Leah Foy Kinsey (b.1829, d.before 1900)

From the North Carolina Freedman's Savings and Trust Company Records:

Record for Leah Kincey. Date of Application: June 13, 1872. Born and raised in Jones County at Lemuel Simmons place. Residence: Dryboro. ge 43 or 44. Black complexion. Occupation-sells on the streets. Husband, William Kincey, dead. Children are Jennie, Owen, and Charlie. Father, Antony Foy, dead. Mother, Virtue Foy, dead. Crothers and sisters are Luke Foy, Thomas Foy, Susan Bryan. Signature made with an (x).

(Account #2908, pg 196 in the Bill Reaves' 1992 transcription)


 From the 1870 Federal Census for Craven County, NC:

Name:	Leah Kincey
Age in 1870:	41
Birth Year:	abt 1829
Birthplace:	North Carolina
Home in 1870:	New Berne Ward 6, Craven, North Carolina
Race:	Black
Gender:	Female
Post Office:	New Bern
Value of real estate:	View image
Household Members:	Name Age Leah Kincey 41 Jane Kincey 17 Owen Kincey 11 Charles F Kincey 4 Watson Adams 64

From the 1880 Federal Census:

Name:	Lera Kinsey
Age:	50
Birth Year:	abt 1830
Birthplace:	North Carolina
Home in 1880:	New Berne, Craven, North Carolina
Race:	Black
Gender:	Female
Relation to Head of House:	Self (Head)
Marital Status:	Widowed
Father's Birthplace:	North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace:	North Carolina
Neighbors:	View others on page
Occupation:	Keeping House
Cannot read/write: Blind: Deaf and dumb: Otherwise disabled: Idiotic or insane:	View image
Household Members:	Name Age Lera Kinsey 50 Owen Kinsey 20 Mary E. Kinsey 12

Looking into Lemuel Simmonses who were slave holders in Jones County during Leah's lifetime turned up two results, but only one had a strong connection to the Foy family: Lemuel Hill Simmons.

Lemuel Hill Simmons was the son of Needham and Elizabeth Rhem Simmons.  In 1819, he married a woman named Mariah Foy, with whom he had several children. He passed away in 1846, while she lived until 1859.

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Leah is listed in the estate papers of both Mariah and Lemuel Simmons, along other slaves bearing the names of the family members listed in her account.  It is possible that they were Foy slaves brought onto the Simmons plantation following Mariah and Lemuel's marriage.

From the probate records of Mariah Simmons:

From the probate records of Lemuel Simmons: