by AUDREY CREEL / December 28, 2020
©Audrey Creel, 2020 (All rights reserved.)

Martha Maney was born in approximately 1845 in Tennessee.[i] It is unknown where Martha was enslaved prior to emancipation. Edwin Keeble was the only member of the Maney to have enslaved several individuals approximately Martha’s age in 1860.[ii] Therefore, Martha was likely enslaved on the Keeble’s property prior to the Civil War. Martha was approximately twenty years old after the Civil War.

Following the Civil War, Martha moved into a home in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.[iii] Martha lived in a household with Peggy and Levina Maney.[iv] It is unknown how Martha knew Peggy and Levina or if the women were family members. Martha was unemployed in 1870 and did not work to help support her household.[v] There are no further known records for Martha Maney. It is unknown what happened to Martha after 1870.

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References

[i] United States Census, “Maney, Martha,” 1870 United States Census, 1870, accessed December 28, 2020 from ancestry.com database, https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7163/images/4275523_00426?treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Kxs385&_phstart=successSource&pId=4846695.

[ii] United States Census, “E.A. Keeble,” 1860 United States Census, 1860, accessed December 28, 2020 from ancestry.com database, https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7668/images/tnm653_1285-0152?treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=iaY1006&_phstart=successSource&pId=92227684.

[iii] United States Census, “Maney, Martha,” 1870 United States Census.

[iv] United States Census, “Maney, Martha,” 1870 United States Census.[v] United States Census, “Maney, Martha,” 1870 United States Census.