Peter Houston (abt. 1840)

Born about 1840 in Alabama, United States

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Alabama, United States

Biography

Peter Houston is a part of US Black heritage.

Peter's daughter Rachel Perkins was interviewed in Goodwin, Arkansas about 1937 about her life and her time as an enslaved person.

"I was born in Greensboro, Alabama. Sallie Houston and Peter Houston was my parents. They had two girls and a boy. They died when they was small but me. They always told me mother died when I was three days old in the cradle."

"My mother's and father's owners was Alonzo Brown and Miss Agnes Brown. Their two girls was Mary and Lucy and their three boys was Bobby, Jesse, and Frank."

"My girl is half Indian. I am fifteen years older than my girl. Then I married Wesley Perkins, my husband. He is black fur a fact. He died last fall. I married at my husband's brothers by a colored preacher. Tom Screws was his name. He was a Baptist preacher."

"I heard Miss Agnes Brown say I was a baby when they moved to Bolden depot, not fur from Clinton, Mississippi. When I left Miss Agnes I went to some folks my own color on another farm 'joining to their farm. Of course I took my baby. I took Anna and I been living with Anna ever since.

Slave Owners

1. Alonzo Brown

Interview: Rachel Perkins was interviewed in Goodwin, Arkansas, by Miss Irene Robertson 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 - Rachel Perkins - Vol. 2, Arkansas, part 5; pages 315-317, images 320-322 of 373.