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Margaret Smith (#
20885413
)
Black, female, circa 17 years in 1840
Petition #
20885413
, filed in Louisiana (1854)
Role in Petition:
petitioner
Status:
free person of color
Freedom: Free by 1840. Origins of freedom: freed by owner, her grandmother, Ellen Wooten, in Ohio.
Family roles(s)
granddaughter
daughter
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