Person:Moses Cumberland (1)

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Gist Settlement started in Eagle Township, west of Fincastle, in 1818.
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THE “ COLORED SETTLEMENT. ’ ’
The colored settlement in Eagle Township was made in 1818, by a number of the former slaves of Samuel Gist, a wealthy banker, resident of London, England, and an extensive land-owner and slaveholder in the United States.
It is not known that Gist ever visited his plantation here, or that he ever saw a single slave that cultivated his lands, but all was left to the management of resident agents appointed by him. These lands lay in the counties of Hanover, Amherst, Goslin and Henrico, Va., and included some of the finest plantations in the “ Old Dominion.”
In 1808, desiring to make ample provision for the future happiness of those who had so abundantly filled his coffers by their servitude, Gist made a will, the intent of which was certainly benevolent, but which has been most wretchedly executed. This document, of fifty-eight closely written pages, is a study within itself. It begins: “This is the last will and testament of me, Samuel Gist, of Gower street, in the parish of St. Giles, in the city of London, of the county of Middlesex, England.”
After bequeathing various valuable estates and large sums of money to his only daughter, he designates what property and sums of money shall fall to the numerous persons who have been in his employ, and most explicitly does he provide for his slaves in Virginia, who numbered nearly one thousand souls!
Relative to them, the will provides that at his death, his “ slaves in Virginia shall ‘be set free.” That his lands there shall be sold, and comfortable homes in a free State be purchased for them with the proceeds. That the revenue from his plantations the last year of his life be applied in building schoolhouses and churches for their accommodation. That all money coming to him in Virginia be set aside for the employment of ministers and teachers to instruct them. That “ care be taken to make them as comfortable and happy as possible.”
In 1815, Samuel Gist died, and Wickham, of Richmond, Va (in conjunction with his father-in-law, Page), who had been appointed Gist’s agent, proceeded to execute his will. Accordingly, through parties in Hillsboro, Ohio, 1,122 acres of land near Georgetown, and 1.2 acres west of Fincastle, in Eagle Township, were purchased for homes for these slaves. These lands were covered with thickets of undergrowth and sloughs of stagnant water, and were almost valueless at that time for any purpose other than pasturage. Here in June, 1818, came nearly 90O persons, a part of whom located on the Georgetown lands, the remainder on the Fincastle purchase. Their “ comfort able homes ” lay in the wild region about them; the education they received was in the stern school of adversity. As a matter of course, they did not prosper. Some who were able returned to Virginia. Others built rude huts and began clearing away the forest. What little money they had was soon spent. Scheming white men planned to get their personal property. They became involved in numerous law suits among themselves, and so from various causes they were reduced almost to pauperism. In later years, their lands have been sold, so that at present but few families remain as relics of this once large settlement. Among the first families that settled in this township were the following persons, most of whom had families:
Jacob Cumberland, George Cumberland, Samuel Hudson, Gabriel York, James Gist, Gabriel Johnson, Joseph Locust, James Cluff, —— Davis, Sol Garrison, ——- Parsons, —— Williams, Glascow Ellis and Tom Fox. “Old Sam Hudson,” as he was familiarly known, was an odd character, and many anecdotes are yet related of him. At one time, he was sent to the State Prison at Columbus for making unlawful use of another man’s horse, and it so happened that a white man named Demitt accompanied him for a like offense. Upon being interrogated as to his occupation, Sam answered, “ Preacher ob de Gospel!” Turning to Demitt, the ofiicer asked, “ What’s your occupation?” “ I clerk for Sam,” was the shrewd reply.
Richard Cumberland (“ Blind Dick ”), Meredith Cumberland, Taylor Davis, Moses Cumberland, Ephraim Johnson and Winston Cumberland were also born in Virginia.

Name: Mosas Cumberland
Age: 74
Birth Year: abt 1806
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Eagle, Brown, Ohio
Race: Black
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Widower
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Cannot read/write:
Household Members: Name Age
Mosas Cumberland 74


Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Eagle, Brown, Ohio; Roll: 995; Family History Film: 1254995; Page: 42C; Enumeration District: 003; Image: 0548

Eagle, Brown, Ohio, United States
Family all listed as Black
Cumberland,Moses, 44,laborer,Va
Cumberland,Lucinda,33,Va
Cumberland,William N. H. (or maybe William H. H.),10,O
Cumberland,Edmund,8,O
Jones,John M.,25, boatman,O

U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880

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Name: Moses Cumberland
Enumeration Date: 1 Aug 1870
Place: Eagle, Brown, Ohio , USA
Schedule Type: Agriculture
Line Number: 9
Source Information
Ancestry.com. U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

Name: Moses Cumberland
Event Type: Tax Assessment
Event Date: 1832
Event Place: Ohio, United States
Event Place (Original): Ohio, United States
Page Number: 94

Digital Folder Number: 004849391
Image Number: 00105

Citing this Record
"Ohio Tax Records, 1800-1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7DMQ-VPPZ : 19 October 2019), Moses Cumberland, 1832; citing multiple county courthouse offices, Ohio, United States, p. , Tax records indexed by Ohio Genealogy Society; FHL microfilm 004849391.

Name: Moses Cumberlin
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1840
Event Place: Eagle Township, Brown, Ohio, United States
Page: 358

Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M704
Affiliate Film Number: 379
GS Film Number: 0020159
Digital Folder Number: 005154843
Image Number: 00731

Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRX-XSX : 16 August 2017), Moses Cumberlin, Eagle Township, Brown, Ohio, United States; citing p. 358, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 379; FHL microfilm 20,159.

Name: Moses Cumberlain
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 30 Jan 1892
Event Place: Lewis Township, Brown, Ohio, United States
Residence Place: Lewis Twp.
Gender: Male
Age: 86
Marital Status: Married
Race: colored
Race (Original): colored
Occupation: Farmer
Birth Year (Estimated): 1806
Birthplace: Virginia

Reference ID: v 2 p 66
GS Film Number: 384287
Digital Folder Number: 004016625
Image Number: 391

Citing this Record
"Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6VM-YZV : 9 March 2018), Moses Cumberlain, 30 Jan 1892; citing Death, Lewis Township, Brown, Ohio, United States, source ID v 2 p 66, County courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 384,287.