List of Negroes – April 1st 1850
| Over 50 yrs of age | Fr. 12 to 50 cont’d | Over 50 yrs of age |
| Dick Skinner 52 | Stephen 31 | Mourning died suddenly Dec 23 1857 |
| Francis 50 | Bill L. | Theresa 66 |
| Dave Died April 15th 1850 | Y. Nelson | Cherry 62 Died Oct 9th 1859 |
| B. Ransom 50 | Isom 33 | Tene 60 |
| George Hton 54 | Charles | Thamer 58 |
| Demse 61 | Anthony | Peggy —- Died March 1862 |
| Murphy 53 | John Pop: | |
| Eden 62 | John Kio | Fr: 12 to 50 |
| Luke | Andrew | Fanny 45 |
| Lewis 63 | Sam | Edy – Transferred to list on page 23 in May 1852 |
| Isaac Died July 1856 64 | John R. | Annie B. died Jan 19th 1852 |
| Joe Neil Died May/52—73 | Willis | Priss |
| Fr: 12 to 50— | William | Hester Transfered to page 23 in July 1853 |
| George Wms 44 | Charles Wms | Becca |
| Dick Hton ‘ | Henry B. | Grace Transferred … Jan 1853 |
| Mathias 39 | Henry C. | Nancy |
| Henry (carpenter) 44 | Alfred | |
| Nelson (mason) 42 | Thomas | Bought in Jan/57 |
| Bill Blair 31 | Charles Lowther | |
| Anthony — 38 | Bought in Jan: 1857 | Mary Ann placed on page 23 |
| Daniel | Providence 54* | Martha Ann 7 – sold |
| Brutus 38 | Alfred 17 | Milley |
| Tom ‘ | William 15 | |
| Ned ‘ | Bo’t Dec & Nov— | |
| Joe ‘ | Ambrose sold | |
| Jordan ‘ | George 17 | |
| Miles Died 32 Scalded at Dr TD W’s Mill |
Joseph Blount Skinner pioneered the shad and herring fishing industry on Albemarle Sound. He introduced mile-long seines hauled by mule and horse drawn windlasses, and manned by teams of fifty or more slaves. “Hauling the Seine,” Belvidere fishery on the Albemarle Sound, drawing by David Hunter Strother, North Carolina Illustrated, Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, 1857.
Citation: Mary Maillard, ed., “List of Negroes, April 1 1850,” Skinner Family Papers, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C.
