Pay Roll of Slaves from Isle of Wight County employed by the Commonwealth of Virginia, for Coast, Harbor and defences, on the defensive works At Hardy’s Bluff in the month of August 1861 We, the undersigned, acknowledge to have received of 1st Sect. James Maurice, Acting Paymaster, Eng. Dept. the amounts set opposite our names respectively, in full payment for the services of our Slaves for the specified, having signed duplicate receipts. From Whom Names Occupation Time Rate of Amount for Net Amount Hired Employed Pay each slave for each Days Per day slave Edwin White Levy Carpenter 23 ½ 1.00 23.50 23.50 Willis 25 25.00 25.00 “ “ Roderick 25 25.00 25.00 “ “ 73 ½ 73.50 73.50 William Hall James Labourer 17 ½ .50 8.75 8.75 Charles 17 ½ 8.75 8.75 “ “ John E. Solomon 10 ½ 5.25 5.25 “ “ Thomas James 10 ½ 5.25 5.25 “ “ Henry 10 ½ 5.25 5.25 “ “ Burwell 10 ½ 5.25 5.25 “ “ Reuben 10 ½ 5.25 5.25 “ “ Ben 10 ½ 5.25 5.25 “ “ Mike 10 ½ 5.25 5.25 “ “ Leonard 10 ½ 5.25 5.25 “ “ Edmund 10 ½ 5.25 5.25 “ “ Abraham 10 ½ 5.25 5.25 “ “ E. A. Madera Isaac 19 ½ 9.75 9.75 “ “ John 18 ½ 9.25 9.25 “ “ Alfred 17 8.50 8.50 “ “ Moses 20 ½ 10.25 10.25 “ “ Henry 21 10.50 10.50 “ “ Edmund 17 8.50 8.50 “ “ E.P. Robert 15 ½ 7.75 7.75 “ “ Crenshaw 2 horse Hauling 21 ½ 2.00 43.00 43.00 wagon James Hauling 4 1.50 6.00 6.00 1 mule cart & driver Branch
Pay Roll of Slaves from Isle of Wight County employed by the Commonwealth of Virginia, for Coast, Harbor and defences, on the defensive works At Hardy’s Bluff in the month of August 1861 We, the undersigned, acknowledge to have received of 1st Sect. James Maurice, Acting Paymaster, Eng. Dept. the amounts set opposite our names respectively, in full payment for the services of our Slaves for the specified, having signed duplicate receipts. From Whom Hired Names Occupation Time Employed Days Rate of Pay Per day Amount for each slave Net Amount for each slave Edwin White Levy Carpenter 23 ½ 1.00 23.50 23.50 Willis “ 25 “ 25.00 25.00 Roderick “ 25 “ 25.00 25.00 73 ½ 73.50 73.50 William Hall James Labourer 17 ½ .50 8.75 8.75 Charles “ 17 ½ “ 8.75 8.75 John E. Thomas Solomon “ 10 ½ “ 5.25 5.25 James “ 10 ½ “ 5.25 5.25 Henry “ 10 ½ “ 5.25 5.25 Burwell “ 10 ½ “ 5.25 5.25 Reuben “ 10 ½ “ 5.25 5.25 Ben “ 10 ½ “ 5.25 5.25 Mike “ 10 ½ “ 5.25 5.25 Leonard “ 10 ½ “ 5.25 5.25 Edmund “ 10 ½ “ 5.25 5.25 Abraham “ 10 ½ “ 5.25 5.25 E. A. Madera Isaac “ 19 ½ “ 9.75 9.75 John “ 18 ½ “ 9.25 9.25 Alfred “ 17 “ 8.50 8.50 Moses “ 20 ½ “ 10.25 10.25 Henry “ 21 “ 10.50 10.50 Edmund “ 17 “ 8.50 8.50 E.P. Crenshaw Robert “ 15 ½ “ 7.75 7.75 2 horse wagon Hauling 21 ½ 2.00 43.00 43.00 James Branch 1 mule cart & driver Hauling 4 1.50 6.00 6.00
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