Key Facts

Snapshot:	widow; cook
Parents:	102William Blount 103Morning Horne
Born:	circa 1843 Georgia, probably Twiggs County
Last known record:	1890 tax digest Fort Valley, Houston County, Georgia
Buried:	unknown

51Minerva Blount was born circa 1843 in Georgia,1 probably in Twiggs County since her parents seem to have been living in Twiggs around that time.1,2 Although no record explicitly identifies 102William Blount and 103Morning Horne as her parents, we do have such a record for her younger sister Roxy Ann.3 Since 51Minerva is close in age to Roxy Ann (She's about three years older.), one can reasonably conclude that they almost certainly had the same parents.

Her father 102William seems to have died sometime in the 1840's. The 1850 and 1860 censuses show 51Minerva and her siblings with their mother 103Morning.1,4

1850: 51Minerva's family in Twiggs County. Full page.1

1860: 51Minerva's family in Pulaski County, Georgia. Full page.4

She married 50Robert Oxley, a Confederate veteran, on 4 April 1867 in Pulaski County.5 For more information about their marriage, their lives together, etc., see his profile since that information won't be repeated here.

Sadly, her husband died sometime in the 1870's. The 1880 census shows 51Minerva as a widow with four young children and working as a family cook.6

1880: 51Minerva's family in Fort Valley militia district 528, Houston County, Georgia. Full page.6

Houston County's 1890 tax digest bears an entry for 51Minerva,7 but I have found no further record of her.

Sources Cited:

1: 1850 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). 84th division, Twiggs County, Georgia. Page 82 or 392 or 198B (The page has multiple numbering series.), dwelling 668, family 668, M. Blaunt household. NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 84. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6353-TFX?cc=1401638&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMZYD-H2X>.

2: 1840 U.S. Federal Census. Militia district 326, Twiggs County, Georgia. Page 375, William Blount household. NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 51. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBW-GZ5?i=4&cc=1786457&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AXHB8-MBM> and <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBW-GLW?i=5&cc=1786457>.

3: Dodge County, Georgia death certificate 9246 for Roxey Floyd, who died 29 April 1930. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3GW-DX82-6?i=611&cc=1385727&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AJN11-FJ7>, accessed 26 April 2020.

4: 1860 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Pulaski County, Georgia. Page 307, dwelling 455, family 448, Morine Blunt household. NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 134. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBY-WTP?i=59&cc=1473181&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMZMC-BX6>.

5: Pulaski County, Georgia. Marriage book for the years 1856-1869, page 279, marriage of Robert Oxley and Manervy Blount, dated 4 April 1867. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GPPD-XQ6?cc=1927197&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AFWCD-76G>.

6: 1880 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Fort Valley (militia district 528), Houston County, Georgia. Enumeration district 29, page 52, dwelling 211, family 211, Minerva Oxley household. NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 152. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBH-XZD?cc=1417683&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AM8G4-DJP>.

7: Houston County, Georgia. Tax digest for 1890, n.p., militia district 528, entry for M. Oxley. Ancestry.com ("Georgia Property Tax Digests, 1793-1892" / Houston County / 1890 / images 21 and 22 of 258), accessed 26 April 2020.