Person:Marcia Foster (1)

Facts and Events
Name Marcia Foster
Gender Female
Birth? 1808 Virginia, United States
Marriage Bond 4 Nov 1822 Charlotte, Virginia, United Statesto John R. Legrand
Census[1] 1830 Halifax, Virginia, United States
Property[2] 1838 Copiah, Mississippi, United States
Census[3] 1840 Copiah, Mississippi, United States
Census[4] 1850 Choctaw, Alabama, United States
Census[5] 1870 Claiborne, Louisiana, United States
Census[6] 1880 Columbia, Arkansas, United States
Death? Aft 1880 Columbia, Arkansas, United States
References
  1. United States. 1830 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M19).

    1830 U. S. Census, Eastern Division, Halifax, Virginia
    Page 410, Line 19, NARA Roll M19-192
    John R. Legrand - Head of Household
    Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1 [born 1791-1800: John R.Legrand]
    Free White Persons - Females - under 5: 2 [born 1825-1830: Mary W. Legrand, unknown]
    Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1 [born 1801-1810: Marcia Foster]
    Slaves - Males - under 10: 3
    Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35: 3
    Slaves - Females - under 10: 3
    Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35: 2
    Free White Persons - under 20: 2
    Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
    Total Free White Persons: 4
    Total Slaves: 11
    Total - All Persons: 15
    [The unknown white female under 5 may be a daughter who died before 1840]

  2. Deed John R. Legrand to Daniel Hausey, 1838, Copiah, Mississippi. (Copiah County, Mississippi Deed Book H pp 115-116).

    John R. Legrand and his wife, Marcia W. Legrand, sell 40 acres of land to Daniel Hausey.
    Transcript

  3. United States. 1840 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M704).

    1840 U. S. Census, Southern District, Copiah County, Mississippi
    Page 117, Line 29
    J. R. Legrand - Head of Household
    Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 [born 1831-1835: William B. Legrand]
    Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 [born 1811-1820: John K. Mooney?]
    Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1 [born 1791-1800: John R. Legrand]
    Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1 [born 1821-1825: Mary W. Legrand]
    Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 [born 1801-1810: Marcia Foster]
    Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 1
    Slaves - Females - Under 10: 2
    Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 2
    Slaves - Females - 36 thru 54: 1
    Total - All Persons: 11
    Persons Employed in Agriculture: 3
    Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
    Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3
    Total Free White Persons: 5
    Total Slaves: 6
    Total - All Persons: 11
    [The young man aged 20 to 29 was undoubtedly John K. Mooney. He married the daughter, Mary, in May, 1840. There was no other person in the household in that gender and age group.]

  4. United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432).

    Choctaw County, Alabama, page 148B, dwelling 11
    Census taken on 3 Sep 1850
    J. R. Legrand, age 51, male, planter, born Virginia
    Marsa W. Legrand, age 45, female, born Virginia
    Wm B Legrand, age 18, male, laborer, born Virginia, attended school

  5. United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publications M593 and T132).

    Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, Ward no 7, Homer Post Office, page 205B (56), dwelling 433, family 433
    Census taken 19 July 1870 by W. J. Taylor
    F. M. Camell, age 22, male, white, farming, value of personal estate $100, born Louisiana, married in November, can not read or write, male citizen of US 21 years of age...
    Virginia Camell, 15, female, white, keeping house, born Mississippi, can not read or write
    Legram M Camell [sic--Marcia Legrand], age 63, female, white, at home, born Virginia
    L Camell, age 26, male, white, farmer, born Louisiana, male citizen of US 21 years of age...[this appears to be a male relative of F. M.]

  6. United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9).

    Columbia County, Arkansas, Warren Township, SD 1, ED 47, page 251 (15), dwelling 103, family 103
    Census taken on 12 June 1880 by John M. Warren, Jr.
    John L. Mooney, white, male, age 35, farmer, can not read or write, born Alabama, father born Ireland, mother born Virginia
    Nancy Mooney, white, female, age 35, wife, keeping house, born Mississippi, father born Tennessee, mother born Mississippi
    Sarah C. Mooney, white, female, age 12, daughter, at home, attended school, born Louisiana, father born Alabama, mother born Mississippi
    Rebecca E. Mooney, white, female, age 9, daughter, at home, born Louisiana, father born Alabama, mother born Mississippi
    James P. Mooney, white, male [sic], age 6, son [sic], at home, born Louisiana, father born Alabama, mother born Mississippi [This is the daughter James "Jim" Pearl]
    Nettie W. Mooney, white, female, age 4, daughter, at home, born Arkansas, father born Alabama, mother born Mississippi
    Willie M. Mooney, white, female, age 2, at home, born Arkansas, father born Alabama, mother born Mississippi
    Macia Legrant, white, female, age 72, grandmother, at home, born Virginia, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia [Marcia Foster Legrand]