Handy Jones (1847 - 1921)

Born 1847 in North Carolina, United States

Husband of Melissa (Blake) Jones — married 26 Nov 1870 in Wake, North Carolina, United States

Died 12 Mar 1921 at about age 74 in Cary, Wake, North Carolina, United States

Biography

Handy Jones is a part of US Black heritage.

Handy was born in 1847.

Handy's daughter Martha Organ was interviewed May 18, 1937 in Cary, North Carolina about her life and her time as an enslaved person.

"I doan know nothin' 'bout slavery 'cept what I hyard my mother tell, an' dat ain't so much. I know dat my pappy's name wuz Handy Jones an' my mammy's name wuz Melisa. She belong to a Mr. Whitaker but atter she married my pappa she belonged ter Mr. Rufus Jones, Mr. Rufus wuz Mr. Wesley Jones' brother at de ole Fanning Jones place; an' he owned a sizable plantation."

Interview: Martha Organ was interviewed in Cary, North Carolina by Mary A. 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]

Handy married Harriett ___ about 1897 and had more children. See the 1900 census enumeration cited below.

Sources

1. ↑ [1] Library of Congress - WPA - Slave Narrative - Martha Organ - Vol. 11, North Carolina, Part 2; pages 151-154, images 155-158 of 440.

• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLM9-16G4 : Sat Mar 09 11:20:40 UTC 2024), Entry for Handy Jones and Crafford Meghee, 26 Nov 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCXT-Y5B : Sun Mar 10 23:28:16 UTC 2024), Entry for Handy Jones and Lissa A. Jones, 1880.

• "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS19-SDH : Thu Apr 11 20:17:47 UTC 2024), Entry for Handy Jones and Harriett Jones, 1900.

• "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLSS-KFC : Sun Mar 10 03:41:37 UTC 2024), Entry for Handy Jones and Martha Jones, 1910.

• "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZJX-8V9 : Thu Mar 07 13:41:50 UTC 2024), Entry for Handy Jones and Martha Jones, 1920.

• "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3H7-VC3 : Sat Mar 09 07:51:43 UTC 2024), Entry for Handry Jones and Croft Jones, 1921.