Individual Details

Dempsey "Demce" Anderson

(1728 - Bef 5 Oct 1807)

Events

Birth1728
Legal1728was paid £1 by the Princess Anne Co. court on 26 APR 1782 for corn he had provided to the Revolution [Minutes 1773-82, 546].
Taxes1782 - 1800lower precinct of Western Shore, Princess Anne, Norfolk, Virginia
Slave Owner1782taxable on slave Jack
Taxes1783A "free Negro" head of A household of 6 "Black" persons in Blackwater Precinct, Princess Anne Co., in 1783 [VA:60], Nathaniel Whitehurst's tithe - Blackwater Precinct, Princess Anne, Norfolk, Virginia
Slave Owner1784on Slave Jack
Taxes1785Charles Whitehurst, 4 horses & 5 cattle - Princess Anne, Norfolk, Virginia
Taxes1786on Charles Whitehurst, 4 horses & 5 cattle - Princess Anne, Norfolk, Virginia
Taxes1787on 2 horses & 6 cattle - Princess Anne, Norfolk, Virginia
Taxes1792 - 1793on his own tithe & A tithe over 16 - Princess Anne, Norfolk, Virginia
Slave Owner1794 - 1807on A slave over 16 years of Age [PPTL, 1782-1789, frames 539, 572, 605, 673, 714; 1790-1822, frames 16, 36, 42, 65, 108, 137, 175, 182, 202, 240, 248, 295, 373].
Legal1794Free Negro Certificate, 1794, African American Narrative Digital Collection, LVA].
Military23 Apr 1794Princess Anne, Norfolk, Virginia
Description23 Apr 1794A black Man About 5 feet 6 inches high, Aged 6ty 6, born Free in Norfolk Co. [Anderson, Demce (M, 66): - Princess Anne, Norfolk, Virginia
Slave OwnerBef 1807
Will11 May 1807Princess Anne, Norfolk, Virginia
DeathBef 5 Oct 1807
Admixture-Ethnicityfree Negro
Marriage-shared(Stephen Carter and Elizabeth Anderson)

Families

SpouseRose (1730 - )
ChildElizabeth Anderson (1770 - )
ChildJoshua Anderson (1772 - )
FatherEdward "Ned" Anderson (1702 - 1740)
SiblingMartha Anderson (1733 - 1768)
SiblingMarshall Anderson (1740 - 1795)