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

Matilda Maney was born in approximately 1855 in Tennessee.[i] It is unknown where Matilda was enslaved prior to emancipation. Lewis Maney is the only member of the Maney family to have enslaved an individual Matilda’s age in 1860.[ii] Therefore, it is possible that Matilda was enslaved on the Maney plantation (present day Oaklands Mansion) prior to the Civil War.

Following the Civil War, Matilda lived and worked in the Burton household.[iii] Matilda worked as a domestic servant for John W. Burton.[iv] Matilda worked with several older African American domestic servants.[v] There are no further known records for Matilda Maney. It is unknown what happened to Matilda after 1870.

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References

[i] United States Census, “Maney, Matilda,” 1870 United States Census, 1870, accessed December 28, 2020 from ancestry.com database, https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7163/images/4275524_00041?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=7b7f8730cb47752c3be6d2894183c975&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Kxs390&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.167192887.882264017.1599938151-1700215809.1599080803&pId=7435182.

[ii] United States Census, “L.M. Manny,” 1860 United States Census – Slave Schedule, 1860, accessed December 28, 2020 from ancestry.com database, https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7668/images/tnm653_1285-0120?treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=iaY1010&_phstart=successSource&pId=92225235.

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

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