Patrick Henry Roane, Sr.

Photograph of

Patrick Henry Roane, Sr.

Name(s)

Patrick Henry Roane, Sr.

Date of photograph

~1890s

Location of photograph

Varina, Henrico County, Virginia, United States

Description

Photograph of Patrick Henry Roane, Sr. standing outside wooden building. Photographer unknown.

Patrick Henry Roane, Sr. (1833-13 February 1907) was the son of George Henry Roane (1805 Williamsburg, Virginia -1876 Varina, Henrico County, Virginia, United States) and Elizabeth Henley, was born enslaved in 1833 in Varina, Henrico County, Virginia, United States.

He cohabitated in slavery with Susan Price in Varina, Henrico County, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of George A. Roane, Patrick Henry Roane, Jr. (a Newport News, Virginia Councilman), William E. Roane, Wyatt Roane (a judge of Elections in Newport News, Virginia), Bacchus Roane (a policeman and Justice of the Peace in Newport News, Virginia), Edmonia Carlotta Roane, and Leonard Wilson Roane (a shipbuilding engineer in Newport News, Virginia).

Patrick Henry Roane was the 3x great-grandson of Patrick Henry, Governor of Virginia and Revolutionary War Patriot.

Type

Photograph

Format

JPG

Rights

Public Domain | All records should be cited as coming from the Center Family History at the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.

Donated By

The family of Joseph C. Sheffey, Jr. and Barbara Ann Turner