BT-PER-00246

Lucretia Taliaferro Alexander

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Formerly enslaved; Federal Writers' Project intervieweeUnder Investigation· 0 sourcesNo verified portrait

Named in a secondary compilation among people enslaved in the Taliaferro network, and the subject of a Federal Writers' Project narrative in her own right.

Kinship not established

This record documents a person named in the same documents as the family. No relationship to the Smith–Tolliver family has been established, and this person is not placed in the family lineage.

This record documents a historical connection to the Smith–Tolliver family's history. It does not document kinship, and this person is not part of the family lineage.

A shared surname does not establish kinship. Shared residence, shared county, appearance in the same record, or being enslaved by the same estate does not establish kinship. Surnames carried by formerly enslaved people frequently derive from the people who enslaved them, not from descent.

Any biological relationship would require its own documented claim, with its own evidence, published separately in the archive.

Research & Interpretation byAmberly R. Carter-Mills— Founder, Creator & Descendant Archivist

LTNo verified portrait

Overview

Born: Not yet documented
Died: Not yet documented
Archive identifier: BT-PER-00246
Claims attached: 0

Life Timeline

No dated events have been documented for this person yet.

Documented Role

This record is held in the archive as: Formerly enslaved; Federal Writers' Project interviewee.

No relationship to Hilliard has been established. Shared surname and shared enslavement are not kinship.

Kinship not established

This record documents a person named in the same documents as the family. No relationship to the Smith–Tolliver family has been established, and this person is not placed in the family lineage.

This record documents a historical connection to the Smith–Tolliver family's history. It does not document kinship, and this person is not part of the family lineage.

Any biological relationship would require its own documented claim, with its own evidence, published separately in the archive.

Historical Connections

Role-based connections drawn from the records. These are historical relationships only. None of them establishes kinship.

Named in Taliaferro-related recordsUnder Investigation
Hilliard Taliaferro / Tolliver
Appears in a secondary compilation of the Taliaferro enslaved community. Relationship to Hilliard unknown.
No kinship established

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Documents

BookAuthored NarrativeBT-SRC-00610
Voices From Slavery: 100 Authentic Slave Narratives, ed. Norman R. Yetman — narrative of Lucretia Alexander, age 89
Published edition (Yetman, Voices From Slavery)
2 observations drawn from this source
DIRECT DESCENDANT TESTIMONY. This is Lucretia Alexander speaking about her own parents, grandparents, enslavers and migration. It is first-person family testimony, not independent civil, probate or church documentation. Nothing in it becomes a documented fact merely because it is specific. Page locators pending verification against the printed edition.

Observations From the Record

Lucretia Alexander is recorded in the narrative as aged 89 at the time of interview.
Voices From Slavery: 100 Authentic Slave Narratives, ed. Norman R. Yetman — narrative of Lucretia Alexander, age 89
Lucretia states that Susan Reed purchased her father for $1,500 after he had repeatedly run away from a previous enslaver.
Voices From Slavery: 100 Authentic Slave Narratives, ed. Norman R. Yetman — narrative of Lucretia Alexander, age 89

Evidence

No claims are attached to this person yet.

Unresolved Questions

No open question is currently recorded for this person.

Amberly's Notes

No research note has been published for this person yet.

From the research notebook ofAmberly R. Carter-Mills— Founder, Creator & Descendant Archivist