Anna (Watson) Love (abt. 1850 - aft. 1920)

Born about 1850 in Monroe County, Mississippi, United States [uncertain]

Wife of Burrell Love — married 20 Nov 1871 in Monroe County, Mississippi

Descendants

Died after 1920 after about age 70 in Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Annie (Watson) Love is a part of US Black heritage.

Anna Watson was born into slavery in August 1852, in Aberdeen & Indianolla, Mississippi. She was the daughter of Matilda Watson.^[1]

Anna married Burrell Love on 20 November 1871, in Monroe County, Mississippi, United States. ^[2] They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters.

Anna died on 29 August 1917, in Danville, Montour, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Danville, Montour, Pennsylvania, United States in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.^[1]

Slave Owner

Anna's owner was likely one of two brothers Asa or Rufus Watson. Asa owned 48 slaves on the 1860 schedule; Rufus owned 34. ^[3]

Annie Love Image 2

Annie Love Image 1

Research Notes

It may be impossible to know who owned Anna. There were just a few Watsons in Monroe County, Mississippi. Dr. Henry Lewis Gates suggests that Anna must have been owned by one of the brothers.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #154451380 (accessed 6 February 2024)
   Memorial page for Annie Gibbs Love (5 Aug 1852-29 Aug 1917), citing Odd Fellows Cemetery, Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by N.D. Scheidt (contributor 47099775).
2. ↑ Mississippi, U.S., Compiled Marriage Index, 1776-1935 https://search.ancestry.com/collections/7842/records/634369
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "In Search of Freedom." Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Season 3, Episode 3). PBS. 19 Jan 2016. https://www.pbs.org/video/finding-your-roots-search-freedom-preview-shonda-rhimes>

See also:

• 1870 Census "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFSV-NH7 : 29 May 2021), Annie Watson in entry for Matilda Watson, 1870.
• 1880 Census "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4G5-8BC : 14 January 2022), Annie Love in household of Bi...ll Love, Monroe, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
• 1900 Census "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9X2-6M6 : accessed 18 January 2023), Annie Love in household of Burrell Love, Beat 5 Willis Precinct (part of), Monroe, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 83, sheet 25B, family 489, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,821.
• 1910 Census Year: 1910; Census Place: Beat 3, Sunflower, Mississippi; Roll: T624_759; Page: 26A; Enumeration District: 0092; FHL microfilm: 1374772 https://search.ancestry.com/collections/7884/records/13990795
• 1920 Census "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDFF-4BT : 31 January 2021), Annah Love in entry for James Love, 1920