Diana Williams - DIAN1
Title
Diana Williams - DIAN1
Contributor
Jackie Dinan
Location or Address
Southold
Source/s
Grania B. Marcus, Discovering the African-American Experience in Suffolk County, 1620-1860 (1995, 1988): 61 (transcript of oral history source; original at the Center for Brooklyn History, formerly the Brooklyn Historical Society).
Advertisement of property sale from The Corrector (Sag Harbor), March 29, 1837, page 4 [the advertisement ran weekly for several months].
Advertisement of property sale from The Corrector (Sag Harbor), March 29, 1837, page 4 [the advertisement ran weekly for several months].
Male or Female
Female
Birthplace
Shelter Island [probably]
Death Date
March 1837
Biographical Notes
An oral history source [diary of Augustus Griffin] states she was born into slavery, the daughter of Crank (#1511) and Florah (#1512); that she was manumitted at age 25; and she managed to purchase a small property with modest house. She was enumerated in the 1820 and 1830 Federal censuses in Shelter Island with the following household members:
1820: 1 female 45+ years, 1 female 14-25, 1 male 14-25 (all free people of color).
1830: 2 females 55-99 (both free people of color).
1820: 1 female 45+ years, 1 female 14-25, 1 male 14-25 (all free people of color).
1830: 2 females 55-99 (both free people of color).
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Collection
Citation
“Diana Williams - DIAN1,” Plain Sight Project, accessed April 24, 2024, http://plainsightproject.org/items/show/1683.