Letitia Ann (Hansell) Young (1851 - aft. 1937)

Born 1851 in Harrison County, Texas, United States

Descendants

Died after 1937 after age 86 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States

Biography

Teshan (Hansell) Young is a part of US Black heritage.

Teshan Young was interviewed in Fort Worth, Texas in about 1937 about her life and her time as an enslaved person. The typescript is stamp dated July 6, 1937.

"I'se 86 years ole. Bo'n in Harrison County, Texas. Marster Scott owned me and my parents, one brudder and three sisters."

"After I'se gits married, I'se has 13 chillen of my own."

"I'se married in a cullud church and I'se have a pretty pink dress and hat. My husban' have hims own farm, part of de ole plantation. We finally buys it from de Marster. In 1902 my husband dies and I'se stays dere till 1913. Den I'se comes to Fort Worth."

Interview: Teshan Young was interviewed in Fort Worth, Texas 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 - Teshan Young - Vol. 16, Part 4, Texas, pages 235-237, images 241-243 of 243.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFNV-C8D : 15 January 2022), Moses Young, Justice Precinct 1, Harrison, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3G2-1VP : 14 January 2022), Mose Young, 1900.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHBR-ZXP : accessed 15 February 2022), Marselus Young in household of Mathews Young, Harrison, Texas, United States; citing , sheet , line , family , NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll ; FHL microfilm .

Daughter's death record names parents: "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3F3-58Y : 20 February 2021), Moses Young in entry for Lucy Holloway, 17 Aug 1967; citing certificate number 54866, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,138,676.