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John Nixon was the only child of George Nixon and his second wife Mary Thomas. Although the family were Quakers of record, they owned slaves.
John Nixon
Born October 1782, Woodburn Estate, Loudoun County, Virginia
Married Nancy "Ann"
Died 27 August 1845, Woodburn Estate, Loudoun County, Virginia
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1820 U.S. Federal Population Census, page 134
Household John Nixon, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia
Total persons engaged in agriculture = 5
TOTAL SLAVES = 9
Males aged <14 years = 4
Males aged 14-25 years = 2
Males aged 45 years and older = 1
Females aged <14 years = 1
Females aged 26-44 years = 1
1830 U.S. Federal Population Census, page 85
Household John Nixon, Hillsboro, Loudoun County, Virginia
TOTAL SLAVES = 16
Males aged <10 years = 5
Males aged 10-24 years = 4
Males aged 24-26 years = 1
Males aged 36-54 years = 1
Females aged <10 years = 1
Females aged 10-24 years = 2
Females aged 24-26 years = 1
Females aged 36-54 years = 1
Household also includes: Free Colored Person Male aged 36-54 = 1
1840 U.S. Federal Population Census, page 193
Household John Nixon, District 1, Loudoun County, Virginia
TOTAL SLAVES = 20
Males aged <10 years = 3
Males aged 10-24 years = 6
Males aged 24-26 years = 3
Males aged 36-54 years = 1
Females aged <10 years = 3
Females aged 10-24 years = 2
Females aged 24-26 years = 1
Females aged 36-54 years = 1
1845: List of Slaves Emancipated by John Nixon's Will
Slaves manumitted by will recorded in Loudoun County Court, 9 Sept 1845
Certificate. Name, Age
1347 Gant, Eve, aged 53
1333 Gant, Nelson Talbert, aged 23
1335 Gant, George, aged 20
1338 Gant, Fenton, aged 22
1339 Gant, Daniel, aged 18
1352 Gant, Winefred Jane, aged 171339 Gant, Daniel, aged 18
1353 Gant, Susan Ann, aged 14
1341 Gant, John William, aged 15
1342 Gant, Isaac, aged 9
1343 Gant, Lloyd, aged 8
1354 Gant, Mary Francis, aged 2
1334 Talbert, Ely, aged 28
1344 Anderson, Sarah, aged 70
1345 Anderson, Eliza Ann, aged 30
1340 Anderson, Wilson, aged 29
1336 Anderson, Abraham, aged 26
1346 Anderson, Mary Ann, aged 11
1337 Jackson, Lewis, aged 25
1348 Adams, Harriet Ann, aged 27
1349 Adams, Virginia, aged 4
1350 Adams, Sally Ann, aged 2
1351 Adams, Amanda, aged 5 months
