Cora (Hargrove) Giggetts (abt. 1874 - 1950)

Born about 1874 in North Carolina, United States

Wife of Henry Jiggetts — married 27 Jan 1892 in Kittrell, Vance, North Carolina, United States

Biography

Cora (Hargrove) Giggetts is a part of US Black heritage.

Cora was born about 1860. She is the daughter of Rufus Hargrove and Emily Hargrove.

Cora's sister Anna Mitchel was interviewed about 1937 in Raleigh, North Carolina about her life and her time as an enslaved person.

"I wus borned in Vance County an' I 'longed ter Mr. Joseph Hargrove, de same man what owned Emily an' Rufus Hargrove, my mammy an' pappy. He also owned Joseph an' Cora, my brudder an' sister. My mammy uster 'long ter 'nother man what lived in Virginia, but Mr. Hargrove bought her when she wus sold on de choppin' block at Richmon'. He already had my pappy so dey got married dar on his plantation."

"I 'members when Marse Joseph come out to de slave cabins an' tells us dat we can leave case we am free. I think dat dat wus de las' of August case de fodder wus in."

Interview: Anna Mitchel was interviewed in Raleigh, North Carolina by Mary Hicks as part of the Federal Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The results are made available by the Library of Congress. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ [1] Library of Congress - WPA - Slave Narrative - Anna Mitchel - Vol. 11, North Carolina, Part 2; pages 113-115, images 117-119 of 440.

• "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC6T-R4S : Sat Mar 09 00:51:24 UTC 2024), Entry for Rufus Smith and Emily Smith, 1880.

• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP95-MZH6 : Sun Mar 10 15:51:23 UTC 2024), Entry for Henry Giggetts and Cora Smith, 27 January 1892.

• "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS13-NBP : Thu Apr 11 19:37:42 UTC 2024), Entry for Henry Jiggett and Cora Jiggett, 1900.

• "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML3V-R7R : Sun Mar 10 12:18:42 UTC 2024), Entry for Henry Gigetts and Cora Gigetts, 1910.

• "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ2W-46M : Fri Mar 08 01:46:38 UTC 2024), Entry for Henry Giggett and Cora Giggett, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X33M-PCX : Thu Mar 07 04:54:14 UTC 2024), Entry for Henry Giggetto and Cora Giggetto, 1930.

• "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPGJ-1ZG : 29 September 2022), Rufus Smith in entry for Cora Smith Jiggetta, 1950.