The family of Betsy Garza/Carlos
All of Betsy’s children may have been challenged because they had no father figure in the household — or maybe not. By all accounts, Betsy seemed to be a strong woman. And in the era of this family, most every child respected and obeyed their mothers, even after they are grown. Some of her children did quite well and some of them had troubled lives. She claimed that nine children were born to her, but we can only find records for these shown.
The Peterson Family in North Carolina
It was through the efforts and/or adventures of this family in Sampson County, NC, that Betsy ended up in Texas. She likely came West with Epsy/Hepsey Peterson sometime before 1850. With the “winds of war” reaching south Texas in the late 1850s, the folks who enslaved her decided to head to California. Betsy was sold for the last time. Soon she would be free. See a timeline of Betsy and the Petersons lives entwined, including some clues to her parents.
The first boy child that Betsy named after Emancipation was Hinton. The first girl child that she may have named was Isabelle.