Mancy Wilder (abt. 1830)

Born about 1830 in North Carolina, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Biography

Mancy Wilder is a part of US Black heritage.

Mancy was born about 1830.

Mancy's daughter Georgianna Foster was interviewed about 1937 in Raleigh, North Carolina about her life and her time as an enslaved person.

"I wus born in 1861. I jes' can 'member de Yankees comin' through, but I 'members dere wus a lot of 'em wearin' blue clothes. I wus born at Kerney Upchurch's plantation twelve miles from Raleigh. He wus my marster an' Missus Enny wus his wife. My father wus named Axiom Wilder and my mother wus Mancy Wilder."

"Mother wus free born at Upchurch's but when de war ended, she had been bound to Wilder by her mother, an' had married my father who wus a slave belongin' to Bob Wilder. Dey did not like de fare at Marster Upchurch's or Marster Wilder's, so when dey wus set free dey lef' an' went to Mrs. Perry's place."

Interview: Georgianna Foster 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]

'Nancy' was indicated to be living in Wake County in 1893 on her daughter Georgiana Wilder's marriage license.

Sources

1. ↑ [1] Library of Congress - WPA - Slave Narrative - Georgianna Foster - Vol. 11, North Carolina, Part 1; pages 314-317, images 319-322 of 465.

Daughter's marriage license names mother: "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9L-8PKC : Sun Mar 10 04:56:36 UTC 2024), Entry for Joseph Foster and John Foster, 8 August 1893.