Mariah (unknown) Unknown (abt. 1815 - aft. 1880)

Born about 1815 in York County, South Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died after 1880 after about age 65 in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Mariah (unknown) Unknown is a part of US Black heritage.

Mariah was born into slavery in York County, South Carolina about 1815.

She died sometime after 1880.

Research Notes

Mariah, daughter of Sarah had ten children documented in primary source documentation and oral history. Some Ancestry tree's have Mariah as the mother of Sarah and other misinformation. I, L Gibson,was able to interview 10 grandchildren of Elijah and Amanda Reed between 1990-2019 and all of the interviews coalesced regarding the history of Elijah and Amanda Reed. Additionally another grandson Malvin Walker (interviewed multiple times between 1977-1979 by his grand niece) passed on the same oral histories as his first cousins even though he grew up in Arkansas whereas his first cousins grew up in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana.

Sources

• Primary

1831 Will of Charles Sensing/Sansing of Henry County, GA (lists his wife Mary and their children to include all of his slaves; Sarah and her children Mariah, Eady, and Sam; a slave named Silvy).

April 1844 Beersheba Church Records (minutes); Mariah is excommunicated from the church for committing adultery. (there is more detail in the records as documented in the book "Black Tie White Tie: Chronicle of an American Family 1739-1940)

May 1844 Conveyance Record; transfer ownership of slaves from Elizabeth Sansing to her sister Piety P. Atkins (both daughters of Charles Sansing); the slaves transferred were: Mariah and her six children; Elbert, Joe, Sam, Irene, Andrew, and Winny.

1880 Census: Detail Year: 1880; Census Place: 2nd Ward, Claiborne, Louisiana; Roll: 451; Family History Film: 1254451; Page: 254A; Enumeration District: 010; Image: 0302

See also:

• Gibson, L, “Generations: It’s More Than Just a History; It’s Our Legacy” (1995)
• Gibson, L, "The Elijah Reed Story: Chronicle of an African American Family, 1739-1940";(Masters of Arts Thesis, University of Missouri Kansas City, 1999), a book that chronicles the Adkins, Biddle, Nelson, Reed, Sansing/Sensing/Saintsing, Walker, and Whitt families.
• Gibson, L, "Black Tie White Tie Chronicle of An American Family:1739-1940" (2003;2006); a book that chronicles the Adkins, Biddle, Nelson, Reed, Sansing/Sensing/Saintsing, Walker, and Whitt families.