New Page and Project ~ 'BLACK WARDLAWS'
This page 'Black Wardlaws' and
the projects we are working on are an effort to bring together the scattered information that we now have and combine it with what each one of you has to build a complete picture.The history of the slaves in America is sketchy at best and this is an attempt to find each family's origins when they were owned by the Wardlaws and took the name.
We are building a Tree on Ancestry.com to compile everyone's information to enable more people to search and find their links. This tree is called 'Black Wardlaws'. On it you will see many separate families. To look for any one name, go to the box in the top right corner that says 'find a person in this tree'. You will see the Index of names, along with their birth dates and place of birth if known. Click on any person and you'll see what is in their family tree. Or to see everyone, click on 'List of all people'.
| A concentrated effort is needed to dig into what we know and connect it with the families and names. We need someone who would identify the Wardlaws that owned slaves, the area where they lived, how many slaves they had, the names of the slaves, the dates and any other valuable details that would enable us to pinpoint each person. We do have first names of many of the Wardlaw slaves and the work to put the names with the dates and places would be invaluable. There are slave lists of the owners, mostly showing how many there were, male or female, and ages. Anyone willing to take on this project would have many tools to work with. It is just a matter of documenting the information to connect the names and the families that we know of, and then start looking as the generations come down from there. Maria has made a great start on this project as you can see below. We need to continue this work on to include everyone we can find so there will be a comprehensive index of names and dates, to avoid duplication and re-inventing the wheel. |
We have linked many of the 'Hints' for these people in each person's 'Profile'. There are Census Records, and other hints to look at. We'd love to get some pictures! Do you have any?
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Right now it has been up for a few months and has 604 people in it. This is just a start, we'll be adding to this often. If you have information to add, please let us know and we can build up this tree.
Many of the early Wardlaws had slaves and these are the descendants of those people. We'll be gathering the documents, wills and other items that will be helpful and put them on here.
Thanking you in advance for your input and participation!
Write us:
clanwardlaw@yahoo.comand see the tree at:
www.Ancestry.com
Maria Elena Mercado is now an Editor on this tree and helping to organize the data. Below is what she has done and is sharing with us.
latinlady_430@yahoo.com
If any one of you want to add info to this tree, please write and tell us, we'll add in your data.
| This article from our President appeared in the Clan Wardlaw Association Newsletter Issue #7 From the President’s Desk William F. (Bill) Wardlaw SLAVE NARRATIVES: A SORROWFUL BUT RICH HISTORY In the last newsletter, I mentioned my Great-great-grandfather, William Louis Wardlaw. Born in South Carolina about 1815, he moved as a young boy to Alabama where grew up and married one Elizabeth Crawford and then relocated to Arkansas. In 1857 the family moved a final time to Texas, settling near the Falls of the Brazos River. He died there in 1862 at about 47 years of age. Clearing and cultivating raw land in the mid-nineteenth century was no easy task and Lewis had help in his dream of success. Like many Southerners of his day, Lewis Wardlaw was a slave owner. A few years ago, The Marlin Democrat newspaper of Marlin Texas, reprinted a 1932 interview with former slave Nellie Wardlaw Smith, then about 91 years old. Her story is a fascinating piece of history that I think is both sad and greatly interesting. The following is a condensed version of that interview and in her words: “We settled about five miles from the Brazos and lived camp style until we could build our houses. Some of the men cut down trees and cleared land while the women followed along and burned the brush. The best trees were used to make logs for the houses. As soon as the land was cleared we planted corn and cotton.” “My ole Massa (Louis Wardlaw) was a hard worker. He worked along in the field beside us. We went to the field early in the morning. There was a black