Richard Sandridge

Item

Name

Richard Sandridge

Given Name

Richard

Family Name

Sandridge

Birth Date

1751

Death Date

1829-04

Sex

Male

Description

Richard Sandridge (1751 - April 1829) was a white enslaver who lived in Louisa County, Virginia on a four-hundred-acre estate, Smith Hill. Upon his death in 1829, Sandridge's will emancipated Nelly, Hulcly, Palmelia, Louisa, Eliza, Dabney, Milton, and "their increase" (Richmond Enquirer, November 7, 1829). A December 29, 1829 advert in the Richmond Enquirer read, "LAND AND NEGROES FOR SALE.-Will be sold to the highest bidder, at the late residence of Richard Sandridge, dec. (in the County of Louisa) on Tuesday the 12th Jan. next, the tract of land on which the said Sandridge died, commonly called Smith Hill, within three miles of Cuckooville, containing 400 acres. Also 10 or 15 likely negroes consisting chiefly of young women and some children. The property will be sold on a credit till the first day of January, 1831. The payment of the land to be secured with a deed of trust. All those having claims against the estate of R. Sandridge, dec'd. will please present them for payment some time during the next year, in order that the negroes emancipated by the will of the decedent, may receive their free papers, if entitled to them."