Harriet Amanda Posey

• General Notes
  • Her family is probably buried at Wortham Cemetary.  There are a number
    of Poseys buried there.
    
    Wilcox County, Alabama - 1850 Federal Census       (File 4 of 5)
    
    This is the 1850 federal census for Wilcox County, Alabama.
    
    KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS:
    LN=Line Number      FN=Family Number
    VAL=Value of Real Estate Owned     MRD=Married within last year
    SCH=Attended school within last year
    R/W=Adults who cannot read and write
    AFFLICTIN=Whether deaf, dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or
    convict
    
    
    The 1850 Census
    
    STATE:     AL      COUNTY: Wilcox
    REFERENCE:
    ======================================================================
    ===PAGE  LN     FM   LASTNAME            FIRST NAME AND INI.  AGE  SX
    CLR       OCCU.            VLU    BORN   MRD  SCH  DDB AFFLICTION
    REMARKS
    ======================================================================
    === 773    9    599  BONNER              Thomas                26    M
                                     AL
    773    10   599  BONNER              Amanda                22    F
                                  SC
    773    11   599  BONNER              Anne                   5    F
                                  AL
    773    12   599  BONNER              William                2    M
                                  AL
    773    13   599  POSEY               Margaret              18    F
                                 SC
    
    =================================================
    1850 Census for Wilcox Co., AL.
    Roll: M432_16, pg. 385, done on 11/8/1850 by A. Duff
    
    599/599  Thomas Bonner 26 M  [no listed job or $] AL.
        Amanda 22 F SC.
        Annie 5 F AL.
        William 2 M AL.
        Margaret Posey 18 F SC.
    
    Household:
    
    Name  Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation
    Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
    Thos J BONNER   Self   M   Male   W   57   AL   Clerk In Store   SC
    SC
    Amanda H BONNER   Wife   M   Female   W   57   SC   Keeping House
    SC   SC
    Walter BONNER   Son   S   Male   W   24   AL   Farm Laborer   AL   SC
    
    Carrie BONNER   Dau   S   Female   W   21   AL   School Teacher   AL
    SC
    James W BONNER   Son   S   Male   W   17   TX   Form Laborer   AL
    SC
    
    
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    ----------
    Source Information:
      Census Place District 55, Freestone, Texas
      Family History Library Film   1255304
      NA Film Number   T9-1304
      Page Number   557A
    
    1860 Federal Census of Freestone County  - July 11, 1860, Fairfield
    Post Office
    p. 25
    168 170  Thos J. Bonner 37 m Ass. Ref. Prcher AL
                               H. A. 38  f                          SC
                         Euphemia 15 f                           AL
                            Edward 11 m                          AL
                          Harriette  9  f                           AL
                       Margarette  7  f                           AL
                             Walter  5  m                         AL
                           Caroline  2 f                           AL
    
    1870 Census for Freestone Co., TX
    Roll: M593-1586, pg. 46, Image 93  - done on 8/14/1870
    
    173/173  Bonner, Thomas J. 45 M W Minister 6,000 2,000 AL.
        -, Hattie A. 44 F W  AL.
        -, Wm. E. 22 M W AL.
        -, Hattie M. 18 F W AL.
        -, Margaret P. 16 F W AL.
        -, Walkin 14 M W AL.
        -, Carrie C. 13 F W AL.
        -, James 9 M W TX.
    
    http://www.lexisnexis.com/academic/guides/southern_hist/plantations/pl
    antj7.asp
    
    Leonard M. Burford Papers, 1837-1868,
    Lowndes County, Alabama; also Georgia and Texas
    
    A letter, dated 20 May 1868, from H. D. Bonne? [H. A. Bonner] at
    Fairfield, Freestone County, Texas, to her brother and sister (not
    named) at a location in Wilcox County, Alabama. She mentioned requests
    for supplies, including her sewing machine, and photographs of people
    back home; personal and family matters; crops; health; and Mr. James
    Robinson, who delivered the letter. She also discussed freedmen,
    commenting "I have no annoyances we have no freedmen around us...."