Free Workmen
From Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia
There were over 100 free workmen who worked on the Monticello plantation at various times.[1]
Note: Overseers not included; known resident workmen marked R
| Name | Work | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Richard Adams | Brickmaker or Bricklayer | 1796 |
| Joseph Anderson | Stonemason | 1775 |
| Joseph Antrim | Plasterer | 1817, 1819 |
| Robert Bailey (d. 1804) | Gardener | 1794-1797 R |
| Abraham Balyal | Work Unknown | 1770 |
| Ban | Hired Slave? Work Unknown | 1799 |
| David Barnet | Sawyer | 1795-1796 |
| Richard Barry | Painter and Glazier | 1805-1808 |
| Will Beck | Limeburner/blower, General Labor | 1769-1801 R? |
| John Beckley | Sawyer | 1776-1777 |
| John G. Belt | Millwright | 1808-1810 |
| Francis Bishop | Blacksmith | 1774-1776 R |
| William Bishop | Brickmaker | 1770-1772 |
| William Bowen | Mason? | 1778 |
| George Bradby (d. 1778), Free Black | General Labor? | 1774-1778 R? |
| John Brewer | Brickmaker | 1777-1778 R? |
| Ase H. Brooks | Roofer | 1821 |
| John Brown | Millwright | 1813 |
| Buck, Hired Slave | Shoemaker | 1810 |
| John Buck | Millwright | 1796-1799 R |
| Samuel Campbell | Stonemason | 1821 |
| Youen Carden | Miller | 1808-1824 R |
| Steward Carroll | General Labor | 1767 |
| Hugh Chisholm | Mason/Brickmaker, Plasterer | 1796-1797, 1801-1814 R |
| John Chisholm | Mason/Brickmaker | 1808-1909 |
| Benjamin Colvard (Calvert) Jr. | Carpenter | 1778-1779 |
| Lewis Crutchfield | Work Unknown | 1777 |
| William Davenport | Carpenter | 1797-1798 R |
| Andrew Defoe | Limeblower | 1771-1774 |
| Micajah Defoe | Work Unknown | 1770-1771 |
| James Dinsmore | Joiner | 1798-1809 R |
| George Dudley | Brickmaker | 1769-1774 |
| Henry Duke | Brickmason | 1797-1799 |
| William Duncan | Plasterer's Assistant | 1804 |
| Richard Durrett | Carpenter | 1813 R |
| Gideon Fitz (Fitch) | Carpenter | 1802-1803 |
| Bartlett Ford | General Labor | 1769-1772 |
| William Fossett | Carpenter | 1775-1779 R |
| Francis Gaines | Work Unknown | 1781-1782 |
| Humphrey Gaines | Carpenter | 1774-1778 R |
| William Gaines | Work Unknown | 1778-1779 R |
| John Gentry | Miller | 1806 |
| Anthony Giannini | Gardener | 1778-1782 R, 1791, 1802 |
| Joseph Gilmore (Gilmer) | Millwright | 1813-1820 |
| Giovannini da Prato | Gardener | 1780-1784 |
| Rolin Goodman | Carpenter | 1813-1817 R |
| John Gorman | Stonecutter | 1819 |
| ---- Grady | Nailery Manager | 1807 |
| Henry Gray | Work Unknown | 1782 R? |
| James Hamner | Work Unknown | 1806 |
| John Holmes (d. 1801) | Joiner | 1800-1801 R |
| Michael Hope | Stonemason | 1802-1805 |
| Robert Hope | Stonemason | 1803 |
| H. Hough | Charcoalburner | 1798 |
| John Houseright | Work Unknown | 1770 |
| Isaac Jackson (b. 1742) Bonded Mulatto | Free from 1773, Work Unknown | 1769-1778 R? |
| Randall Johnson | Brickmason | 1773-1777 |
| John Jordan | Brickmason | 1805 |
| ---- Kendrick | Mason? | 1778 |
| Bartholomew Kindred (d. 1805) | Weaver | 1776-1782 |
| Willis Liggin (Ligon) | Weaver | 1822 |
| James McGee (McGehee) | Carpenter | 1798-1799 |
| William Maclure | Weaver (Made Textile Machinery) | 1812-1813 R |
| William Maddox | Stonemason | 1802, 1806-1808 |
| George Manly (b. 1738), Once Bonded | Work Unknown | 1772-1774 |
| Edmund Meeks | Carpenter | 1819-1823 R |
| Jacob Miller | Work Unknown | 1770 |
| Joseph Miller (b. 1768) | Brewer | 1813 |
| Joseph Moran | Stonemason | 1801-1802 |
| Thomas Morgan | Miller | to 1771 |
| Patrick Morton | Engrafter | 1769-1780 |
| John Neilson (d. 1827) | Joiner | 1805-1809 R |
| Joseph Neilson | Carpenter, Joiner | 1775-1779 R |
| James Oldham (d. 1843) | Joiner | 1801-1804 R, 1805-1897 |
| William Orr | Blacksmith | 1781-1784 |
| John M. Perry | Carpenter | 1800-1811 |
| Reuben Perry | Carpenter | 1799-1803 |
| William B. Phillips | Brickmason | 1823 |
| Joseph Pond | Brickmaker | 1776-1777 |
| William Pond | Brickmaker | 1774 |
| Larkin Powers | Carpenter | 1818 R |
| Joseph Price | Carpenter | 1783 R |
| Peter B. Read | Millwright | 1822 |
| William Rice, Indentured Servant? | Stonecutter | 1775-1780 R |
| Richard Richardson | Brickmason | 1796-1801 R |
| ---- Robinson | Sawyer | 1795 |
| James Sammons | Stonemason | 1809-1813 |
| Julius Shard | Brickmason, General Labor | 1771-1773 |
| John Shell | Brickmason? | 1796 |
| Jacob Silknitter | Charcoalburner | 1795-1797 |
| Richard Sorrels (d. 1773) | General Labor | 1769-1773 |
| William Sorrels | Work Unknown | 1772-1773 |
| James Stark | Carpenter | 1810-1812 R |
| John Steele | Stonemason | 1796 |
| William Stewart | Blacksmith | 1801-1807 R |
| Richard Taylor | Work Unknown | 1771 |
| ---- Ternan | Limeblower | 1803 |
| John Thomas | Work Unknown | 1822 |
| Richard Thomas | Work Unknown | 1822 |
| James Walker | Millwright | 1805-1807 |
| Thomas Walker, Convict Servant | Cabinetmaker | 1773-1778 R |
| Peggy Wanlace | Weaver? | 1777 |
| Martin Wanscher | Plasterer | 1801-1804 R |
| ---- Wash | Plasterer | 1800 |
| Elisha Watkins | Carpenter | 1809 R |
| David Watson | Joiner | 1781-1784, 1792, 1793-1797 R |
| Julius Webb | Work Unknown | 1768-1769 |
| Stephen Willis | Brickmason | 1770-1778, 1796 R |
Footnotes
- ↑ This article is based on Lucia Stanton, Monticello Research Report, 1993.
