Phoebe (Hubbard) Henderson (1830)

Born 1830 in Macon, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Texas, United States

Biography

Phoebe (Hubbard) Henderson is a part of US Black heritage.

Phoebe Henderson was interviewed in Marshall, Texas about 1937 about her life, and her time as an enslaved person. The typescript is stamp dated, and seems to say July 2, 1937.

"I was bo'n a slave of the Bradley family in Macon, Georgia. My father's name was Anthony Hubbard and he belonged to the Hubbard's in Georgia. He was a young man when I lef' Georgia and I never heard from him since. I 'member my mother; she had a gang of boys. Marster Hill brought her to Texas with us."

"My husband's name was David Henderson, and we lived on the same place and belonged to the same man. No, suh, Master Hill didn't have nothin' to do with bringin' us together. I guess God done it. We fell in love, and David asked Master Hill for me. We had a weddin' in the house and was married by a colored Baptist preacher. "

Slave Owners

1. Bradley family - Macon Georgia
2. unknown Hill - Texas

Interview: Phoebe Henderson was interviewed in Marshall, 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]

Enumerated at at 68 in the 1910 census, and married 50 years, Phoebe may have been born in 1842.

Sources

1. ↑ [1] Library of Congress - WPA - Slave Narrative - Phoebe Henderson - Vol. 16, Part 2, Texas, pages 135-136, images 140-141 of 300.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLB-SFV : 29 May 2021), David Henderson, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFNV-6ZJ : 20 February 2021), Dave Henderson, Precinct 1, Harrison, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 53, sheet 579A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,310.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3GG-3J9 : accessed 18 September 2021), David Henderson, Justice Precinct 7, Harrison, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 52, sheet 5B, family 85, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,643.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M29Y-YHD : accessed 18 September 2021), Grant Butler, Justice Precinct 7, Harrison, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 58, sheet 8B, family 119, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1561; FHL microfilm 1,375,574.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H1TD-NN2 : accessed 18 September 2021), Febie Henderson in household of Grant Butler, Precinct 7, Harrison, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 28, sheet 7A, line 50, family 130, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2353; FHL microfilm 2,342,087.