When
Telem Plato died in 1863, he left a considerable estate—considerable considering
the time and circumstances. He was, after all, the son of an enslaved coachman
and Virginia was on the verge of rebellion, with plans to put Yankees and black people in
their place.
The personal property inventory
(household goods and furniture, farm implements, livestock) ran to four pages and
its sale brought $974.12. According to the record of the 17 Mar 1866 estate sale,
purchasers included Robt Plato, Ann V. Plato, Telem Plato, Mack Plato,
Elisabeth Plato, and Nancy Plato. The Coachman’s grandchildren had taken, or
been given, the surname “Plato,” at least for a while, though they would soon go
back to “Tapscott.”
I have just started researching Telem as well as Rebecca Tapp. Tapp Family members are buried in Arlington along side my grand parents Robert Clay and Violet ChristabellTapscott As well as Edith Marie Tapscott Crowe and her husband Alfred Crowe who was grime Alabama.
ReplyDeleteThen you are in the Robert Frances Tapscott line (see https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/preview/5567522188382701501/3047933073962017904 ) I suspect we have corresponded before. I don't know anything about a Rebecca Tapp. The only family with the name "Tapp" that I have run across married into the Missouri Tapscotts, a branch of the Wabash Valley Tapscotts. It does turn out, however, that the name "Tapscott" almost certainly originates from "Tapp's Cottage" but we are now going back many centuries and has nothing to do with the discussion at hand.
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