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The Anne Hendrick Letter was purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in November 2016.
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Anne Hendrick Letter was completed in January 2024.
Anne Virginia (also Ann, Anna, and Annie) Hendrick was born on February 20, 1831, to William "Buck" Hendrick, Jr., a wealthy plantation owner and enslaver of at least 83 people in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. She married farmer and miller Armstead G. (also Armistead) Boyd (1816-1886) on April 25, 1848, and they had several children, including Mary (also Mollie), Ann R., Alice G., Pannie, William H., Emma B. They lived in Horseford Mill, in what is now known as Bracey in Mecklenburg County.
In 1840, Armistead G. Boyd enslaved 3 children under the age of 10 and an adult woman. In 1850, he enslaved 14 people from 4 months old to 42 years old. In 1860, he enslaved 72 men, women, and children, ranging in ages from 9 months to 70 years old. None of their names are recorded in these documents.
Anne Hendrick Boyd died on Sept. 14, 1904, and is buried along with her husband and other family members in the Boyd Family Cemetery of Horseford Plantation in Bracey.
External Sources:
U. S. Federal Censuses, 1840-1900
U. S. Federal Censuses - Slave Schedules, 1850-1860
"A G Boyd" in the 1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/92866935:8055, accessed April 3, 2024.
"A G Boyd" in the 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/91171995:7668, accessed April 3, 2024.
"Ann V. Hendrick" in the Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/1009130:3723, accessed April 3, 2024.
"Annie Virginia Hendrick Boyd", Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/236516923/annie_virginia_boyd, accessed April 3, 2024.
"Armstead G Boyd" in the U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/2840418:1276, accessed April 3, 2024.
"Armstead G Boyd" in the U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/4024154:1276, accessed April 3, 2024.
The Anne Hendrick Letter is written by Anne Hendrick in Petersburg, Virginia, to her father, William Hendrick, Esq., Palmers Spring Post Office, Mecklenburg, Virginia, on March 22, 1847. Hendrick details her church meetings, faith and love of God, and her plan to join the Presbyterian Church. She also asks about people, how they are doing, and her mother.
The guide to the Anne Hendrick Letter by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).