Mary Crosby

Alternate Names
Mary Chism (Married Name)
Mary Sampson (Married Name)
Mary Bankhead (Alternate Name)
Birth Date
Between 1828 – 1830 (Born)
Death Date
Circa 1884 (Died)
Gender
Female

Mary was an African American woman enslaved by Elizabeth Coleman Crosby. 

Mary's age was listed as 18 in "John Brown's company of 10, report, 1848 June."

Family tradition states that Elizabeth Coleman Crosby died on 18 February 1849. In the 1850 Slave Schedule, William Crosby owned a slave named Mary. There is a possibility that the two slaves are the same person.

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