Laura
Myra
Avery
Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Daughter of Isaac Thomas Avery
and Harriet Eloise (Erwin) Avery
Sister of
Infant Avery, William Waightstill Avery, Theodore Horatio Avery, Clark Moulton Avery, Leah Adelaide Avery, Isaac Erwin Avery, Mary Ann Martha (Avery) Chambers, Justina Harriet (Avery) Chambers, Alphonso Calhoun Avery Sr. and Willoughby Francis Avery
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 74
in Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Nov 2018
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Biography
Laura Myra Avery, born 15 Nov 1837 at Swan Ponds plantation, Burke County, North Carolina, Was the fourteenth child of Harriet Eloise (Erwin) Avery (1795-1858) & Isaac Thomas Avery (1785-1864).
Laura Myra Avery passed away in 1912. Her grave is in Forest Hill Cemetery, Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina, USA [1].
Slaves
At her father's death Laura received a number of enslaved persons as inheritance.[2]
- Huldy age 36
- Julia age 18
- Jessu age 25
- Robert age 25
- Chamber age 16
- Eliza age 14
- Ann age 27
- Telly age 8
- Henry age 2
- Milton age 31
- Juliette age 23
- Mark age 24
- Hercules age 76
- John age 58
- Susan age 13
- Lorlau age 14
- Mary age 14
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #106101472
- ↑ Chambers Family Papers, 1816-1918 https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/02828/#folder_12#1 Volume 2: Family record book, 50 pp.
Manuscript volume, apparently written by Pinckney Brown Chambers, 1845-1865, continuing and correcting entries in Volume 1.
- Folder 12: Volume 2: Family record book, 50 pp.: Scan 46
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