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Bethany "Betty" Veney

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Title

Bethany "Betty" Veney

Subject

Enslaved Person-Virginia-Shenandoah County
Shenandoah County (Va.)

Date

1815

Contributor

Zach Hottel

Relation

Sister Matilda, EnslavedPerson:18529
Uncle Peter, EnslavedPerson:18530

Identifier

EnslavedPerson:18528

Person Item Type Metadata

Birth Date

1815

Birthplace

Unknown

Death Date

Unknown

Occupation

Enslaved Person

Biographical Text

Lived in Pass Run of Shenandoah County (now in Page County).
In a pamphlet about her life, it is stated that Bethany was inherited by Lucy Fletcher upon death of James. Later, she was under the direction of David Kibler, Lucy's brother-in-law. Bethany described David as a "Dutchman,- a man of most violent temper," and Lucy as kind to her "as I then counted kindness."

Bibliography

Nancy Stewart, "African Americans in Shenandoah County, Virginia Notebooks," vol. 5, book B, (2010), 227.

Additional Information

Enslaved by James Fletcher.

Citation

“Bethany "Betty" Veney,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed November 21, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/14938.

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