POLL-NC-1770

Mammy Poll, an ALSTON slave, Louisiana, 1770

From "Sketch of John Alston by his Granddaughter"
In: The Alstons and Allstons of North and South Carolina, by J.A. Groves. 1901.
page 141-147

     "In or about the year 1770, John Alston removed with his family ... to the Natchez district of West Florida. <snip> Previous to his capture in the Indian Nation, Mr. Alston asked the protection of Dr. Farrar for his three children. After confiscation of his property, Mr. Farrar removed the three children to ... Point Coupee Parish, La.

....."Mammy Poll, an old negro woman who had belonged to Mr. Alston and who was permitted to stay with the children, was in this hour of trial their only friend and protector ...

     "Mammy Poll was a good and faithful friend. ... In after years she was emancipated and lived in New Orleans to a ripe old age in comfort and independence ..."

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