man to blow the horn to get the slaves up way ‘fore day. We worked from ‘fore daylight ‘till dark. I had my 400 pounds of cotton to pick every day. Ole Massa whipped me once ‘cause I did not drop the corn right. I could not learn it right at first and he beat me good. Soon after that he sent me to the ‘big house’ to help nurse the children and do some of the house work.” “My ole Missus (Elizabeth Wardlaw) would weave and sew for the slaves. She carded the cotton into rolls and spun it into yarn and reel the yarn into hanks. Ole Missus could weave about twelve yards of cloth in a day. We got two sets of clothing a year, one in the spring and one in the fall. We had heavy underwear and did not get cold. Nearly all of our clothes were white. We had ‘Russett Brogans’ and ‘coarse’ shoes. Missus knitted stockings and socks for us.” “We did not know what a cook stove was in those days. We cooked on large fireplaces. Some of them was large enough to use eight foot sticks of wood. There were iron cranes at each end. We hung pots on them and swung them back over the fire. You could not go off and leave your dinner for fear a pot might turn over and spill your grub. We baked pretty, yellow pound cakes in the ovens that sat on legs over the fire. Taters baked in the ashes was hard to beat.” “We all went to (church) meeting under the brush arbor once a month. The white people sat near the front and the black people in the back. We could not read nor write but we loved to hear (the preacher) read the Bible. Ole Massa would let us dance and have a good time when the work was laid by. We had a man who could play the fiddle and we had a good time. Sometimes he (Louis Wardlaw) would give us a ‘black and white’ (a furlough pass) and let us go to the adjoining plantation. If we did not have this paper the patrol would whip us and take us back home.” “Ole Massa was getting ready to go enlist in the Confederate Army when he died. We did not have any trouble during the war. One day John Wardlaw (one of Louis and Elizabeth’s older sons) called us all up to the house and told us we was just like him. We were free and we could stay with him and he would pay us. We was lost like a chicken from his mammy. We stayed on with the Wardlaw family for a while and then we moved on Mr. Churchill Jones’ plantation.” I know nothing of Nellie Smith’s life in the years just after the war but in subsequent years came to be employed by my Great-grandfather N.J. Wardlaw, Sr. who had been only ten years old when the war ended. She stayed with the family for many years, even immigrating with them to west Texas in the 1880s. Although about thirteen years his senior, she nursed N.J. in his final years. He died in 1931 at the age of 76. Nellie Wardlaw Smith was a remarkable woman with a long life and a captivating story. |
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| Hi, Diane - How is your African American Wardlaw research coming along? I have been able to piece together one side of the family (Craft, married to Wardlaw) as outlined below. Please let me know if you have come across any of these names during the course of your research. I was able to trace this family through the census to 1870 and have the corresponding records. Of course, I will not be able to trace further without knowing the name of the landowner(s) who owned this family pre-1865. Here's the information I've been able to piece together with the limited information I have: Regional Focus: Seneca Township, Oconee County, South Carolina (post-1870) Center Township, Oconee County, South Carolina (post-1870) Pickens District, South Carolina (pre-1870) Surnames - Research Interests: (African-American) Craft, Regular, Grant, Wardlaw Notes: Surname Regular may be variation of Rigler, Wrigler, Regler. Married names are in parenthesis. Ida Regular (Craft) (1874-1951) - My son's 2nd great-grandmother Parents: George Regular (1814-1898) - My son's 3rd great-grandfather Clarissa A. Grant (Regular) (1837-) - My son's 3rd great-grandmother Sibling: Nelly Regular (1845-) Lizzy Regular (1853-) Thomas Regular (1855-) Adeline Regular (James) (1861-1918) Andrew Regular (1862-) Emma Regular (1864-) Martha Regular (1866-) Edward Regular (1867-) Warren Regular (1868-) Ellen Regular (1869-) John Regular (1876-) Daniel H. Regular (1878-) Spouse: David Craft (1871-1940) - My son's 2nd great-grandfather (possibly son of Emily Craft, grandson of Lydiah Craft) Children: James Craft (1892-) Louie Craft (1894-) Miles Craft (1899-) Edesto Craft (1901-) Isaiah Craft (1904-) Bessie Craft (1905-) Polly Craft (1906-) Maxine Craft (1908-) Marie Craft (Williams) (1910-) *** Francis W. Craft (Scott) (1911-2002) - My son's great-grandmother Jennus Craft (1913-1975) ----------------------------------- *** Francis W. Craft (Scott) (1911-2002) - My son's great-grandmother Spouse & Children
