Servitude & Emancipation
This database includes names found in governmental records involving the
servitude and emancipation of Africans and, occasionally, Indians in the
French and English eras of colonial Illinois (1722–1790) and
African-Americans in the American period of Illinois (1790–1863). The
Archives extracted the names of servants, slaves, or free persons and
masters, witnesses, or related parties from selected governmental records to
produce this database. After searching the database, researchers can see an
abstract of the record by clicking the record number of the appropriate
entry. If you would like an unofficial and uncertified copy of the record,
please submit a request via the internet to:
Illinois State Archives
Reference Unit
Margaret Cross Norton Building
Capitol Complex
Springfield, Illinois 62756
217-782-3556
217-524-3930 (fax)
Name of Servant, Slave or Free Black * Name of Other Party * Gender * Race
ALLEN, JOSEPH * (N/A) * M * N
ALUS * (N/A) * * N
ANDERSON, CALEB * (N/A) * M * N
ANDERSON, JOSHUA * (N/A) * M * N
ARMSTEAD * (N/A) * M * N
BETSY * SLOCUMB, JOHN C. * F * N
BETSY ANN * (N/A) * F * N
BLACK, EDWARD * (N/A) * M * N
BLACK, EDWARD JAMES * (N/A) * M * N
BLACK, SALLY * (N/A) * F * N
BURASS, ALFRED * (N/A) * M * N
BURASS, ELIZABETH * (N/A) * F * N
BURASS, JOHN * (N/A) * M * N
BURASS, MARTHA * (N/A) * F * N
BURASS, MARY * (N/A) * F * N
BURASS, MARY * (N/A) * F * N
BURRASS, DAVID * (N/A) * M * N
BURRASS, GILBERT * (N/A) * M * N
BURRASS, GILBERT * (N/A) * M * N
BURRASS, JAMES * (N/A) * M * N
BURRASS, JULIAN * (N/A) * M * N
BURRASS, SALLY * (N/A) * F * N
BURRASS, SAUISTA * (N/A) * * N
BURRASS, WILLIAM * (N/A) * M * N
BUTLER, EDWARD * (N/A) * M * N
BUTLER, HENRY * (N/A) * M * N
BUTLER, LETTY * (N/A) * F * N
CAMP, BETSEY * (N/A) * F * N
CHARLES * DUBOIS, JANE * M * N
CLARK, SALLY ANN * (N/A) * F * N
COLE, DENNIS * (N/A) * M * N
CORNELIUS * (N/A) * M * N
DAVID * HARRIS, SAMUEL * M * N
DAVID * HOWARD, WILLIAM * M * N
DELILA * HARRIS, SAMUEL * F * N
DINAH * PALMER, HENRY D. * F * N
EDWARD * COLEMAN, SAMUEL * M * N
ELIZABETH * HARRIS, SAMUEL * F * N
ESTHER * HARRIS, SAMUEL * F * N
FANNY * HARRIS, SAMUEL * F * N
FANNY * MARSHELL, SAMUEL * F * N
FANNY * (N/A) * *
GABRIEL * HOWARD, WILLIAM * M * N
GEORGE * HARRIS, SAMUEL * M * N
GIBLISON, CORNELIUS * (N/A) * M * N
GIBLISON,STACEY (FORMERLY STACEY BUTLER) * (N/A) * M * N
GORDON, EDWARD * (N/A) * M * N
GORDON, HESTER * (N/A) * F * N
HARRY * DUBOIS, JANE * M * N
HENRY * THOMPSON, MATTHEW * M * N
ISAAC * HARRIS, SAMUEL * M * N
JANE * PALMER, HENRY D. * F * N
JOE * DUBOIS, JANE * M * N
JONES, ARTHUR * (N/A) * M * N
JONES, ELIZABETH * (N/A) * F * N
JONES, ELIZABETH * (N/A) * F * N
JONES, JOEL * (N/A) * M * N
JONES, MARTHA * (N/A) * F * N
JONES, MARY * (N/A) * F * N
JONES, NANCY * (N/A) * F * N
KATE * DUBOIS, JANE * F * N
LADOCK * HARRIS, SAMUEL * *
LITTEE, LAUREL * (N/A) * M * N
MARIA * MCCALLEY, JOHN * F * N
MARTIN * (N/A) * M * N
MIMAL (?) * HUGGINS, JOSHIAH * F * N
MORRIS, EADE * (N/A) * * N
MORRIS, JOHN * (N/A) * M * N
MORRIS, NANCY * (N/A) * F * N
MORRIS, PATIENCE * (N/A) * * N
MORRIS, SIAM * (N/A) * * N
MOSES * (N/A) * M * N
POLLY * BAIRD, ELIZABETH * F * N
PORTEE, DAVID * (N/A) * M * N
PORTEE, MARY * (N/A) * F * N
PRATEN, JOHN * PRATEN, MARTHA * M * N
PRATOR, EMILY C. * (N/A) * F * N
SALES, DENNIS * (N/A) * M * N
SMITH, RODY * SMITH, CHARLES * *
STACEY * (N/A) * F * N
TAYLOR, THOMPSON * (N/A) * M * N
THOMPSON, HARRY * THOMPSON, MATTHEW * M * N
TOLIVER, MILLY (ALIAS MILLY SMITH) * (N/A) * F * N
TOM * MCCALLEY, JOHN * M * N
WILLIAM HENRY * (N/A) * M * N
Extracted 25 Jan 2017 by Norma Hass from the Illinois State Archives website. More information about those listed can be found at their website.
