Marcus Hercules “Uncle Harkless”

16 Years Old 43 Years Old

Father of Three Children House Servant at Personal Chef to General Geo. Washington Chief Cook at Mansion House

Earned a salary of one to two hundred dollars a year by selling leftovers from the presidential kitchen.

Kitt Caesar

25 Years Old 45 - 50 Years Old

Father of Two Spiritual Leader of the Enslaved Community Wife died in childbirth with second child. at Mount Vernon

Carpenter Washington’s Union Farm Field Hand

Thomas Christopher Sheels (Father was free and white) 13 Years Old 25 Years Old Field Hand Received permission to marry a woman from (Father was sold to the West Indies by a neighboring farm. when he was captured after escaping from Mount Vernon) Personal Assistant to George Washington

Billy Lee Slammin’ Joe

40 Years Old 45 Years Old Married a Free Black Woman in Married to Silla at Dogue Run Farm ● Served as Washington’s huntsman Six Children prior to Revolutionary War. ● Served with Washington during the Revolutionary War. Ditcher at the Mansion House Farm ● Shoemaker to other slaves at Mt. (A ditcher helped drain marshy lands so they Vernon after the Revolutionary War. were suitable for farming)

Savary Austin Son of a ditcher and a field hand. 25 Years Old 11 Years Old Waiter at the Mansion House. Assisted with the care of the animals at Dogue Run Farm. Married to Charlotte Five children

Simms Tom Davis

17 Years Old 25 Years Old

Carpenter’s Apprentice at Dower House Brick Layer (Temporarily relocated to Mr. Leary’s Home)

Married to seamstress for at the Mansion House.

Dolly Oney Judge

30 Years Old 20 Years Old Two Children Mother was an enslaved seamstress and Married to Thomas Jefferson’s Slave - Bob father was an indentured servant from Hemings England.

● Seamstress and personal servant to House Servant Martha Washington. ● Given money to buy a personal wardrobe for her travels with Mrs. Washington.

Caroline Branham Silla

25 Years Old 35 Years Old

● Worked for Mrs. Washington as a Married to Slammin’ Joe (Ditcher at Mansion housemaid (duties included cleaning, House Farm) lighting fires, helping serve meals, Six children: Sophia, Savary, Penny, Israel, changing beds, preparing bed Isrias, and Christopher. warmers in the cold months, and serving family and guests as needed). Dogue Run Farm Field Hand ● Sold chickens and ducks to G. Washington to earn additional money.

Married with six children

Sophia Charlotte Daughter of a ditcher and a field hand. 24 Years Old 12 Years Old Seamstress to Martha Washington Assisted mother with her five brothers and Whipped for insubordination and refusing to sisters at Dogue Run Farm. do work after being whipped (whipped by the farm manager)

Five Children Married to a waiter at the Mansion House

Eve Delia

17 Years Old 14 Years Old

Worked with her 14 year old sister at the Worked with her 17 year old sister at the Mansion House. Mansion House.

Mother and father were field hands at Dogue Mother and father were field hands at Dogue Run Farm. Run Farm.

Priscilla Trudy

45 Years Old 16 Years Old

Midwife Field hand at the Dogue Run Farm. Received money for each birth she assisted with at the Dogue Run Farm.

Two sons were sold to a different owner per their request to be with their wives.

Cornelia Dolshy

25 Years Old 14 Years Old

Field hand at Dower River Farm Assisted with caring for chicken and geese at Dower River Farm. Married to a blacksmith at Dogue Run Farm Three children - all died (ages 6, 4 and 2)