Martha Prince (1823)

Born 1823 in South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

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Biography

Martha was born in 1823. Her parents were Joseph Prince and Milly Barnett. ^[1]

Martha can be found in the household of her widowed mother in Union District, South Carolina in the 1850 census records. ^[2] At the time the 1860 census was taken in Union County, South Carolina Martha was living with her brother Gist Prince and his family. ^[3]

When the census was taken in 1870, Martha was found as a cook in the home of Elizabeth Glen in Scuffletown, Laurens County, South Carolina. ^[4] Martha's sister Precia Langston and family were also in this household.

Sources

1. ↑ Joseph Prince list of the heirs, Union District, South Carolina Box 29, Pkg 3, 1842, widow Millia, and 8 children: Darious, Elizabeth, Samuel, Patsey, Lindy Holloms wife of William Holloms, Precious, Lucinda, and Gist. "South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-FD9N-2J?cc=1911928&wc=MPPV-W3X%3A190569301%2C190568402%2C191255802%2C192141301 : 21 May 2014), Union > Probate Court, Probate records > 1777-1961 > Box 29, Packages 1-25 > image 97 of 456; county courthouses, South Carolina, and South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8QL-739 : 12 April 2016), Martha Prince in household of Milly Prince, Union county, Union, South Carolina, United States; citing family 37, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZTN-LQF : 12 December 2017), Patsy Prince in entry for Gist Prince, 1860.
4. ↑ 1870; Census Place: Scuffletown, Laurens, South Carolina; Roll: M593_1501; Page: 167B; Family History Library Film: 553000, "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8R2-VR9 : 13 June 2019), Martha Prince in entry for Elizabeth Glenn, 1870