LUCINDA ANN "LUCY" WALKER AUSTIN was the daughter of Randolph Walker (1832-1880) and Charlotte Black Walker (1836-1897) of Pulaski County, Virginia. She married George Austin on Dec 28, 1876 in Pulaski County, VA. According to Lucy’s marriage register, the officiating minister was L. J. Valentine. Lucy Walker Austin is buried either here in the New River Cemetery with her husband, George Austin, or possibly in the Walker Family Cemetery, a 1/4 of a mile away at Morgan's Cut near land she first bought in 1880. She died from “Consumption”.1
Linda Killen in her book, "These People Lived in a Pleasant Valley: A History of Slaves and Freedmen in Nineteenth Century Pulaski County, Virginia", said this about Charlotte Black Walker and her daughter Lucy: “Every so often, a Pulaski will offers a glimpse into the relationships between slaves and owners...Crozier Eaton [1803-1858] left ‘John Black and Charlotte Black and her child Lucinda Ann to his wife Keziah Cecil Eaton [1785-1869]. The rest of his slaves could pick to whom they were sold, and Eaton demanded that no mother and child be separated. At Crozier’s death, Keziah did indeed take Charlotte Black and Lucinda Ann as her dower (John apparently having died) and six other slaves were sold. There is no postwar record of a Charlotte Black with or without a daughter named Lucinda Ann, but it is possible that Charlotte remarried and that by 1870, Lucinda Ann had herself married.”2
Linda Killen presumes that Charlotte Black was married to John Black, but the wording of Crozier Eaton's will does not necessarily relay that message to me. John Black could just as easily have been Charlotte Black's brother. In any event, Charlotte Black did indeed marry. She married Randolph Walker, sometime around 1861 or 1862. She brought Lucy [Lucinda Ann], her child from another relationship into this union, and Randolph Walker raised Lucy as one of his own. Also, Crozier Eaton attached an addendum to his 1857 will that nullified his gift of John Black to Keziah Eaton, because he had already sold John off to someone else, and instead offered Craig Black (1830-Unknown) as a replacement.
According to Linda Killen in "These People Lived in a Pleasant Valley", Chapter 12, page 95, Lucy Walker Austin, in 1880, "bought 20 acres [actually 21] near Morgan’s Cut between Dublin and New River Depot.” This made her, along with the McDaniels, the Sheffeys, and the Anthonys of New River, one of the earliest black land owners in Pulaski County. Alderson Newgans, a "free colored person", however, surpassed them all by paying in 1853, "$253 at auction for 95 acres on Max Creek."3
1. See 1890 Virginia Death Register, Pulaski County, Line 7, “Lucy Austin”, found at the Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA.
2. "These People Lived in a Pleasant Valley: A History of Slaves and Freedmen in Nineteenth Century Pulaski County, Virginia", Linda Killen, Department of History, Radford University, 1996, Chapter 2, p. 14.
3. "These People Lived in a Pleasant Valley", Chapter 2, p. 7.
--Christopher Walker, 07-08-2015
Linda Killen in her book, "These People Lived in a Pleasant Valley: A History of Slaves and Freedmen in Nineteenth Century Pulaski County, Virginia", said this about Charlotte Black Walker and her daughter Lucy: “Every so often, a Pulaski will offers a glimpse into the relationships between slaves and owners...Crozier Eaton [1803-1858] left ‘John Black and Charlotte Black and her child Lucinda Ann to his wife Keziah Cecil Eaton [1785-1869]. The rest of his slaves could pick to whom they were sold, and Eaton demanded that no mother and child be separated. At Crozier’s death, Keziah did indeed take Charlotte Black and Lucinda Ann as her dower (John apparently having died) and six other slaves were sold. There is no postwar record of a Charlotte Black with or without a daughter named Lucinda Ann, but it is possible that Charlotte remarried and that by 1870, Lucinda Ann had herself married.”2
Linda Killen presumes that Charlotte Black was married to John Black, but the wording of Crozier Eaton's will does not necessarily relay that message to me. John Black could just as easily have been Charlotte Black's brother. In any event, Charlotte Black did indeed marry. She married Randolph Walker, sometime around 1861 or 1862. She brought Lucy [Lucinda Ann], her child from another relationship into this union, and Randolph Walker raised Lucy as one of his own. Also, Crozier Eaton attached an addendum to his 1857 will that nullified his gift of John Black to Keziah Eaton, because he had already sold John off to someone else, and instead offered Craig Black (1830-Unknown) as a replacement.
According to Linda Killen in "These People Lived in a Pleasant Valley", Chapter 12, page 95, Lucy Walker Austin, in 1880, "bought 20 acres [actually 21] near Morgan’s Cut between Dublin and New River Depot.” This made her, along with the McDaniels, the Sheffeys, and the Anthonys of New River, one of the earliest black land owners in Pulaski County. Alderson Newgans, a "free colored person", however, surpassed them all by paying in 1853, "$253 at auction for 95 acres on Max Creek."3
1. See 1890 Virginia Death Register, Pulaski County, Line 7, “Lucy Austin”, found at the Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA.
2. "These People Lived in a Pleasant Valley: A History of Slaves and Freedmen in Nineteenth Century Pulaski County, Virginia", Linda Killen, Department of History, Radford University, 1996, Chapter 2, p. 14.
3. "These People Lived in a Pleasant Valley", Chapter 2, p. 7.
