter Doctor Welt Thomas Affey Harry Jefferson Boson In the record entitled the 1829 Slave Book of William Kinchen Kearney note was written: Slaves to giving to my children by there Grandmother Alston:
Melvy, born 1804 Lucy, born 1820, child of Melvy Hubbard, born 1827, child of Melvy Delia, born 1831, child of Melvy Frank, born 1836, child of Melvy In the February 24, 1834 Division of the Slaves from the Estate of Martha (Hardy) Alston to her grandchildren, the following slaves were given to Valeria Virginia Kearney, daughter of Mariah Alston & William K. Kearney:
Melvy Hubbard Delia Amanda When Valeria married Dr. Robert E. Williams in 1841, the slaves she had inherited from her grandmother went with her.
See More: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~genealogyfriend/myrt-ln.htm
Note: MELVY was a slave whose family was first owned by the WILLIAM ALSTON (d: 1795) Family in War
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