---------------------------------------- RELATED RESEARCH URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?wardlaw::sc::8241.html Freedmen's Bureau Report 1865-1870 in SC Freedmen's Bureau http://www.freedmensbureau.com/southcarolina/scarolinaoutrages1.htm REPORT OF OUTRAGES COMMITTED BY WHITES AGAINST FREEDMEN IN ABBEVILLE COUNTY, SO. CA. DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST 1868 Name of offender: Wm. Hammond, P. Blackwell, Coon & others. Date of outage: 17th May. Person injured: Josh Wardlaw. Nature of injury: took him out his bed at night, stripped, whipped & on his running off, shot 3 times at him because he was a Republican. Where committed: Abbeville County. Remarks: referred to Squire McCord, who says Plaintiff could not swear to the parties, although he declared to me he could. REPORT OF OUTRAGES COMMITTED BY WHITES AGAINST FREEDMEN IN ABBEVILLE COUNTY SO. CA. DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 1868 Name of offender: Blackwell, Wm. Harman & 10 others unknown. Date of outrage: 19th April. Person injured: Henry Moore, Nelson Martin, Moses Martin, Josh Wardlaw. Nature of injury: broke into their houses at night, smashed their guns, stripped, whipped & shot at them &c. because they were Radicals. Where committed: Abbeville County. Remarks: Case of Wardlaw ref'd to Squire McCord some time ago & nothing done. Others sent to Squire J. McCaslan who has not as yet done anything. Offenders said to live in Edgefield. ---------------------------------------- URL: http://freedmensbureau.com/tennessee/affidavits/memphisaffidavits.htm Affidavits regarding the 1866 Memphis Riot Nat Wardlaw ---------------------------------------- Surname: WARDLAW From To Migration Submitter Comment 1293 now SCT>AugustaCo,VA>KY>SC dwardlaw 1400 now ENG>GA bulldog1 1540 now FIF,SCT macneill Ends up in Sharp Family/Many other unresolved branches. 1650 now SCT>VA>SC>LA pattyr 1670 1900 SCT>PA>VA>SC>GA lorogers 1670 1910 SCT>SC>AL>BradleyCo,AR jacobs 1670 1900 SCT>PA>AugustaCo VA>OH dot11 Robert & William 1700 now England>NC>MI toomuch I need more info on the name 1770 1900 VA>SC>Greene Co., AL sixrk 1800 now ENG>KY>TN>AR>MO jimreid 1800 1800 2000 GAL,IRL>NY dxianson 1800 now SC>Gwinnett Co,GA unter md Rachael Peden dau of John Peden, Jr, GreenvilleCnty,Sc 1800 now SC>Gwinnett,GA porcelin Joseph> Francis Marion 1850 Sco ejdv 1860 now GA>SC rcsshs 1700 1885 SCT>PA>AugustaCo,VA>AbbevilleCo,SC mlbailey  Maria Elena Mercado |
We are very excited to have recently come across 45 packets of probate court records relevant to Wardlaw estates. These contain the names of Wardlaw African Americans. We are in the process of transcribing all content relevant to persons of color named in these records and will upload the information here as it is completed. Please check back often. Take a look at the 1803 entry - Isn't that awesome!!! It's what everyone conducting black genealogy is looking for.     
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| Vital Records on File WARDLAW AFRICAN AMERICANS (A lot of Abbeville here. Unfortunately, not as thorough as they should be [many missing parent/spouse names]) Wardlaw, Ada 1923 COD Wardlaw, Alice 1930 COD Wardlaw, Anderson 1929 COD Wardlaw, Angeline 1926 COD Wardlaw, Annie 1920 COD Wardlaw, Annie Lee 1929 COD Wardlaw, Arch 1933 COD Wardlaw, Arthur 1941 COD Wardlaw, Avery Mark 1937 COD Wardlaw, Azelia 1933 COD Wardlaw, Baby 1915 COD Wardlaw, Baby 1918 COD Wardlaw, Baby 1932 COD Wardlaw, Baby of Lorena 1874 COD Wardlaw, Ben 1924 COD Wardlaw, Betsie 1922 COD Wardlaw, Bettie 1915 COD Wardlaw, Blanche 1918 COD Wardlaw, Catherine 1931 COD Wardlaw, Cator 1919 COD Wardlaw, Charley 1915 COD Wardlaw, Charlie 1918 COD Wardlaw, Charlie 1927 COD Wardlaw, Cora 1932 COD Wardlaw, Dave 1932 COD Wardlaw, David F. 1930 COD - This one is mine Wardlaw, Edna 1923 COD Wardlaw, Elenora 1935 COD Wardlaw, Ernest 1942 COD Wardlaw, Fannie 1939 COD Wardlaw, Felix 1929 COD Wardlaw, Frank 1938 COD Wardlaw, Harriet 1932 COD Wardlaw, Henry 1917 COD Wardlaw, Hiram 1937 COD Wardlaw, Isaac Jr 1924 COD Wardlaw, Isaac Jr 1950 COD Wardlaw, Jack Franklin 1926 COD Wardlaw, Jackqulin 1943 COD Wardlaw, James Arthur 1918 