Anna J (Unknown) Scott (1846 - aft. 1940)

Born 28 Jan 1846 in Dove City, South Carolina, United States

Biography

Anna (Unknown) Scott is a part of US Black heritage.

Anna Scott was interviewed in Jacksonville, Florida on January 11, 1937. She told of her life during and after enslavement, including some of her experiences during "recolonization" to Africa.

"The former slave was born at Dove City, South Carolina, on Jan. 28, 1846 of a half breed Cherokee-and-Negro mother and Anglo-Saxon father. Her father owned the plantation adjoining that of her master."

"Elias Mumford was Anna's step-father in Charleston, and after spending a year there with him, the entire family joined a colonizing expedition to West Africa. There were 650 in the expedition, and it left in 1867. Transportation was free."

"After eight years, Mumford and the remainder of his family returned to America, where the accrued checks he possessed for cashing made him reasonably wealthy. Anna married Robert Scott and moved to Jacksonville, where she has lived since."

Interview

Mrs. Anna Scott was interviewed in Jacksonville, Florida by Viola B Muse as part of the Federal Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The results are presented in narrative form, most, allegedly, in the first person, and made available by the Library of Congress. ^[1]

Research Notes

Anna bought her farm on the outskirts of Jacksonville, Florida. There should be land records of that purchase. Some of the money apparently came from a bequest at the time of her mother's death. That record may be able to be found.

Sources

1. ↑ [1] Library of Congress - WPA - Slave Narrative - Anna Scott - Vol. 3, Florida, pages 279-285, images 282-288 of 382.

See also:

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3DT-T3Y : accessed 4 April 2021), Robert M Scott, Precincts 3-4, Geigers, Baldwin & Precinct 7, Moncrief, Duval, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 36, sheet 12B, family 227, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,167.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVKM-R4B : accessed 4 April 2021), Robert M Scott, Moncrief, Duval, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 61, sheet 8A, family 175, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 158; FHL microfilm 1,374,171.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNYX-J34 : 1 February 2021), Robert Scott, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SR45-CT2 : accessed 4 April 2021), Annie J Scott, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 60, sheet 15B, line 64, family 402, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 314; FHL microfilm 2,340,049.
• "Florida State Census, 1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNVS-KGM : 2 March 2021), Annie J Scott, , Duval, Florida; citing line 10, State Archives, Tallahassee; FHL microfilm 2,425,156.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTHX-5W8 : 4 January 2021), Annie J Scott, Election Precinct 41, Duval, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 16-29, sheet 2B, line 51, family 35, 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 584.