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The patriarch of the McCaslin family and the founder of the McCaslin plantation. Most of the important characters are his descendents, through one of three branches: the male branch (Isaac, descended from Carothers's son Buck), the female branch (the Edmondses, descended from Carothers's daughter and her husband, Edmonds), and the negro branch (Tomey's Turl and his descendents, including Lucas Beauchamp, descended from Carothers's affair with his slave-girl Tomey).
Carothers McCaslin's grandson, the son of Buck McCaslin and Sophonsiba Beauchamp; born in the late 1860s. Raised by his second-cousin McCaslin Edmonds. Taught to hunt as a young boy by Sam Fathers, he remains deeply committed to the wilderness and to hunting. At 21, renounces his inheritance and gives the plantation to McCaslin Edmonds.
The great-grandson of Carothers McCaslin, descended from Carothers's daughter. Raised by his Uncle Buck and Uncle Buddy, he, in turn, raises Buck's son, Isaac McCaslin. Inherits the plantation at the age of 37, when 21-year-old Isaac refuses to take it as his own inheritance.
The part-negro grandson of Carothers McCaslin, the son of Tennie and Tomey's Turl. A tenant farmer on the old McCaslin plantation when it is owned by Carothers Edmonds.
Carothers McCaslin's son, Amodeus McCaslin's twin brother, Isaac McCaslin's father. Runs the McCaslin plantation while Amodeus tends the house. (Theophilus and Amodeus are more usually called "Buck" and "Buddy," respectively.) Eventually marries Sophonsiba Beauchamp, Isaac's mother.
Carothers McCaslin's son, Theophilus McCaslin's twin brother. Raises his sister's son, McCaslin Edmonds, and tends to the house while his brother runs the plantation. Usually called "Buddy," just as Theophilus is usually called "Buck." At poker, he is unmatched.
The owner of the plantation nearest the McCaslins'. A leisurely, childish man. His sister, Sophonsiba, believes he is the true Earl of Warwick.
Hubert Beauchamp's sister, eventually Buck McCaslin's wife. Believes her brother is the real Earl of Warwick and insists that his plantation be called "Warwick."
The Beauchamp slave who marries Tomey's Turl; Lucas Beauchamp's mother.
The slave who becomes Carothers McCaslin's lover; may also be Carothers's daughter if Isaac is right in thinking that Carothers also had an affair with Tomey's mother, Eunice. Tomey gives birth to Turl, Carothers's son, not long after her mother commits suicide by drowning.
Carothers McCaslin's son with the slave-girl Tomey. Marries Tennie and becomes Lucas Beauchamp's father.
The proprietor of the old Sutpen plantation, also owns the hunting camp described in "The Old People" and "The Bear."
The old Civil War general and Jefferson aristocrat who goes on the hunting expeditions. (Also the ancestor of important characters in Absalom, Absalom! and The Sound and the Fury.)
The ugly, alcoholic hunter who is fiercely loyal to Major de Spain and McCaslin Edmonds. Tends to the dog Lion and eventually kills the bear Old Ben with his hunting knife.
The son of Ikkemotubbe, the Choctaw chief, and a slave-girl. Ikkemotubbe sold Sam and his mother into slavery when Sam was very young. Now an expert hunter, Sam tames the dog Lion and teaches Isaac the ways of the forest.
Lucas Beauchamp's wife, who helps to raise Carothers Edmonds. In the story "Go Down, Moses," her name is spelled "Mollie."
McCaslin Edmonds's grandson, Carothers McCaslin's great-great-great-grandson. He runs the plantation in the old age of Lucas Beauchamp and Isaac McCaslin.
McCaslin Edmonds's son, Carothers Edmonds's father.
A huge negro who works at the sawmill and lives in a house on Carothers Edmonds's property. His wife, Mannie, dies young.
Rider's wife, whose death sends him into despair.
The security guard who runs a crooked dice game for negroes at the Jefferson sawmill.
A hunter who goes on Major de Spain's expeditions. When he shoots, he never misses.
An old white woman with whom Molly Beauchamp's brother lives and who asks Gavin Stevens to bring Samuel Beauchamp's body back from Illinois.
Molly and Lucas Beauchamp's grandson, a criminal who is executed in Illinois in the final story.
A white lawyer who helps Molly and Miss Worsham bring Samuel Beauchamp's body back from Illinois.
The negro who marries Lucas Beauchamp's daughter.
The bear of "The Bear," a ferocious, gigantic beast who becomes legendary as an immortal force in the forest. Has one mutilated foot from a bear trap but otherwise seems to be invulnerable. Finally killed by Boon Hogganbeck after tearing out the entrails of the dog Lion.
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