The family history relates that Mary (Strachan) Hackley left Florida at the time of her husband's death in 1845, and returned with her family (6 daughters and 2 sons) to Virginia.
Her motivation was for her daughters; she was interested to "find them husbands". Her own husband's vast estates had vanished with the government takeover and she was left close to penniless. Two daughters (Harriet and Lucia) married father/son Morrisons of Brunswick county, one (Elizabeth) into the Scott family of Powhatan county, one (Sally) into the Scott family of Orange county and the final two (Jane and Mary) died before marriage of tuberculosis. (Harriet was also infected with TB, dying a scant 14 months into her marriage.)
The US Census through the 19th century shows in 1850 Mary's living in Fredericksburg, Virginia operating a school for young ladies. In 1860, Mary is living in Brunswick county, Virginia with the Morrison family. In 1870, she is in New York State living with her son, Alexander S Hackley. In 1880, she is living in Orange county, Virginia with her daughter and son-in-law, Sarah "Sallie" Feild Hackley and J. Wickliff Scott.
The Republican News (Petersburg, Va.) records on April 10, 1846, page 3, column 6, a story about Mrs. Mary Hackley's Boarding and Day School for young ladies in that same city. This would coincide with her return to Virginia. Another article on September 4, 1846, page 3, column 4, also concerns Mrs. Hackley's school for young ladies. One of the few 'respectable' professions that a widow could operate was a school.
By the 1880s, Mary is living in Orange County with her daughter, Sarah "Sallie" Feild Hackley and her husband, Wickliff Scott. Wick and Sallie lived into the 20th century, but after the death of Imogene, the Scotts' final child, Uncle "Wick" transferred large tracts of the Black Meadow farm to Mary Strachan Hackley so that she could make deed transferral to the former slave residents of the farm. As Wick and Sallie now had no descendants, he gave away the farm to those who had worked the land with him.
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Her motivation was for her daughters; she was interested to "find them husbands". Her own husband's vast estates had vanished with the government takeover and she was left close to penniless. Two daughters (Harriet and Lucia) married father/son Morrisons of Brunswick county, one (Elizabeth) into the Scott family of Powhatan county, one (Sally) into the Scott family of Orange county and the final two (Jane and Mary) died before marriage of tuberculosis. (Harriet was also infected with TB, dying a scant 14 months into her marriage.)
The US Census through the 19th century shows in 1850 Mary's living in Fredericksburg, Virginia operating a school for young ladies. In 1860, Mary is living in Brunswick county, Virginia with the Morrison family. In 1870, she is in New York State living with her son, Alexander S Hackley. In 1880, she is living in Orange county, Virginia with her daughter and son-in-law, Sarah "Sallie" Feild Hackley and J. Wickliff Scott.
The Republican News (Petersburg, Va.) records on April 10, 1846, page 3, column 6, a story about Mrs. Mary Hackley's Boarding and Day School for young ladies in that same city. This would coincide with her return to Virginia. Another article on September 4, 1846, page 3, column 4, also concerns Mrs. Hackley's school for young ladies. One of the few 'respectable' professions that a widow could operate was a school.
By the 1880s, Mary is living in Orange County with her daughter, Sarah "Sallie" Feild Hackley and her husband, Wickliff Scott. Wick and Sallie lived into the 20th century, but after the death of Imogene, the Scotts' final child, Uncle "Wick" transferred large tracts of the Black Meadow farm to Mary Strachan Hackley so that she could make deed transferral to the former slave residents of the farm. As Wick and Sallie now had no descendants, he gave away the farm to those who had worked the land with him.
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The family history relates that Mary (Strachan) Hackley left Florida at the time of her husband's death in 1845, and returned with her family (6 daughters and 2 sons) to Virginia.
Her motivation was for her daughters; she was interested to "find them husbands". Her own husband's vast estates had vanished with the government takeover and she was left close to penniless. Two daughters (Harriet and Lucia) married father/son Morrisons of Brunswick county, one (Elizabeth) into the Scott family of Powhatan county, one (Sally) into the Scott family of Orange county and the final two (Jane and Mary) died before marriage of tuberculosis. (Harriet was also infected with TB, dying a scant 14 months into her marriage.)
The US Census through the 19th century shows in 1850 Mary's living in Fredericksburg, Virginia operating a school for young ladies. In 1860, Mary is living in Brunswick county, Virginia with the Morrison family. In 1870, she is in New York State living with her son, Alexander S Hackley. In 1880, she is living in Orange county, Virginia with her daughter and son-in-law, Sarah "Sallie" Feild Hackley and J. Wickliff Scott.
The Republican News (Petersburg, Va.) records on April 10, 1846, page 3, column 6, a story about Mrs. Mary Hackley's Boarding and Day School for young ladies in that same city. This would coincide with her return to Virginia. Another article on September 4, 1846, page 3, column 4, also concerns Mrs. Hackley's school for young ladies. One of the few 'respectable' professions that a widow could operate was a school.
By the 1880s, Mary is living in Orange County with her daughter, Sarah "Sallie" Feild Hackley and her husband, Wickliff Scott. Wick and Sallie lived into the 20th century, but after the death of Imogene, the Scotts' final child, Uncle "Wick" transferred large tracts of the Black Meadow farm to Mary Strachan Hackley so that she could make deed transferral to the former slave residents of the farm. As Wick and Sallie now had no descendants, he gave away the farm to those who had worked the land with him.
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Her motivation was for her daughters; she was interested to "find them husbands". Her own husband's vast estates had vanished with the government takeover and she was left close to penniless. Two daughters (Harriet and Lucia) married father/son Morrisons of Brunswick county, one (Elizabeth) into the Scott family of Powhatan county, one (Sally) into the Scott family of Orange county and the final two (Jane and Mary) died before marriage of tuberculosis. (Harriet was also infected with TB, dying a scant 14 months into her marriage.)
The US Census through the 19th century shows in 1850 Mary's living in Fredericksburg, Virginia operating a school for young ladies. In 1860, Mary is living in Brunswick county, Virginia with the Morrison family. In 1870, she is in New York State living with her son, Alexander S Hackley. In 1880, she is living in Orange county, Virginia with her daughter and son-in-law, Sarah "Sallie" Feild Hackley and J. Wickliff Scott.
The Republican News (Petersburg, Va.) records on April 10, 1846, page 3, column 6, a story about Mrs. Mary Hackley's Boarding and Day School for young ladies in that same city. This would coincide with her return to Virginia. Another article on September 4, 1846, page 3, column 4, also concerns Mrs. Hackley's school for young ladies. One of the few 'respectable' professions that a widow could operate was a school.
By the 1880s, Mary is living in Orange County with her daughter, Sarah "Sallie" Feild Hackley and her husband, Wickliff Scott. Wick and Sallie lived into the 20th century, but after the death of Imogene, the Scotts' final child, Uncle "Wick" transferred large tracts of the Black Meadow farm to Mary Strachan Hackley so that she could make deed transferral to the former slave residents of the farm. As Wick and Sallie now had no descendants, he gave away the farm to those who had worked the land with him.
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