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Mount Moriah Baptist Church
Denison, Texas
Noah
Guinn was a slave owned by General Andrew Jackson. Jackson was a
planter, slave owner and merchant. In 1804 he acquire the
Hermitage, a 640 acre plantation in Davidson County, Tennessee.
The primary crop was cotton, grown by his slaves. Jackson
began his life as a planter with 9 slaves, owned as many as 44 in 1820
and later up to 150. Men, women and children were owned by
Jackson on 3 sections of the Hermitage plantation, based upon
occupation and status. Slaves lived
in groups of extended families, between 5 and 10 persons.
Hermitage archeologists have located 13 slave cabins in 3
different areas of the plantation; 3 cabins still stand. They
lived in 2-room cabins made of either logs or brick, with 2-20 feet
square, single story rooms. There was a small loft in each cabin
for children's sleeping quarters, one door, one window and a fireplace.
("Slave Site Structures".
"Andrew Jackson: Hermitage - Home of the Peoples President."
So
that his slaves could acquire food, he gave them guns, knives, and
fishing equipment. ("Planting Career and Controversy." "Andrew
Jackson" from Wikipedia) Noah Guinn married Charity Selman, a free person, in Cherokee County on December 28, 1866 by J.M.R. Guinn, Justice of the Peace. The 1870 census lists the Noah Guinn, mulatto, family as living in Beat 5, Leon County, Texas with post office at Centerville. His occupation was that of a farmer. Both Noah and his oldest son, John, registered to vote in the Cherokee County 1867 registration of all males over the age of 21. He reported that he had lived in Cherokee County, Texas for 12 months. According to the 1900 U.S. Census for Precinct 2, Grayson County, Texas was born in March 1833 in North Carolina; his father was born in Maryland and his mother in Virginia.He was a farmer who owned his own farm on which he lived with his wife and children. He was not able to read or write. According to Grayson County Tax rolls for 1886, 1890, 1893, 1894, 1898, Noah Guinn owned 22 acres originally owned byf R. Rubio, valued at $340. The Daily Hesperian Gainesville, Texas Denison, March 1 - Noah Guinn, colored, aged 86 years, died yesterday. Deceased was a former slave of General Andrew Jackson. The Sunday Gazetteer Sunday, March 5, 1905 Guinn, one of the best known colored men in this section died the past week at his home east of the city, 2 miles. He has resided there a number of years on a hill that overlooks the whole country. It is one of the prettiest places in suburban Denison. The Lindsborg News-Record Lindsborng, Kansas Friday, March 10, 1905 pg. 3 ANDREW JACKSON'S SLAVE DIES Dallas, Texas: Noah Guinn, a negro 86 years old, died in Grayson County, Texas, Tuesday night. When a young man, Guinn was a slave of General Andrew Jackson in Tennessee. Noah's grandson, W.E. Guinn, deposed in December 1916 in the county of Grayson, that he was the son of John Guinn, that he was familiar with the family history, and that Noah and his wife were deceased. Noah and his wife were both married only the one time. The following children were the only heirs of Noah and Charity Guinn as of February 1908. 1. John Guinn, husband of Rorces Guinn 2. B.F. Guinn, husband of Julia Guinn 3. Mary Guinn, wife of Frank Evans 4. Virgil Sellman, husband of Mahaley Sellman  W.E stated that Noah and his wife were deceased and neither had left a will and that there was no necessity for administration of the estate. Recorded in Grayson County, Texas Deed Records (Volume 0818, Page 0452) is the sale contract between Mt. Moriah Baptist Church's Trustees - W.B. Brown, Alice K. Woods (daughter of Ruthie J. Brown) and Ruthie J. Brown - and Cecil Rice for the sum of $10, being 1/2 acre out of 22.25 acres conveyed by Edward Perry to Noah Guinn (Grayson County Deed Records, Volume 60, Page 159). Noah Guinn and wife, Charity, conveyed 1/2 acre to Mt. Moriah Baptist Church by a deed dated March 14, 1898 (Grayson County Deed Records, Volume 123, Page 111)   African American Biographies Mt. Moriah Baptist Church History Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |