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“…every other Sunday.”

Fall, R. E. (1970). Historical record of Bowling Green: (county seat of Caroline County, Virginia) 1667-1970. Bowling Green, Va: Tidewater Weeklies, p. 33.

“Union soldiers did not come south…”

While there are many accounts of Union soldiers pressing into Bowling Green at this time, there is no direct record that indicates directly that Union soldiers precipitated the escape from the Woolfolk plantation, but it is very much in keeping with the kinds of activities that were taking place throughout the region in the months leading up to the Battle of Fredericksburg.

Maury, B. H., & In Parmelee, A. M. (1938). The Confederate diary of Betty Herndon Maury: Daughter of Lieut. Commander M.F. Maury, 1861-1863. Washington: Privately printed, p. 86.

“…sat around Anarcha’s fire…”

See “…deep in the woods…,” above.

“…as strong as any man in the county…”

From a serious of materials relating to a slave escape in 1862, in the Woolfolk Family Collection at the Special Collections department of Alderman Library at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia.

“There was a Confederate army…”

A transcription of a private letter from “Captain Ely,” dated May 2, 1862, from a miscellaneous collection of materials indexed “BV 481-08,” p. 1, held at the archives at the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park in Fredericksburg, VA.

“Those who voted to run…”

From a serious of materials relating to a slave escape in 1862, in the Woolfolk Family Collection at the Special Collections department of Alderman Library at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia.

“…shared measles.”

Transcript of a letter from Ann Fontaine Maury to Ann Maury, September 25, 1862, held in the Maury Family Collection at the Special Collections department of Alderman Library at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia.

“…came down with diptheria…”

Letter from Ann Fontaine Maury to Ann Maury, December 5, 1861, from Old Mansion, held in the Maury Family materials at the Special Collections department of the Swem Library at William and Mary College in Williamsburg, Virginia.

“…wild burdock root and potash.”

Narrative of Easter Sudie Campbell.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Kentucky Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 90.

Easter Sudie Campbell

“…lost a baby…”

See “…until their troubles were over,” above.

Although Anarcha was caring for Lavinia during her “troubles,” Lavinia does not appear as a mother on the birth registry of this time—I take this to mean that her pregnancy terminated early.

Letter from Ann Fontaine Maury to Ann Maury, December 5, 1861, from Old Mansion, held in the Maury Family materials at the Special Collections department of the Swem Library at William and Mary College in Williamsburg, Virginia.

“…Harriet succumbed…”

Harriet Woolfolk Maury died on November 7, 1861, at a little more than a year old.

The document listing the births of Anne Fontaine Maury is in the possession of Steve Nicklin, a former owner of Old Mansion in Bowling Green, Virginia.

“Delia told Anarcha…”

Letter from Ann Fontaine Maury to Ann Maury, December 5, 1861, from Old Mansion, held in the Maury Family materials at the Special Collections department of the Swem Library at William and Mary College in Williamsburg, Virginia.

“…her playthings in heaven.”

Letter from Ann Fontaine Maury to Ann Maury, December 5, 1861, from Old Mansion, held in the Maury Family materials at the Special Collections department of the Swem Library at William and Mary College in Williamsburg, Virginia.

“…go see his sister.”

Letter from Ann Fontaine Maury to Ann Maury, December 5, 1861, from Old Mansion, held in the Maury Family materials at the Special Collections department of the Swem Library at William and Mary College in Williamsburg, Virginia.

“…hating the place that killed her girl…”

I am speculating on Anarcha’s motives here, but it’s likely that she would have looked back for the signs indicating when she would have been separated from her daughter.

Letter from Ann Fontaine Maury to Ann Maury, December 5, 1861, from Old Mansion, held in the Maury Family materials at the Special Collections department of the Swem Library at William and Mary College in Williamsburg, Virginia.