--Christopher Walker, 07-08-2015
LUCINDA ANN "LUCY" WALKER AUSTIN was the daughter of Randolph Walker (1832-1880) and Charlotte Black Walker (1836-1897) of Pulaski County, Virginia. She married George Austin on Dec 28, 1876 in Pulaski County, VA. According to Lucy’s marriage register, the officiating minister was L. J. Valentine. Lucy Walker Austin is buried either here in the New River Cemetery with her husband, George Austin, or possibly in the Walker Family Cemetery, a 1/4 of a mile away at Morgan's Cut near land she first bought in 1880. She died from “Consumption”.1
Linda Killen in her book, "These People Lived in a Pleasant Valley: A History of Slaves and Freedmen in Nineteenth Century Pulaski County, Virginia", said this about Charlotte Black Walker and her daughter Lucy: “Every so often, a Pulaski will offers a glimpse into the relationships between slaves and owners...Crozier Eaton [1803-1858] left ‘John Black and Charlotte Black and her child Lucinda Ann to his wife Keziah Cecil Eaton [1785-1869]. The rest of his slaves could pick to whom they were sold, and Eaton demanded that no mother and child be separated. At Crozier’s death, Keziah did indeed take Charlotte Black and Lucinda Ann as her dower (John apparently having died) and six other slaves were sold. There is no postwar record of a Charlotte Black with or without a daughter named Lucinda Ann, but it is possible that Charlotte remarried and that by 1870, Lucinda Ann had herself married.”2
Linda Killen presumes that Charlotte Black was married to John Black, but the wording of Crozier Eaton's will does not necessarily relay that message to me. John Black could just as easily have been Charlotte Black's brother. In any event, Charlotte Black did indeed marry. She married Randolph Walker, sometime around 1861 or 1862. She brought Lucy [Lucinda Ann], her child from another relationship into this union, and Randolph Walker raised Lucy as one of his own. Also, Crozier Eaton attached an addendum to his 1857 will that nullified his gift of John Black to Keziah Eaton, because he had already sold John off to someone else, and instead offered Craig Black (1830-Unknown) as a replacement.
According to Linda Killen in "These People Lived in a Pleasant Valley", Chapter 12, page 95, Lucy Walker Austin, in 1880, "bought 20 acres [actually 21] near Morgan’s Cut between Dublin and New River Depot.” This made her, along with the McDaniels, the Sheffeys, and the Anthonys of New River, one of the earliest black land owners in Pulaski County. Alderson Newgans, a "free colored person", however, surpassed them all by paying in 1853, "$253 at auction for 95 acres on Max Creek."3
1. See 1890 Virginia Death Register, Pulaski County, Line 7, “Lucy Austin”, found at the Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA.
2. "These People Lived in a Pleasant Valley: A History of Slaves and Freedmen in Nineteenth Century Pulaski County, Virginia", Linda Killen, Department of History, Radford University, 1996, Chapter 2, p. 14.
3. "These People Lived in a Pleasant Valley", Chapter 2, p. 7.
--Christopher Walker, 07-08-2015
Linda Killen in her book, "These People Lived in a Pleasant Valley: A History of Slaves and Freedmen in Nineteenth Century Pulaski County, Virginia", said this about Charlotte Black Walker and her daughter Lucy: “Every so often, a Pulaski will offers a glimpse into the relationships between slaves and owners...Crozier Eaton [1803-1858] left ‘John Black and Charlotte Black and her child Lucinda Ann to his wife Keziah Cecil Eaton [1785-1869]. The rest of his slaves could pick to whom they were sold, and Eaton demanded that no mother and child be separated. At Crozier’s death, Keziah did indeed take Charlotte Black and Lucinda Ann as her dower (John apparently having died) and six other slaves were sold. There is no postwar record of a Charlotte Black with or without a daughter named Lucinda Ann, but it is possible that Charlotte remarried and that by 1870, Lucinda Ann had herself married.”2
Linda Killen presumes that Charlotte Black was married to John Black, but the wording of Crozier Eaton's will does not necessarily relay that message to me. John Black could just as easily have been Charlotte Black's brother. In any event, Charlotte Black did indeed marry. She married Randolph Walker, sometime around 1861 or 1862. She brought Lucy [Lucinda Ann], her child from another relationship into this union, and Randolph Walker raised Lucy as one of his own. Also, Crozier Eaton attached an addendum to his 1857 will that nullified his gift of John Black to Keziah Eaton, because he had already sold John off to someone else, and instead offered Craig Black (1830-Unknown) as a replacement.
According to Linda Killen in "These People Lived in a Pleasant Valley", Chapter 12, page 95, Lucy Walker Austin, in 1880, "bought 20 acres [actually 21] near Morgan’s Cut between Dublin and New River Depot.” This made her, along with the McDaniels, the Sheffeys, and the Anthonys of New River, one of the earliest black land owners in Pulaski County. Alderson Newgans, a "free colored person", however, surpassed them all by paying in 1853, "$253 at auction for 95 acres on Max Creek."3
1. See 1890 Virginia Death Register, Pulaski County, Line 7, “Lucy Austin”, found at the Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA.
2. "These People Lived in a Pleasant Valley: A History of Slaves and Freedmen in Nineteenth Century Pulaski County, Virginia", Linda Killen, Department of History, Radford University, 1996, Chapter 2, p. 14.
3. "These People Lived in a Pleasant Valley", Chapter 2, p. 7.
--Christopher Walker, 07-08-2015
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