Maria J. (Eckhard) Wall (abt. 1824 - 1903)

Born about 1824 in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Died 13 May 1903 at about age 79 in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Maria (Eckhard) Wall is a part of US Black heritage.

When Maria J. Eggart was born in December 1822, in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States, her father, Jacob Eckhard Jr, was 34 and her mother, Juliet Eggart, was 25. Her father manumitted her mother in 1817, and so Maria was born free.

Her father died when she was 10, and her mother died the next year. She paid the Free Negro Capitation Tax in Charleston SC.

• 1836 - Maria Echard

She married Edward Power Wall Jr. about 1836. They were the parents of ten children, nine of whom were still alive in 1900.

1. Richard Eggart Wall (born 1839–
2. Julia Priscilla Wall (1841–
3. Amelia M. Wall (born 1840-1909)
4. Richard Wall (born 1842)
5. Edward Wall (born 1844)
6. Frances Wall (born 1847
7. Mary E Wall (born 1852)
8. Rosaline Wall (born 1854)

Slaves

Maria kept people as slaves. 1850 - Charleston SC^[1]

• male (born 1837)
• male (born 1839)
• female (born 1843)

Death

Maria died on 13 May 1903, in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 80^[2]She was buried in Humane And Friendly Society Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States.

Sources

Find A Grave - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63520139

• "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8Q6-483 : Fri Mar 08 21:06:51 UTC 2024), Entry for Maria L Wall and Harriot Wall, 1850.
• "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZTH-XF5 : Thu Mar 07 14:49:24 UTC 2024), Entry for Edw P Wall and Maria J Wall, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8RH-H26 : Tue Mar 05 05:39:22 UTC 2024), Entry for Edward Wall and Maria J Wall, 1870.
• 1880 - ?
• "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3RX-3QV : Thu Apr 11 20:41:36 UTC 2024), Entry for Maria J Wall and Amelia M Lee, 1900.

1. ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HRWH-53T2 : 15 March 2022), Maria P Wall in entry for MM9.1.1/MVZG-KJG:, 1850.
2. ↑ "South Carolina, Charleston City Death Records, 1821-1926", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4RBS-G5N2 : Wed Mar 06 22:43:25 UTC 2024), Entry for Marie J. Wall, 13 May 1903.