Ann Perkins

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Perkins-5528

“Ann Perkins, born say 1726, was granted a patent for land in Bladen County, North Carolina, on 25 April 1767 and 100 acres on Beaver Dam Branch of the Raft Swamp on 22 March 1772. She sold 50 acres on a branch of Raft Swamp on 12 December 1768 and sold another 100 acres on Beaver Dam Branch of Raft Swamp to William Lowry, son of James Lowry, on 18 February 1775 [N.C. Land Records, 1772-74, 7:72; Bladen County DB 23:71, 481]. She was taxable in Bladen County on 2 "Mulatoes" in 1771: her son Jordan Perkins and Thomas Sweat [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, I:60].

She was the mother of

i. Jordan1, born say 1758.

ii. ?Olive, born say 1762, married Ephraim Sweat according to the 18 April 1811 Opelousas, Louisiana marriage bond of their son Gideon Sweat [Opelousas license no.6].

iii. ?Nancy, born before 1776, head of a St. Landry Parish household of 6 "free colored" in 1820 [LA:108].“

References

• Heinegg, Paul, Free African Americans of Maryland and Delaware and Free African Americans of North Carolina, Virginia and South Carolina at http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Nash_Peters.htm (scroll down to Perkins section of this document)

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Paul Heinegg at http://freeafricanamericans.com/Nash_Peters.htm says

"3. Ann Perkins, born say 1730, was... the mother of

• i. Jordan1, born say 1758.
• ii. ?Olive, born say 1762, married Ephraim Sweat according to the 18 April 1811 Opelousas, Louisiana marriage bond of their son Gideon Sweat [Opelousas license no.6].
• iii. ?Nancy, born before 1776, head of a St. Landry Parish household of 6 "free colored" in 1820 [LA:108].