Baxter Williamson

Baxter Williamson, an older black man in a dress shirt sitting in a doorway
1880 census records of Baxter Williamson. Baxter Williamson, a 25 year old worker on R Road, is listed as head of the household including his wife Maggie, a 23 year old washerwoman, and daughters Annie, age 4, Emma, age 2, and Rosa, age 4 months.
1900 census records of Baxter Williamson. Baxter Williamson, a 47 year old day laborer, is listed as head of the household including his wife Margarett, a 41 year old washerwoman, daughters Rosa, a 20 year old washerwoman, Fannie Handwerker, a 19 year old washerwoman, Maggie, a 17 year old cook, Mildred, age 13, Victoria, age 11, Attelia, age 9, and Sadie, age 2, sons Evanda, a 16 year old day laborer, John, age 6, Grant, age 4, and an unnamed infant, and son in law Joe Handwerker, a 22 year old farm laborer.
Title
Baxter Williamson
Description
Labored on campus for 59 years
birthday
c. 1853-1855
Death Date
1927
Occupation
'R Road' Worker
Day Laborer
Biographical Text
Born c. 1853-1855. He married his wife Maggie (or Margarett) in 1875, and in 1880, he is listed as living in Davidson with her and his daughters Annie, Emma, and Rosa. In 1900, he is listed as living in Davidson with his wife Margarett, daughters Rosa, Fannie Handwerker, Maggie, Mildred, Victoria, Attelia, and Sadie, sons Evanda, John, Grant, and an unnamed infant, and son in law Joe Handwerker. He died in 1927 after laboring on Davidson's campus for 59 years.
Bibliography
Beaty, Mary D. Davidson: A History of the Town from 1835 until 1937. Davidson, NC: Briarpatch Press, 1979, 70.
Item sets
"College Servants" Portrait, 1895 Quips and Cranks
Named Black Individuals, 19th Century
Site pages
Named Individuals
Media
Baxter Williamson, an older black man in a dress shirt sitting in a doorwayBaxter Williamson, 1921
1880 census records of Baxter Williamson. Baxter Williamson, a 25 year old worker on R Road, is listed as head of the household including his wife Maggie, a 23 year old washerwoman, and daughters Annie, age 4, Emma, age 2, and Rosa, age 4 months.1880 Census, Baxter Williamson
1900 census records of Baxter Williamson. Baxter Williamson, a 47 year old day laborer, is listed as head of the household including his wife Margarett, a 41 year old washerwoman, daughters Rosa, a 20 year old washerwoman, Fannie Handwerker, a 19 year old washerwoman, Maggie, a 17 year old cook, Mildred, age 13, Victoria, age 11, Attelia, age 9, and Sadie, age 2, sons Evanda, a 16 year old day laborer, John, age 6, Grant, age 4, and an unnamed infant, and son in law Joe Handwerker, a 22 year old farm laborer.1900 Census, Baxter Williamson

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The 1895 College Servants, eleven black men in formal dress posing in front of the wall of a buildingCollege Servants, 1895
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