Meet People
- All(88)
- Enslaved Workers(51)
- Free Blacks(1)
- Hired Slaves(3)
- Hired White Workers(30)
- Indentured Servants(1)
- Jefferson Household(2)
Jefferson hired around 100 free white artisans to work at Monticello—they built Monticello I (1769-83), renovated and expanded what became Monticello II (1796-1809), and trained enslaved people in highly specialized trades. During their brief residences at Monticello, many of these plasterers, bricklayers, house joiners, carpenters, and blacksmiths lived on Mulberry Row in the workmen’s house or in other dwellings. Often hailing from Ireland, Scotland, England, or Germany, these artisans worked primarily in the main house, the joiner’s shop, the carpenter’s shop, and on Mulberry Row constructing buildings and fences.
David Barnet
Male
Hired White Worker
Work:Sawyer
Benjamin Colvard
Male
Hired White Worker
Work:Carpenter
Gideon Fitz
Male
Hired White Worker
Work:Carpenter
Humphrey Gaines
Male
Hired White Worker
Work:Carpenter
H. Hough
Male
Hired White Worker
Work:Charcoal-burner
James McGee
Male
Hired White Worker
Work:Carpenter
John M. Perry
Male
Hired White Worker
Work:Carpenter
Reuben Perry
Male
Hired White Worker
Work:Carpenter
---- Robinson
Male
Hired White Worker
Work:Sawyer
Thomas Walker
Male
Hired White Worker
Work:Joiner