John Lynch (1866 - aft. 1937)

Born 1866 in Cotton Plant, Woodruff, Arkansas, United States

Husband of Josephine (Scott) Lynch — married 19 Mar 1882 in Monroe, Arkansas, United States

Descendants

Died after 1937 after age 71 in Arkansas, United States

Biography

John Lynch is a part of US Black heritage.

John Lynch was interviewed in Brinkley, Arkansas about 1938 about his life and his time as an enslaved person.

"My mother was a slave of Buck Lynch. They lived close to Nashville, Tennessee. My father run away from Buck Lynch before the Civil War. He lived in the woods till he nearly went wild. My mother fed him at night. I was twenty-one years old before I ever seen him. My mother worked several years and didn't know she was free. She come with some traders from close to Nashville out here. I was born at Cotton Plant. I got two living brothers in Memphis now."

"My mother's name was Molly Lynch."

"I live with my son-in-law. He works up at the Gazzola Grocery Company. He owns this house. He is doing very well but he works hard."

Interview: John Lynch was interviewed in Brinkley, 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 - John Lynch - Vol. 2, Arkansas, part 4; pages 307-309, images 311-313 of 314.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCC-M45 : 28 May 2021), John Lynch in entry for Mollie Lynch, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNWF-2PD : 13 January 2022), John Linch in household of Mollie Linch, Brinkley, Monroe, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMN2-1QS : 9 March 2021), John Lynch, 19 Mar 1882; citing Marriage, Monroe, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1,015,020.

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M365-7FD : 9 March 2022), John Lynch, 1900.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKVF-565 : accessed 19 December 2022), John Lynch, Brinkley, Monroe, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 89, sheet 10A, family 201, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 58; FHL microfilm 1,374,071.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDXY-L9W : 31 January 2021), John Lynch, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQKJ-FKM : 8 January 2021), John Lynch in household of Jim Hunter, Brinkley, Monroe, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 48-3, sheet 9A, line 30, family 190, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 157.