Drucilla Spearman (abt. 1844 - 1923)

Born about 10 Jul 1844 in Dutch Forks, Newberry, South Carolina

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Descendants

Died 8 Nov 1923 at about age 79 in Caddo, Louisiana

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Biography

Drucilla Spearman is a part of US Black heritage.

Drucilla was born in 1844. She was the daughter of James Spearman and Lucy Taylor. She passed away in 1923.^[1]

Research Notes

9/1/2020 - Denise Jarrett - I have found a slave ship manifest of 1859 showing where Drucilla Spearman (a 13-year-old mulatto) was shipped from the port in Mobile, Alabama to the port Ponchatrain, which recorded F G Spearman as the owner. Drucilla was in a record on 19 December 1859 in Mobile, Alabama, United States.^[2]

That being said, I do not believe Drucilla and Francis Graves Spearman were actually married but their relationship produced several children.

Drucilla Spearman is also recorded in the 1850 census as the 6-year-old (inferred daughter) of Graves Spearman and Lucy Spearman.

Slave Owner

Francis Graves Spearman (1830-1878)

Sources

1. ↑ Burial: "Find a Grave," database, (Find A Grave: Memorial #234182121 : accessed 7 April 2023), Memorial page for Drucilla Spearman Werts (1830-unknown), citing Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Silverstreet, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Gee Holcombe (contributor 49864047).
2. ↑ Departure: "U.S., Southeast Coastwise Inward and Outward Slave Manifests, 1790-1860"
   National Archives and Records Administration - Southeast Region (Atlanta) (NRCAA); Morrow, GA; NAID Title: Mobile, Alabama Outward Coastwise Slave Manifests; NAID Number: 2554808; Record Group: Records of the U.S. Customs Service; Record Group Number: 36
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1714 #49615 (accessed 2 July 2022)
   Name: Drucilla Spearman; Gender: Female; Departure Age: 13; Record Type: Departure; Birth Date: abt 1846; Departure Date: 19 Dec 1859; Departure Place: Mobile, Alabama, USA; Arrival Place: Pontchartrain; Departure Ship: St Florida; Slave Owners or Shippers: F G Spearman.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8QK-8R6 : 4 April 2020), Drucilla Spearman in household of Graves Spearman, Newberry county, Newberry, South Carolina, United States; citing family 305, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Stephanie Sanchez for creating Spearman-111 on 17 Jul 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Stephanie and others.