Victoria (Jackson) Haley (abt. 1857 - bef. 1941)

Born about 1857 in Lauderdale, Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Alexander Baugh Haley — married 9 Oct 1881 in Hardin County, Tennessee

Descendants

Died before 11 Jun 1941 before about age 84 in Corinth, Alcorn, Mississippi, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

This profile is part of the Jackson Name Study.

Queen was the illegitimate daughter of Easter, described as a light-skinned slave woman. Her father was plantation owner James Jackson, Jr.^[1][2] She may have been included in the slave schedule enumerated at Lauderdale co., Alabama in 1860.^[3]

Queen Davy was married to Alex Haley in Hardin County, Tennessee, on 9 October 1881.^[4]

Census

• 1920: Corinth, Alcorn, Mississippi.^[5]

Death

"Queen Haley Buried Wednesday"

Queen Haley, colored, died at the home of her son and the remains were brought here for funeral and burial Wednesday. She was past 90 yrs. of age, and surviving are her sons and daughters, Abner, Con, and Simon Haley and Annie Wilks; step children, Minnie Lowry and Freelan Haley.

-- Savannah Courier, (Savannah, Tennessee), Friday, June 13, 1941

Sources

1. ↑ Jicha, Tom, (1993, February 14). Queen The Late Alex Haley Adds To His Roots Legacy With A Miniseries On His Mixed-race Grandmother. Sun Sentinel (Florida).
2. ↑ Dean, Chad, (2010, November 8). The Forks of Cypress. Tales of the OSPCE. Weblog. http://tales-of-the-ospc.blogspot.com/2010/11/forks-of-cypress.html
3. ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", FamilySearch,[1] James Jackson, 1860.

   James Jackson held six (6) slaves, including:

   • three women (ages 18, 30, and 60);
   • two girls (ages 0 and 7);
   • and one (1) twenty-one-year-old adult man.
4. ↑ "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," FamilySearch,[2]

   Alex Haly and Queen Davy, 09 Oct 1881; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," images, Ancestry.com: 2008; citing p. 86, Hardin, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.

5. ↑ US CENSUS 1920, FHL microfilm 1,820,868.[3]

   Queen Haley, widow (b. est. 1855, age 65), in household of Abner Haley, Corinth, Alcorn, Mississippi; citing ED 4, sheet 21A, line 39, family 479, NARA microfilm T625 (DC: NARA, 1992), roll 868;

   Gender: Female

   Race: White

   Can Read: Yes

   Can Write: Yes

   Relationship to Head of Household: Mother

   ----

   HOUSEHOLD:
   • Abner Haley Head M 40 Tennessee
   • Madlena Haley Wife F 30 Tennessee
   • Julia Haley Daughter F 16 Tennessee
   • Abner Haley Son M 12 Tennessee
   • Connie Haley Son M 10 Tennessee
   • Queen Haley Mother F 65 Alabama
   • Simon Alexander Brother M 27 Tennessee

See Also...

• Find A Grave: Memorial #10780396 Queen Jackson Haley, bur. Savannah Cem, Savannah, Hardin County, Tenn.
• Wikipedia: Alex Haley's Queen