Catherine Campbell (abt. 1833 - 1922)

Born about Aug 1833 in Maryland, USA [uncertain]

Died 2 Dec 1922 at about age 89 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Catherine Campbell is a part of US Black heritage.

Catherine was born about 1834. She passed away 2 Dec 1922.

Catherine was one of 272 slaves in 1838 sold by Maryland's Jesuit priests to Southern plantations to raise money for Georgetown University. Georgetown Memory Project code: GMP-273.

Catherine and her family were enumerated on a passenger list for the Katherine Jackson which departed Alexandria, District of Columbia, and arrived in New Orleans, Louisiana on 13 Nov 1838.^[1]

Who Are GU272?

In 1838, the Maryland Jesuits sold more than 300 enslaved people to sugar plantations in southern Louisiana, in order to rescue Georgetown University from bankruptcy. In all, the Jesuits sold 314 men, women and children over a 5-year period stretching from 1838 to 1843. Today, these enslaved people are known collectively as the “GU272 Ancestors.” Genealogists have identified many of the original people who were sold, along with 8,425 of their descendants, living and dead.

Sources

1. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Slave Manifests of Coastwise Vessels Filed at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1807-1860; Microfilm Serial: M1895; Microfilm Roll: 8

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8QG-PBJ : 29 May 2021), Catherine Randolphe in entry for Steven Randolphe, 1870. Ward 1, Ascension, Louisiana
• 1880 Census: "1880 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1880; Census Place: 1st Ward, Ascension, Louisiana; Roll: 447; Page: 39B; Enumeration District: 093
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6742 #8493894 (accessed 2 March 2022)
  Catherine Randolph (42), wife, Keeping House, in household of Steven Randolph (45) in 1st Ward, Ascension, Louisiana, USA. Born in Louisiana.
• 1900 Census: "1900 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1900; Census Place: White Castle, Iberville, Louisiana; Page: 13; Enumeration District: 0011; FHL microfilm: 1240566
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7602 #17850015 (accessed 2 March 2022)
  Catherine Randolph (66), wife, in household of Stephen Randolph (70) in White Castle, Iberville, Louisiana. Born in Maryland, USA.
• GU272 Descendants, 1785-2000. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2019). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2756/i/55289//1425737215

https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2756/i/55289/2/73546377