Henrietta Jenkins (abt. 1810)

Born about 1810 in Tennessee, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

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Biography

Rhedia Jenkins is a part of US Black heritage.

Henrietta was born about 1810.

Henrietta's daughter Susan Bledsoe was interviewed in Canton, Ohio. The typescript is dated August 13, 1937. She spoke of her life as an enslaved person in Tennessee, and about her family:

"I was born on a plantation in Giles County, near the town of Elkton, in Tennessee, on August 15, 1845. My father's name was Shedrick Daley and he was owned by Tom Daley and my mother's name was Rhedia Jenkins and her master's name was Silas Jenkins. I was owned by my mother's master but some of my brothers and sisters -- I had six brothers and six sisters -- were owned by Tom Daley."

The 1900 census cited below includes "Nat and Harriet Jankins", born in 1808 and 1822 respectively. This entry is on the same page as Susan (Daley) Bledsoe and her family, and may be her parents.

Slave Owners

• Silas Jenkins of Giles County, Tennessee-- is it possible that this profile refers to the same Silas Jenkins?

Research Notes

• It seems possible that this profile refers to the Silas Jenkins who Henrietta's daughter Susan Bledsoe names as her and her mother's slave owner in her WPA interview. That Silas Jenkins is listed as having a wife named Susan Bledsoe, and a granddaughter Algie Clark. Susan Bledsoe's WPA interview names that she has a granddaughter Algie Clark. Are these the same people? More research is needed.

• Daughter Susan Bledsoe was interviewed in Canton, Ohio by Chas. McCullough as part of the Federal Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The results are presented in narrative form, most, allegedly, in the first person, and made available by the Library of Congress. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ [1] Library of Congress - WPA - Slave Narrative - Susan Bledsoe - Vol.12, Ohio, pages 7-9, images 11-13 of 120.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS8J-XRT : accessed 19 March 2021), Waid Bledsaw, Civil District 9, Giles, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 23, sheet 8B, family 152, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,572.

Son's death record names parents:

• "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9RM-548 : 1 March 2021), Shedrick Daly in entry for Jerry Jenkins, 14 Aug 1920; Death, Giles, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.