Wardlaw, JB 1917 COD Wardlaw, Jessie 1935 Census, Fl Wardlaw, Joe 1922 COD Wardlaw, John 1918 COD Wardlaw, John 1935 COD Wardlaw, John Rassett 1915 COD Wardlaw, Josephine 1922 COD Wardlaw, JW 1927 COD Wardlaw, Katherine 1927 COD Wardlaw, Kenney 1952 COD Wardlaw, Lanska 1920 COD Wardlaw, Laura 1915 COD Wardlaw, Leland Howard 1954 COD Wardlaw, Lena 1918 COD Wardlaw, Lewis 1925 COD Wardlaw, Lillie 1918 COD Wardlaw, Lillie Mae 1939 COD Wardlaw, Lizzie 1929 COD Wardlaw, Lucille 1917 COD Wardlaw, Luticia 1953 COD Wardlaw, Mariah 1922 COD Wardlaw, Mariah 1922 COD - Copy Wardlaw, Marjorie 1933 COD Wardlaw, Mary 1921 COD Wardlaw, Mary Ella 1942 COD Wardlaw, Mary Jane 1920 COD Wardlaw, Mattie 1918 COD Wardlaw, Melissa 1930 COD Wardlaw, Oscar 1932 COD Wardlaw, Ozella 1924 COD Wardlaw, Patsy 1931 COD Wardlaw, Robert 1922 COD Wardlaw, Robert 1937 COD Wardlaw, Robert 1943 COD Wardlaw, Ruby 1927 COD Wardlaw, Sallie M. 1941 COD Wardlaw, Sam 1943 COD Wardlaw, Sam Allen 1936 COD Wardlaw, Sarah 1932 COD Wardlaw, Sarah 1937 COD Wardlaw, Sarah J. 1940 COD Wardlaw, Susan 1925 COD Wardlaw, Sylvia 1938 COD Wardlaw, Thomas L 1950 COD Wardlaw, Thompson 1923 COD Wardlaw, Tom 1940 COD Wardlaw, Turner 1918 COD Wardlaw, Will Jr 1931 COD Wardlaw, William 1935 COD Wardlaw, William 2 1935 COD Wardlaw, William Jr 1929 COD Wardlaw, Willie 1943 COD Wardlaw, Willie Roy 1952 COD Maria Elena Mercado |
| The latest, July 31, info from our editor, Maria: Hi, Diane - I have finished transferring all the Wardlaw-related details from my personal family tree to the "Black Wardlaws" tree. I will add details from time to time as I make additional connections. Please let me know if you ever have any questions or comments. Also, please let me know if you find anything relevant to my personal research. I am particularly interested in identifying my mother-in-law's father, David Wardlaw, and his family in the census. Since I don't know the names of his parents and sibling, it has been very difficult for me to locate that information. This is all I have on the Wardlaw side of the family:
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Below are pages from my current book I'm working on, "Wardlaw Chronicle II", the chapter on the Wardlaw Slaves
| Chapter - 'Wardlaw Slaves' Sources There are many sources for my material. One of the best is the SC Dept. of Archives. I have used these documents mostly in the children of Hugh C4 and have noted where to find the item. There are many of the items with an online image, others you can order. If you go into this site, there are several items naming ‘Militia enrollments of men between the ages of 18 and 30 (and between 30 and 45) for Abbeville County’. These lists show either ‘white’ or ‘colored’ and give the occupation of that person. There are lots of ‘colored’ Wardlaws, so this could be good place to try to find those links. Starting at ‘Series: S192021 Volume: 0001’. Here’s how to find this source: “South Carolina Department of Archives and History.” From their website: www.SCDAH.sc.gov - click on ‘Research & Genealogy’, then click on ‘Online Indexes’, then you can search for this item. Here is the first entry that I copied (see actual document next page), they are all alike, others I’ll just put the info: Series: S192021 Volume: 0001 Page: 00039 ignore: 000 Date: 1869 Wardlaw, Henry - Age 22 - Farmer - Cokesbury - ‘colored’ Series: S192021 Volume: 0001 Page: 00040 ignore: 000 Date: 1869 George Wardlaw - Age 21 - Farmer - Abbeville - colored Series: S192021 Volume: 0001 Page: 00053 ignore: 000 Date: 1869 Frank Wardlaw, Farmer - Abbeville - colored - age 35 Isaac Wardlaw, Farmer - Abbeville - colored - age 41 George Wardlaw, Farmer - Abbeville, - colored age 30 Series: S192021 Volume: 0001 Page: 00067 ignore: 000 Date: 1869 3rd Battalion Daniel Wardlaw, Farmer, Abbeville Twp, colored - age 19 C.C. Wardlaw, Farmer, Abbeville Twp, white - age 20 Series: S192021 Volume: 0001 Page: 00098 ignore: 000 Date: 1869 4th Battlion W. Wardlaw - Farmer, Little Mountain - ‘colored - age 32 Series: S192021 Volume: 0002 Page: 00023 ignore: 000 Date: 1869 Adam Wardlaw - Farmer - Broadway - colored age 35 Series: S192021 Volume: 0002 Page: 00032 ignore: 000 Date: 1869 Hiram Wardlaw - Laborer, S.M. Crayton’s - colored age 23 Series: S192021 Volume: 0002 Page: 00043 ignore: 000 Date: 1869 Brazwell Wardlaw - Farmer - Berry Hix - Anderson Cty, Fork Twp. - ‘colored’ - age 36 Series: S192021 Volume: 0002 Page: 00067 ignore: 000 Date: 1869 Geo. W. Wardlaw - Farmer - Hopewell - colored - age 39 |