Charity Anderson, 101 years old, lived near Mobile, Alabama at the time she was interviewed. She was born at Belle’s Landing, in Monroe County, Alabama. Her master operated a wood yard that supplied fuel to river boats. Anderson was a house slave. She recalls that her master treated all his slaves well, but she also remembered seeing slaves torn up by dogs and whipped unmercifully.
1830 Monroe County, Alabama Census Free 1830 Census Form for your Research Hosted at Ancestry.com – Ancestry Free Trial 1830 Monroe County, Census (images and index) $ 1810-1890 Accelerated Indexing Systems $ Hosted at Monroe County, Alabama USGenWeb Archives Project 1830 Us Census Index, Monroe, Alabama 1830 Federal Census Monroe County, Alabama (Page 1 Of 4) 1830 Federal Census Monroe County, Alabama (Page 2 Of 4) 1830 Federal Census Monroe County, Alabama (Page 3 Of 4) 1830 Federal Census Monroe County, Alabama (Page 4 Of 4) Hosted at Tracking Your Roots 1830 Monroe Co., AL Census (pdf) Hosted at … Read more
Interviewer: Bishop & Isleman Person Interviewed: Thomas McMillan Location: Steubenville, Ohio Place of Birth: Monroe County, Alabama Place of Residence: 909 Morris Ave., Steubenville, Ohio WPA in Ohio Federal Writers’ Project Bishop & Isleman Reporter: Bishop July 7, 1937 Topic: Ex-Slaves. Jefferson County, District #5 [HW: Steubenville] THOMAS McMILLAN, Ex-Slave (Does not know age) I was borned in Monroe County, Alabam. I do not know de date. My father’s name was Dave McMillan and my mothers name was Minda. Dey cum from Old Virginny and he was sold from der. We lived in a log house. De beds hed ropes … Read more
Most of these cemetery listings are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. Hosted at Monroe County, USGenWeb Archives Project Andress Cemetery, Monroe, Alabama Bell’s Landing Cemetery, Monroe, Alabama Bethlehem Methodist Church Cemetery, Monroe, Alabama Bradley Cemetery, Monroe, Alabama Brown Cemetery, Monroe County, Al Bryant Cemetery, Finchburg, Monroe Co., Al Buena Vista Cemetery, Monroe, Alabama Burnt Corn Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe, Alabama Burnt Corn Methodist Church Cemetery, Monroe, Alabama Bursonville Cemetery – Monroe Co., Al Claiborne Cemetery, Monroe, Alabama Coleman Cemetery, Burnt Corn, Monroe Co., … Read more
Person Interviewed: Nancy East Location: Middletown, Ohio Place of Residence: 809 Seventeenth Ave., Middletown, Ohio Butler County, District #2 Middletown MRS. NANCY EAST 809 Seventeenth Ave., Middletown, Ohio “Mammy” East, 809 Seventeenth Ave., Middletown, Ohio, rules a four-room bungalow in the negro district set aside by the American Rolling Mill Corporation. She lives there with her sons, workers in the mill, and keeps them an immaculate home in the manner which she was taught on a Southern plantation. Her house is furnished with modern electrical appliances and furniture, but she herself is an anachronism, a personage with no faith in … Read more