Generation III: Samuel Revis + Charity King

Sam “Slick” and Charity King are presumed to be 3rd generation uncovered. Sam, born in March 1830, lived on the Stagville Plantation in Durham, NC with his mother Gilly (age 14, daughter of Nimmy, granddaughter of Gilly). Charity, daughter of Sam King and Sophy, also live next door in mirroring shacks.

Below, G.W. Mordecai writes an inventory of Negroes living on Fish dam in January 1862, and January 1, 1865:

January 1, 1862 “List of Negroes” at Fish Dam portion of Stagville

January 1, 1865 “List of Negroes” at Fish Dam portion of Stagville

Sam Slick and Charity birthed several children: Frank (listed as age 3 in 1865), Henry, Horace, Lucy, James, Eloy, Mariah, Elva May, Sam, Mary, William, Henretta, Gilly, Ernest, Leanna, Robert, and Jeans. Sam and Charity changed their family surname to Revis in 1880, can be found listed on the 1880, 1900, and 1910 US census, living in Oak Grove Township, until Sam Slick Revis died in (abt) 1910.

Charity survived her husband Sam one year and died November 7, 1911.

Charity Revis Death Certificate

[1] Ancestry.com. North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.Original data: North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.