by AUDREY CREEL / December 30, 2020
©Audrey Creel, 2020 (All rights reserved.)

Zabell Maney was born in approximately 1810 in Tennessee.[i] It is unknown where Zabell was enslaved prior to emancipation. Lewis Maney was the only member of the Maney family to have enslaved a man approximately Zabell’s age.[ii] Therefore, Zabell was most likely enslaved on the Maney plantation (present day Oaklands Mansion) prior to the Civil War.

Following the Civil War, Zabell moved into a home in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.[iii] Zabell is living in a household with Elizabeth Maney.[iv] It is unknown how Zabell and Elizabeth were related. Elizabeth was likely Zabell’s wife; however, there is no documentation to clarify their relationship. Zabell was employed as a farm laborer, though it is unknown for whom he was employed.[v] There are no further known records for Zabell Maney. It is unknown what happened to Zabell after 1870.

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References

[i] United States Census, “Maney, Zabell,” 1870 United States Census, 1870, accessed December 28, 2020 from ancestry.com database, https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7163/images/4275524_00358?treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Kxs396&_phstart=successSource&pId=7432612.

[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, Zabell,” 1870 United States Census.

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