Charlotte

• Born May 1740 at Berkeley Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia
• Parents were Ben and Mary, from Berkeley Plantation
• Charles, Fannie, and Dick were siblings
• Resided Berkeley Plantation from 1740 –1751
• One of 27 slaves belonging to Peyton Randolph
• Education unknown
• Served as domestic slave, possibly maidservant to Elizabeth Randolph
• Likely moved to Williamsburg when Elizabeth Harrison married Peyton Randolph in 1751
• No known spouse, as slave marriages were not legally recognized
• No children
• Date and place of death unknown

Learn more:

Introduction to Colonial African American Life
Peyton Randolph
Elizabeth Randolph