Jane (Rushing) Oliver (1857 - abt. 1941)

Born 1857 in Carthage, Mississippi, United States

Descendants

Died about 1941 at about age 84 in Arkansas, United States

Biography

Jane (Rushing) Oliver is a part of US Black heritage.

Jane Oliver was interviewed in Pine Bluff, Arkansas about 1938 about her life and her time as an enslaved person.

"When Miss Liza married they gave sister to her and I stayed with Miss Netta. Her name was Drunetta Rawls. That was in Mississippi. We come to Arkansas when I was small. I remember when they run us to Texas, and we stayed there till freedom come. I remember hearing' em read the free papers. Mama died in Texas and they buried her the day they read the free papers."

"My uncle Simon Rawls, he took me after the war. Then I worked for Mrs. Adkins."

"I was married when I was young -- I don't think I was fifteen."

"Bradley County was where we lived fore we went to Texas and afterward. Colonel Ed Hampton's plantation jined the Rawls plantation on the Arkansas River where it overflowed the land. I loved that better than any place I ever seed in my life."

"When I bought this place from Mr. R. M. Knox he said, 'When I'm in my grave, you'll thank me that you took my advice and put your savings in a home.' I do thank him. I been here thirty years and I get along. God bless you."

Jane Oliver made several purchases of land from R M Knox. A real estate transfer for Block 1 Lot 1 from R M Knox to Jane Oliver was published in 1902.^[1] In 1902, Jane Oliver purchased 3,000 acres from R M Knox.^[2]

In 1908 she sold Block 1, Lot 1, purchased in 1902 from Knox, to J S Ingram^[3]

The 1910 census says Jane and Walter have been married 23 years. Jane is the mother of 14 children, with nine still living.

Slave Owners

1. Drunetta Rawls

Interview: Jane Oliver was interviewed in Pine Bluff, Arkansas by Mrs. Bernice Bowden as part of the Federal Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The results are made available by the Library of Congress. ^[4]

Research Notes

LNAB is derived from children's records.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.), 27 July 1902. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. Real Estate Transfer accessed 11-05-2022
2. ↑ Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.), 01 Dec. 1902. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. Real Estate Transfers
3. ↑ Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.), 20 Feb. 1908. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. Real Estate Transfers
4. ↑ [1] Library of Congress - WPA - Slave Narrative - Jane Oliver - Vol. 2, Arkansas, part 5; pages 228-229, images 233-234 of 373.
5. ↑ Death of son Matthew Walter Oliver: "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
   citing Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, reference fn 51236; FHL microfilm 2,024,033.
   FamilySearch Record: XZP8-NH8 (accessed 5 November 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9PKP-4SC7
   Jane Rushing in death record for son Matthew Walter Oliver, 7 Aug 1942 in Toledo, Lucas, Ohio.

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3FC-XL1 : 9 March 2022), Jane Oliver in entry for Walton Oliver, 1900.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKV7-PZL : accessed 25 October 2022), Jane Oliver in household of Walter Oliver, Vaugine, Jefferson, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 111, sheet 2200A, family 314, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 54; FHL microfilm 1,374,067.

• 1920 census, ED 132, Jefferson, Arkansas, United States: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDJM-GTR

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMLD-J8G : accessed 25 October 2022), Jane Oliver, Vaugine Township, Jefferson, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 56, sheet , line , family , NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll ; FHL microfilm .

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQK3-RX8 : 8 January 2021), Jane Oliver, Vaugine Township, Jefferson, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 35-63, sheet 6A, line 26, family 119, 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 146.

• Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #87448537 (accessed 5 November 2022)
  Memorial page for Jane Rushing Oliver (1857-1941), citing Oliver Cemetery, Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas, USA; Maintained by Ele Jones (contributor 47443343).