Jane Weathersby (abt. 1830)

Born about 1830 in Mississippi, United States [uncertain]

Biography

Jane Weathersby is a part of US Black heritage.

Jane was born about 1830.

Jane's daughter Fanny Smith Hodges was interviewed in McComb, Mississippi about 1937 about her life and her time as an enslaved person.

"My name's Fanny Hodges. I was Fanny Smith befo' I was mar'ied. My mammy was Jane Weathersby, and she b'long ter old man Weathersby in Amite County. He was de meanes' man what ever lived. My pappy was sol' befo' I was born. I doan no nothin' 'bout him. I had one sister - her name was Clara - and one brudder - his name was Jack. Dey say my pappy's name was George. I don know."

"I was sol' to Marse Hiram Cassedy an' dat man give me ter his darter, Miss Mary, to be her maid."

"When Marse Cassedy come home he had de oberseer blow de horn 'bout ten o'clock and tol' 'em all dey was freed. He said he'd work 'em for wages, an' nearly ever'one of 'em stayed for wages. I stayed wid Miss Mary 'bout ten years. Den I mar'ied. No, Jake an' me rid horse back an' went to Magnolia an' got mar'ied."

"I had fo' chillun, none of dem livin' dat I know of. I might have some grandchulluns but if I do, dey live up North."

Interview: Fanny Smith Hodges was interviewed in McComb, Mississippi by an unknown interviewer 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]

Sources

1. ↑ [1] Library of Congress - WPA - Slave Narrative - Fanny Smith Hodges - Vol. 9, Mississippi; pages 68-71 images 72-75 of 178.

Possible Enslaver

"United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WKLL-RZZM : Fri Oct 06 15:29:45 UTC 2023), Entry for H E Wenthruly and , 1860.

"United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6G4-DN1 : Fri Oct 06 12:58:07 UTC 2023), Entry for Hatton C Weathersly and Celina Weathersly, 1860.