The Enslaved Community Archives - Historic Locust Grove

Amos, Bob & Lamb

Amos – born about 1798 – age around 20 in 1818 Bob – born about 1793 – age around 25 in 1818 Lamb – born about 1798 – age around...

Anny

At Eliza’s request and upon her death, Anny and her children were given to Lucy Ann Jesup, Eliza’s niece. Anny and her children were given into John Croghan’s custody, and...

Blythe

In November of 1813, three months after the battle of Ft. Stephenson, George sent a passport for Blythe to his cousin Isaac Clark, with the request to make arrangements for...

Charlotte [Brown] Bishop Bransford

It is believed that she met Stephen Bishop when he came to Locust Grove in 1842 to draw the map John Croghan published in Rambles in Mammoth Cave. However, there...

Chastian

Chastian and her children were enslaved by Lucy Croghan’s father, John Clark, and were living at Locust Grove, working for the Croghans, at the time of John Clark’s death. Chastian...

Criss

In 1825, Dr. John Croghan mentions having outhands working in the fields and Criss working in the garden at Locust Grove. This distinction points to Criss performing a different role...

David

He was one of the enslaved people who belonged to the Croghans that we know was literate. In 1823, Ann wrote the following to her mother: “David says he is...

Ellenora Croghan

Most likely going by the name “Ellen,” she was the oldest child of Alfred and Hannah Croghan. Ellen was born at Mammoth Cave and was emancipated at the age of...

Humphrey

While William Croghan died in 1822, the division of the enslaved did not take place until 1829. In the intervening years, Humphrey continued to live and work at Locust Grove...

Isaac

According to Eliza’s husband, George Hancock, Isaac was given to Eliza in 1829, when some of the enslaved people at Locust Grove were divided and given to the Croghan siblings...

Kitt

The earliest mention we have of Kitt is in the document where George Rogers Clark transfers ownership of his slaves to his younger brother, William. This was most likely done...

Malinda

Nicholas, Emelia, and three of their children lived at Locust Grove for two to three years between 1809 and 1812 before moving into town when Nicholas started the Western Courier....