Bert Mayfield (1852 - 1940)

Born 29 May 1852 in Garrard, Kentucky, United States

Died 24 Jan 1940 at age 87 in Garrard, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Bert Mayfield is a part of US Black heritage.

Bert was interviewed about 1936 by Eliza Ison as pert of the Slave Narrative project.^[1]

"Bert Mayfield was born in Garrard County, May 29, 1852, two miles south of Bryantsville on Smith Stone's place. His father and mother were Ped and Matilda Stone Mayfield, who were slaves of Smith Stone ^[2]who came from Virginia. His brothers were John, Harrison, Jerry, and Laurence, who died at an early age."

Research Notes

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Smith Stone

1. UNKNOWN Male 30
2. UNKNOWN Female 31
3. UNKNOWN Male 25
4. UNKNOWN Female 19
5. UNKNOWN Female 18
6. UNKNOWN Male 11
7. UNKNOWN Male 11
8. UNKNOWN Male 9
9. UNKNOWN Male 7
10. UNKNOWN Female 5
11. UNKNOWN Female 3
12. UNKNOWN Female 3
13. UNKNOWN Female 2
14. UNKNOWN Female 2
15. UNKNOWN Male 1
16. UNKNOWN Male 1
17. UNKNOWN Male 7

Sources

1. ↑ https://oneandonlygarrardcounty.wordpress.com/2015/10/02/a-garrard-county-slave-narrative/
2. ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WKK5-K16Z : 16 October 2019), Smith Stone, 1860.

• Federal Writers' Project: Slave Narrative Project, Vol. 7, Kentucky, Bogie-Woods with combined interviews of others. 1936. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/mesn070/.
• "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKC9-W844 : 11 February 2018), Birt Mayfield, 24 Jan 1940; citing Death, Garrard, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.