Willie McCullough (1869 - aft. 1936)

Born 14 Jun 1869 in Darlington County, South Carolina, United States

Died after 1936 after age 66 in North Carolina, United States

Biography

Willie McCullough is a part of US Black heritage.

Willie was born in 1869. He passed away after 1936.

Willie McCullough was interviewed about 1937 in Raleigh, North Carolina about his life and his time as an enslaved person.

"I was born in Darlington County, South Carolina, the 14th of June 1869. My mother was named Rilla McCullough and my father was named Marion McCullough. I remember them very well and many things they told me that happened during the Civil War. They belonged to a slave owner named Billy Cannon who owned a large plantation near Marion, South Carolina. The number of slaves on the plantation from what they told me was about fifty."

"Mother said she loved my father before the surrender and just as soon as they were free they married. Grandmother was named Luna Williams. She belonged to a planter who owned a large plantation and forty slaves adjoining Mr. Cannon's plantation where mother and father stayed. My grandmother on my mother's side lived to be 114 years old, so they have tole me. I ran away from home at the age of twelve years and went to Charleston, South Carolina."

"I quit the road in 1924. My last trip was from Raleigh, N. C. to Harrisburg, Penn. and return. I have made my home in Raleigh ever since. Done settled down, too ole to ramble anymore."

Interview: Willie McCullough was interviewed in Raleigh, North Carolina by T. Pat Matthews 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 - Willie McCullough - Vol. 11, North Carolina, Part 2; pages 76-81, images 80-85 of 440.

• "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8R6-W6M : Tue Mar 05 05:42:17 UTC 2024), Entry for Caroline McCullough and Aurelia McCullough, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X37N-MX1 : Sat Mar 09 19:31:15 UTC 2024), Entry for Willie McCullough, 1930.

Research Notes

Willie was born after the surrender. The 1870 census cited above has him as sex F, and his father's name as Caroline. It might not be the correct family.