Intersection of Whispering Hill Road and Kimball Road
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Last updated on April 2, 2024
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Directions from Stoney Man to site 4:
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Bethany Veney was born on the grounds of Pass Run, near Luray. Her parents and four other siblings lived and were enslaved on this farm owned by James Fletcher. After the death of Fletcher, Bethany Veney was split from her family and sold to the daughter of Fletcher along with her sister. Veney married an enslaved man, Jerry Fickmand, who resided seven miles away. The two traveled to make time for each other. Sadly, the couple was separated when Fickland was sold further south just a few months before their daughter, Charlotte, was born. During Bethany Veney’s time at Stony Man, she married a black laborer, Frank Veney, and had a son.
Learn more about Bethany Veney through her autobiography, The Narrative of Bethany Veney, a Slave Woman, detailing her life at Documenting the American South. The Shenandoah Valley Black Heritage Project held a program in Luray, Virginia in 2022, where the descendants of Bethany Veney gathered to read aloud her narrative. The 4 four-part video series can be found at valleyblackheritage.org.
Learn more about Bethany Veney through her autobiography, The Narrative of Bethany Veney, a Slave Woman, detailing her life at Documenting the American South. The Shenandoah Valley Black Heritage Project held a program in Luray, Virginia in 2022, where the descendants of Bethany Veney gathered to read aloud her narrative. The 4 four-part video series can be found at valleyblackheritage.org.
