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Birth
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1810 |
Orange, North Carolina, United States of America
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1b
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Will
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1818 |
Orange, North Carolina, United States of America
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William McCauley (1738-1825) wills a "negro boy by the name of Jacob" to his daughter, Jane McCollum. This has effect with Wm's death in 1825.
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Inherited as Chattel
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1825 |
Orange, North Carolina, United States of America
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Inherited by Jane McCauley McCollum upon the death of William McCauley
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Property
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17 March 1826 |
Orange, North Carolina, United States of America
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Sold by executors of Jane McCollum's estate to her cousin, Charles McCauley.
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Death
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before 1880 |
Orange, North Carolina, United States of America
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Jacob lives next to his former owner, M J W McCauley, in the 1870 census. His wife is still there in 1880, but he is not and is presumed to have died.
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Property
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1837 |
Orange, North Carolina, United States of America
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Upon the death of Charles McCauley in late 1836 or early 1837, Jacob becomes the property of Charles' wife, Elizabeth, and his only child, 9-year-old Mathew John Wilson McCauley.
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Emancipation
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1 January 1863 |
Orange, North Carolina, United States of America
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Technically, Jacob is emancipated from slavery by Lincoln's Emancipation Proclomation.
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Emancipation
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April 1865 |
Orange, North Carolina, United States of America
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Without evidence of earlier manumission, Jacob is freed by the termination of the Civil War and passage of the 13th Amendment.
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Residence
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1870 |
Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina, USA
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Chapel Hill Township
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