Cretia Jones (1), enslaved to Moses L. Jones

Cretia #1 (id Q895473)

Note: This profile is of Cretia Jones

Important note: Possible this person with the name Cretia had children later

Personal data

Name: Cretia (Cretia Hannah)
Also Known As: Cretia Hannah
Short name:
Surname: Jones
Parents: Unknown (for now)
Siblings: Unknown (for now)
Birth surname: Unknown (before became enslaved)
Previous African birth name/surname: Unknown (before became enslaved)
Gender: Female
Birth: 1836 (1836/1837) (for now)
Date of birth: Full date Unknown (for now)
Place of birth: Liberty County, Georgia, U.S. - possible in Midway, Liberty County, Georgia, U.S. (?)
Died: Unknown (for now)
Date of death: Unknown (for now)
Place of death: Unknown (for now) - possible in Liberty, Georgia (possible in Midway, Liberty County, Georgia, U.S. (?)
Ethnicity / Race: African, black
Last resident place: Unknown (for now) - possible in Liberty, Georgia
Location and place of burial: Unknown (for now) cemetery (?)
Enslave: Moses Liberty Jones and his family Jones, William Jones, enslaved/ex-enslaved of Lewis LeConte (in 1853)
Enslave status: Yes, from - to: Unknown (for now)
Ex-enslave status: after 1867
Ex-enslave of: Moses Liberty Jones, William Jones, enslaved/ex-enslaved of Lewis LeConte (in 1853)
Free person status: Freedwoman (aft. 1867) to end of life.
Occupation: Slave-worker at plantation Green Forest and other estates of Jones family, enslave of Jones family, farmer
Served in U.S. Army: Unknown
Participated in Civil War (1861-1865): Unknown
Participated in battles: Unknown
Marital status: Unknown (for now)
Place of marriage: Unknown (for now)
Name of Husband: Unknown (for now)
Childrens: Unknown (for now)
Other family relatives: Unknown (for now)
Possible relatives: Israel Jones, Marlboro Jones, others (required confirmations)
Has the person ever changed their name and surname in their life: No. Unknown (for now)

Note: In database of Enslaved - Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade were mentioned and listed 4 persons with the same name Cretia in 1855 as Enslaved Persons at Estate Inventory of Jones, Moses L., one of them seems was this person Cretia.

Records

• https://enslaved.org/record/person/Q895473
• https://enslaved.org/record/person/Q895475
• https://enslaved.org/record/person/Q895478
• https://enslaved.org/record/person/Q895471

Note: Is a possible they were, or not the same person (?) Seems they were not the same person, but they had same first name Cretia and shared surname Jones. One of them seems had children, but which one exactly (?)

Cretia #1 (id Q895473)

Name: Clarinda
Sex: Female
Age: 19 - Estate Inventory of Jones, Moses L. Date 1855-12-03
Status: Enslaved Person - Estate Inventory of Jones, Moses L. Date 1855-12-03
Roles: Registered Person - Estate Inventory of Jones, Moses L. Date 1855-12-03

At probate process after Moses's death, at Liberty County Estate Inventory, in:

• 1851-1852 was listed and mentioned only one person with name Cretia. Estate Administrator: Wm (William) Jones
• 1854 - 1855 was listed and mentioned only one person with the name Cretia, Lot #1, if she is the same then Cretia stayed at estate of Moses's family. Estate Administrator: William Jones
• 1855 - 1856 was listed and mentioned only one person with name Cretia, age 19y (b. 1836/1837). Estate Administrator: Randall F. Jones
• 1858 was not listed and mentioned person with name Cretia. Estate Administrator: R. F. Jones
• 1860 was not listed and mentioned person with the name Cretia. Estate Guardian: Thomas Q. Cassels
• 1863 - 1864 was not listed and mentioned person with the name Clarinda. Estate Guardian: Randall F. Jones

See also: List of Enslaved People Belonging to William Jones (1802-1885), older Moses's brother.

As enslave was listed and mentioned only one person with the name Cretia in the Plantation Book:

Cretia in 1853, Cretia bought at auction by William Jones from estate of Lewis LeConte in 1853. [8]

• [8] On March 23, 1853, Thomas C. Nisbet, administrator of the estate of Lewis LeConte, sold to William Jones for “the following negro slaves viz. John Recca [alt: Rakey or Raka], Frank, Jane, Phillis, Polly Fanny Rachel, Bess Toney Gilbert, Grace, March, Neigher (?), Ginny, Galbo, Lizza Rose Stephen, Cretia Hannah, Bristol and Rachel “for the benefit of said Estate, and that the said Ordinary did grant leave to sell said negro slaves above named and that the said negro Slaves were after being duly advertised and exposed to public sale at Hinesville in Liberty County on the first day of March Eighteen hundred and fifty three and said negro Slaves were knocked off to William Jones for the sum of Ten thousand three hundred and thirty nine dollars which was the highest and best bid that was made…” [NOTE: The name of the deceased was variously spelled Lewis and Louis.] Witnessed by Amos Benton J.P., G.R. Baker, Henry Clark, Henry W. Tindall. Recorded on April 22, 1853. Source: Family Search.org. Liberty County Superior Court “Deeds and mortgages, 1777-1920; general index to deeds and mortgages, 1777-1958,” Film: Deeds & Mortgages, v. M-N 1842-1854,” Record Book N, pp. 539. Image #696 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-53V8?i=695&ca...)

Note: Based at above records seems this Cretia was the same person who was mentioned with the name as Cretia Hannah, but based above of record Estate Inventory of Jones, Moses L. in 1855, seems just was mentioned only with the name Cretia, later, was as enslave of Moses Liberty Jones, in the same time of Moses Liberty Jones and previously of his older brother William Jones (1802-1885) and belongs to both, and they each other shared a same person as enslave at their estates. However, if she was the same person with the name Cretia then seems possible she had children.