Martha Purl was born into slavery in 1852. She was given as a wedding present to Elizabeth Williams when she married Valentine Moulder ca. 1854.
After the Civil War she worked as a well-respected midwife and nurse and lived with the Green and Warren families (daughters of Elizabeth and Valentine Moulder).
She married Austin (Astra?) Purl, a blacksmith and former slave, and they had a daughter named Sarah Jane.
Sarah Jane Purl died at age 6 and is buried in the Green Cemetery near Macks Creek, about 3 miles south of Green Ridge Cemetery.
I have spelled her name this way "Purl" in part because of her daughter's grave marker, in part because of family convention and the way it is spelled in the book "Lest We Forget II", and because that is the way it is spelled in the first census reports I found. I have since found it spelled "Pearl". I don't know who commissioned the "Pearl" grave marker, possibly a member of the Warren family, but I have included that spelling as well because either is correct.
After the Civil War she worked as a well-respected midwife and nurse and lived with the Green and Warren families (daughters of Elizabeth and Valentine Moulder).
She married Austin (Astra?) Purl, a blacksmith and former slave, and they had a daughter named Sarah Jane.
Sarah Jane Purl died at age 6 and is buried in the Green Cemetery near Macks Creek, about 3 miles south of Green Ridge Cemetery.
I have spelled her name this way "Purl" in part because of her daughter's grave marker, in part because of family convention and the way it is spelled in the book "Lest We Forget II", and because that is the way it is spelled in the first census reports I found. I have since found it spelled "Pearl". I don't know who commissioned the "Pearl" grave marker, possibly a member of the Warren family, but I have included that spelling as well because either is correct.
Martha Purl was born into slavery in 1852. She was given as a wedding present to Elizabeth Williams when she married Valentine Moulder ca. 1854.
After the Civil War she worked as a well-respected midwife and nurse and lived with the Green and Warren families (daughters of Elizabeth and Valentine Moulder).
She married Austin (Astra?) Purl, a blacksmith and former slave, and they had a daughter named Sarah Jane.
Sarah Jane Purl died at age 6 and is buried in the Green Cemetery near Macks Creek, about 3 miles south of Green Ridge Cemetery.
I have spelled her name this way "Purl" in part because of her daughter's grave marker, in part because of family convention and the way it is spelled in the book "Lest We Forget II", and because that is the way it is spelled in the first census reports I found. I have since found it spelled "Pearl". I don't know who commissioned the "Pearl" grave marker, possibly a member of the Warren family, but I have included that spelling as well because either is correct.
After the Civil War she worked as a well-respected midwife and nurse and lived with the Green and Warren families (daughters of Elizabeth and Valentine Moulder).
She married Austin (Astra?) Purl, a blacksmith and former slave, and they had a daughter named Sarah Jane.
Sarah Jane Purl died at age 6 and is buried in the Green Cemetery near Macks Creek, about 3 miles south of Green Ridge Cemetery.
I have spelled her name this way "Purl" in part because of her daughter's grave marker, in part because of family convention and the way it is spelled in the book "Lest We Forget II", and because that is the way it is spelled in the first census reports I found. I have since found it spelled "Pearl". I don't know who commissioned the "Pearl" grave marker, possibly a member of the Warren family, but I have included that spelling as well because either is correct.
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