Rosina (Slaughter) Hoard (abt. 1859 - 1953)

Born about 9 Apr 1859 in Texas, United States

Wife of James W Hoard — married 20 May 1899 in Travis, Texas, United States

Descendants

Died 18 Nov 1953 at about age 94 in Austin, Travis, Texas, United States

Biography

Rosina (Slaughter) Hoard is a part of US Black heritage.

Rosina Hoard was interviewed in Austin, Texas about 1937 about her life, and her time as an enslaved person.

"My mammy was Lusanne Slaughter and she was stout, but in her last days she got to be a li'l bit of a woman. She died only last spring and she was a hunerd eleven years old. Papa was a Baptist preacher to de day of he death. He had asthma all his days. I 'member how he had de sorrel hoss and would ride off and preach under some arbor bush. I rid with him on he hoss. First thing I 'member is us was bought by Massa Col. Pratt Washington from Massa Lank Miner."

"I been married three times. First to Peter Collinsworth. I quit him. Second to George Hoard. We stayed togedder til he die, and have five chillen. Den I marries he brother, Jim Hoard."

Interview: Rosina Hoard was interviewed in Austin, Texas 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]

Slave Owners

1. Lank Miner
2. Col Pratt Washington

Sources

1. ↑ [1] Library of Congress - WPA - Slave Narrative - Rosanna Frazier - Vol. 16, Part 2, Texas, pages 141-143, images 146-148 of 300.

• "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8B-HZ3C : 22 December 2016), J.W. Hoard and Rosina Hoard, 20 May 1899; citing , Travis, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 978,168.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M35P-WW5 : accessed 27 September 2021), Rosina Hoard in household of Hoard, Justice Precinct 5, Travis, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 119, sheet 1A, family 6, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,673.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2QM-2PF : accessed 27 September 2021), Sherman Hoard, Justice Precinct 3, Travis, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 61, sheet 7A, family 147, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1594; FHL microfilm 1,375,607.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHB1-8X2 : accessed 27 September 2021), Alex Hoard, McLennan, Texas, United States; citing , sheet , line , family , NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll ; FHL microfilm .

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K43B-3L2 : 28 January 2020), Rozena Hord, Tract 8, Austin, Justice Precinct 3, Travis, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 227-40, sheet 2B, line 44, family 39, 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 4149.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLQ-6KFC : 9 June 2021), Rozenna Slaughter Hoard, ; Burial, Austin, Travis, Texas, United States of America, Evergreen Cemetery; citing record ID 80109123, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.