Mary Lacy
( Slave -Caretaker )

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This is a rare photo of Mary Lacy, a slave/caretaker for the
children of William and Thomas Jenkins, at the Jenkins
Plantation near Huntington.

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This artical is from a newsletter written for the General Andrew
Lewis Chapter WVSSAR

By Tom Gallowway

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SLAVE CONTINUED TO LIVE AT THE PLANTATION

Mary Lacy, a slave at the Jenkins Plantation at Green Bottom,
continued to live with the Jenkins' family after the Civil War.
The plantation, which is located about 15 dmiles from
 Huntington, had more than 50 slaves at its peak.

Mary looked after the children of Captain William
and Thomas Jenkins.

By 1870, Mary and her son, George, now a farm laborer,
 along with former slave, Christine (12-years-old), and
John Page,Mary's three-year-old mulatto son, resided
 in the white house-hold of James B. Bowlin where
 Mary served as caretaker of Albert G. Jenkins' children.

Later, she served in the same position within the household
of  Thomas Jefferson Jenkins, son of the late Captain
Jenkins, until his death in 1873.

Only after Thomas Jenkins passing did Mary leave
the Jenkinses with her family, stating she
"had seen too much death." She settled
elsewhere in the county.

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