Jeremiah Joyner (abt. 1833 - abt. 1879)

Born about 1833 in North Carolina, United States

Died about 1879 at about age 46 in Rhode Island, United States

Biography

Jeremiah Joyner is a part of US Black heritage.

Jeremiah Joyner was born about 1833 in North Carolina, USA.^[1]

In 1865, he worked for Ed. R. Allen, in Heathsville, Northumberland, Virginia, for about six months.^[2]

Jeremiah M. and Henrietta Beale Everett of North Carolina^[3] married, most likely, in North Carolina.^{[citation needed]}

In 1870, he lived with his wife, daughters, and possibly his sister in Portsmouth, Jefferson Ward, Norfolk County, Virginia.^[4]

In 1876, when his surviving daughter was seven years old, their family moved to Providence, Rhode Island. It was reported that he was an African Methodist Episcopal Minister.^[5]

He was gone before the 1880 census.^[6]

Research Notes

--There are no living descendants.

Sources

1. ↑ * 1833 birth year: Estimated from the 1870 census.
2. ↑ * freed man: "United States, Freedmen's Bureau Labor Contracts, Indenture and Apprenticeship Records, 1865-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2W3-M88Q : accessed 29 September 2020), Jeremiah Joyner, 01 Jan 1865; citing Employment, Heathsville, Northumberland, Virginia, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1913, Records of the field offices for the state of Virginia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 97; FHL microfilm 2,413,695.

   Labor contract issued to Ed. R. Allen, 5 Jun 1865 to 1 Jan 1866, for work of Jeremiah Joyner (near bottom, 2nd column).

3. ↑ * death of daughter, 1933: "Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8HS-Y7K : 22 January 2020), Matilda Sissie Joyner, 1933.

   daughter of Jeremiah M. Joyner of Portsmouth, Virginia, and Henrietta Beale Everett of North Carolina, informant a 'friend', RI death certificate 1679-171.

4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFGY-S79 : 19 March 2020), Jeremiah Joyner, 1870.

   Jeremiah Joyner Male 37 North Carolina

   Henrietta Joyner Female 22 North Carolina

   Martilla Joyner Female 2 Virginia

   Isabella Joyner Female 0 Virginia

   Silvia Joyner Female 24 North Carolina

   William Braxton Male 22 Virginia

5. ↑ "Sissieretta Jones biography." Women in History. Last Updated: 2/20/2013; and retrieved Sep 2020.
6. ↑ * 1880 census: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4S6-NW4 : 15 July 2017), Matilda Joyner in household of Henrietta Joyner, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; citing enumeration district ED 19, sheet 312C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,212.

   Henrietta Joyner Self Female 35 North Carolina

   Matilda Joyner Daughter Female 12 Virginia