Person Record Title

Austin Davis Blackwell (1794-1878)

Identifier

NJS-PER-01363

Given Name

Austin Davis

Family Name

Blackwell

Birth Date

8 October 1794

Death Date

19 December 1878

Sex

Male

Biographical Description

Austin Davis Blackwell was an enslaver who resided in Mapletown in South Brunswick Township, NJ. He was the son of Thomas Blackwell (1741-1825) and Bathsheba Davis Blackwell. He signed a manumission deed for a Black man named Samuel in 1824 as an agent on his father's behalf. Additionally, in 1830, several years after his father's death, Austin reported to the Middlesex County Clerk that a Black woman named Jane had given birth to 6 children between 1809 and 1817 in the Blackwell household. From these birth records, it can be inferred that Jane and her children were enslaved by Thomas Blackwell during Thomas's lifetime and then by Austin Davis Blackwell after 1825.

Keywords

white person

enslaver

agent on behalf of enslaver

Place of Significance

South Brunswick

Mapletown

Enslaver of

Alexander (b. 1812)

Charles (b. 1809)

Jane

Letty (b. 1811)

Phebe (b. 1815)

Sally (b. 1817)

Sam (b. 1814)

Child of

Thomas Blackwell (1741-1825)

Bathsheba Davis Blackwell

Sibling of

Elijah Blackwell (1775-1855)

Spouse of

Catharine Ann Stryker Blackwell

Same As

Austin Davis Blackwell, Memorial ID 8052808 (Find a Grave)

Austin D Blackwell, ID Blackwell-5544 (WikiTree)

Record Contributor

Jesse Bayker