Jacob Johnson

Jacob was an enslaved worker during the Wight period of Tuckahoe.  He would have been born sometime around 1831 and was one of the children of Sally Johnson mentioned in the will of Hezekiah Wight.  He was not freed upon Wight’s death but he and his brother (Anderson) were to be freed when they reached 30 years of age.  True to Wight’s wishes, Jacob was freed in 1861 and Anderson was freed a few years later in 1863.