Biographical Info

Nancy Herbert first appears in the historical record in Zachariah Lamar’s 1832 will, where she is noted as the wife of Sam Herbert and mother of their children Sarah Anne and Carswell. Nancy and Sam were also likely the parents of Andrew and Peggy, who were born after the writing of the will. Although she was hired out in 1841, it appears that she primarily labored in the cotton fields at Swift Creek until the family was moved to the Bivins Place plantation in Sumter County. Nancy and Sam Herbert are listed there in 1859, along with all of their children and a number of grandchildren, including a granddaughter named Nancy.

Sketch written by Andrew Anglada, Aryan Deshpande, Brent Perdew, Benjamin Shouse