Pictures of my Grandmother, Aunts, and Uncles

Left ( Lula Glenn ) Right ( Hattie Glenn )

My great grandmother Lula and grandmother Hattie. Lula never got married but she had children with a man by the name of Walter Eison. Walter Eison was a white farmer and Lula Glenn was Native American. Lula's mother Pocahontas Glenn was a servant for Walter Eison. She prepared all of the meals and kept the house cleaned. She also worked on Walters farm. Lula and Walter had 9 children together.

1. George Glenn born 1902
2. Lilly Glenn born 1905
3. Woods Glenn born 1909
4. James Arther Glenn born 1911
5. Willie Odell Glenn born 1913 (different father)
   
6. Hattie Glenn born 1915
7. John Glenn born 1917
8. Ethel Glenn born 1925
9. Marie Glenn born 1919
   

Pocahontas Glenn and Lula Glenn were Native American (Tribe Unknown) but on the census report it classified them as Mulatto or Negro and sometime even White.

Native Americans were intentionally excluded from the U.S. Census. There were other types of government surveys used for Native Americans.

In 1850, the government introduced the "Mulatto" category. This was used to identify Native Americans which were living among the general population. There was a large push to completely eliminate Native Americans from the census. So, there was NO place to list "Native American" or even "Indian" so, they were listed as Mulatto or, in later cases, simply listed as "White" because they obviously were not "black".

Those were the only choices allowed. So, you can be fairly certain that she did not call herself "Mulatto". :)

For example: Walter Ashby Plecker, believed that all Native Americans were part African American so a law was passed recognizing only 2 races, white and colored on the Virginia Census. All Native Americans were classisfied as "colored". Tragic but true.