Hello everyone! I have always wanted to share the information I have found on my ancestors. I have been  researching them since about 2003. I have found a lot of information about my ancestors  on my mother's side of the family who were enslaved. I found  information about the Battle/Bunkley ancestors all the way back to 1784 in North Carolina. The Ferguson and Jones family did not have as  much information. This is what I found on the Battle/Bunkley relatives from 1788 court record in Edgecombe county, North Carolina. It shows that Hannah and Charles, my great great great great great grandparents  were whipped but not why. Charles was jailed and whipped.  I have attached that record.

Edgecombe county, North Carolina Aug. 1789 court records

I have information from a  1784 will  that shows my great great great great grandparents Charles and Hannah were slaves of William Battle. When he died he willed the eight slaves to his children in Edgecombe county, North Carolina. The other slave relatives listed were Lucy, great great great grandmother and Jennie who was possibly her sister. This is the will.

Edgecombe county, North Carolina 1784 William Battle slaveowner's will

One of the slaveowners' children died and in 1785, the will is showing only two of the children inheriting the slaves. It appears that Hannah may have had another child during that time named Katie. See the record below.

Edgecombe county, North Carolina 1785 will of William Battle

I have also found a records inventory from slaveowner J. (Jessie) B. Bunkley. It lists the Bunkley ancestors who were enslaved and their value. Albert Bunkley married Selina Battle and she inherited the slaves when her father William S. Battle died in 1828 in Georgia. When Albert Bunkley died he willed them to his sons Jesse and William Bunkley. Our relatives listed are Stephen, Cato, Minerva and child Ailsie, Julia Ann and child Ben, Matilda. Stephen is Phoebe my great great grandmother's son. Cato is Phoebe's brother. Both of them are Lucy's children.  Minerva and child are Cato's wife and child. Julia Ann may be Lucy's child or Phoebe's child. Matilda may be Lucy's child and Phoebe and Cato's sister.  The inventory is attached.

Chambers county, Alabama 1863 records inventory J. B. Bunkley slaveowner

The second page of the inventory lists our relatives Allen, Eveline, Mariah, Milly, Francis and Phoebe. Allen, Eveline, Milly and Francis are Phoebe's children. Mariah is Allen's wife. Phoebe is an invalid and is given no value. Document is attached.

Chambers county, Alabama 1863 Inventory record of J. B. Bunkley slaveowner

Ethel Jones is  my grandmother. Her  mother is Lucy Bunkley. Lucy Bunkley lived in Chambers county, Alabama in 1880. She moved to Fannin county, Texas (Bonham) with her brother Stephen around 1890. Stephen is Stephen's son that was listed on the inventory. Stephen changed his name to Ike and married grandmother's father's sister Mary Jane. William Ferguson, grandmother's father married Lucy Bunkley in Bonham, Texas.

Here is a picture of Ike Bunkley, Lucy's brother. I have no picture of the others.

Ike (Isaiah) Bunkley