Boy, name not yet identified, age about 3 in 1850

“Boy, Name Not Yet Identified, Age about 3 in 1850”. n.d, WashU & Slavery, accessed February 12, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/washu-slavery/item/60208

Description
The 1850 Federal Census Slave Inhabitant Schedule documents a 3-year-old boy enslaved at Henry Shaw's Tower Grove property.
Bio
The 1850 Federal Census Slave Inhabitant Schedule documents a 3-year-old boy enslaved at Henry Shaw's Tower Grove property.
Birth Date
1847
Sex
Male
Referred to in
1850 Slave Inhabitant Schedule, St. Louis Central South Half, Henry Shaw
Enslaver
Henry Shaw
annotates
Cannot be Jemmy (born 1850, purchased October 16, 1850, after census recording).

Cannot be a child of Esther, who Shaw purchased in 1852.

Linked resources

Boy, name not identified, age about 12 in 1860

“Boy, Name Not Yet Identified, Age about 3 in 1850”. n.d, WashU & Slavery, accessed February 12, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/washu-slavery/item/60208