Selena (Tarver) Taswell (1844 - 1939)

Born Oct 1844 in Perry, Houston, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died 10 Jul 1939 at age 94 in Miami, Dade, Florida, United States

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Biography

Selena (Tarver) Taswell is a part of US Black heritage.

Selena was born in 1844. She passed away in 1939.

Salena Taswell was interviewed about 1936 in Miami, Florida. She was a member of the "Ex Slave Club." ^[1]

"This club now claims twenty-five members, all over 88 years of age."

"Salena Taswell, 364 NW 8th St., Miami, Florida, is one of the oldest ex-slave women in Florida."

"Ole Dr. Jameson, he wuz my Massy. He had a plantation three mile from Perry, Georgia."

Salena Taswell's remembrances include visits to Dr. Jameson from Abraham Lincoln.

Interview

Salena Taswell was interviewed in Miami, Florida as part of the Federal Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The results are made available by the Library of Congress. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Ex-Slave Association of Greater Miami In Miami in 1939, Stetson Kennedy conducted extensive interviews at the Ex-Slave Association of Greater Miami. Located in the Liberty City district, a large black neighborhood, the club included twenty-five octogenarians and nonagenarians.
2. ↑ [1] Library of Congress - WPA - Slave Narrative - Salena Taswell - Vol. 3, Florida, pages 372-373, images 375-376 of 382.

See also:

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC36-8P8 : 12 April 2016), Salena Mccloud in household of Miles Mccloud, Georgia, United States; citing p. 127, family 985, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,662.
• Slave Narrative of Salena Taswell, conducted by Taylor, Cora M. on 14 May 1937, Federal Writers' Project: Slave Narrative Project, Vol. 3, Florida, Anderson-Wilson (with combined interviews of others), pg. 303-310.
• Second Interview with Salena Taswell.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC36-2NG : 2 January 2021), Edward McCloud in entry for Miles McCloud, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8GD-2SQ : 19 February 2021), Salenia Taswell in household of Litt Taswell, Valdosta, Lowndes, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 72, sheet 211C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,155.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML2P-72H : accessed 11 April 2021), Salina Taswell in household of Warren Taswell, Militia District 663, Lowndes, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 123, sheet 8A, family 158, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 202; FHL microfilm 1,374,215.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:34ZX-L6Z : accessed 11 April 2021), Lena Taswell in household of Simon H Baker, Valdosta, Lowndes, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 25B, line 63, family 671, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 374; FHL microfilm 2,340,109.

• "Florida State Census, 1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNJG-ZS5 : 2 March 2021), Warren B Taswell Senior, Miami, Dade, Florida; citing line 42, State Archives, Tallahassee; FHL microfilm 2,425,151.

• "Florida Deaths, 1877-1939", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPZ8-X5N : 23 February 2021), Selena Taswell, 1939.