Nancy (Carlton) Smith (1856 - aft. 1936)

Contents 1 Biography 2 Interview 3 Family 3.1 Slave Owner 4 Sources

Biography

Nancy was born enslaved in Athens, GA where her mother was in servitude.

After the war ended Nancy's family stayed on with there previous owner. The family had good jobs with that owner before the war started. Around 1873 Nancy married Sam Smith Nancy passed away sometime after 1936.^[1]

Interview

Nancy was interviewed by Grace McCune sometime in 1936 in Athens, Georgia as part of the Federal Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The results are presented in narrative form, most, allegedly, in the first person, and made available by the Library of Congress. ^[1]

When asked about the war... When dem yankee sojers come, us warn't much skeered 'cause Marse Joe had done told us all ' bout 'era and said to spect 'em fore long, Sho' nough, one day dey come a-lopin' up in Marse Joe' s yard. Dey had dem old blue uniforms on and evvy one of 'em had a tin can and a sack tied to his saddle. ^[1]

Family

• Father - Jack
• Mother - Julia

Slave Owner

Joe Carlton - Clarke County, Georgia ^[2][3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Slave Narrative Project Library of Congress - TYPEWRITTEN RECORDS PREPARED BY THE FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT. 1936-1938 ASSEMBLED BY THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PROJECT WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - SLAVE NARRATIVES - Nancy Smith - Page 298
2. ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ", database with images, FamilySearch ([1] : 23 February 2021), Joseph B Carlton in entry for MM9.1.1/MVH2-GTR:, 1850.
3. ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", database with images, FamilySearch ([2] : 16 October 2019), Joseph B Carlton, 1860.