Eve
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"Eve," White House Workers History Project, White House Historical Association, 2026, https://whha.whirlihost.com/Detail/workers/163.
- Position
- Unclear from Context Unclear from Context
- Years in President's House
- circa 1817 – 1821
- Legal Status
- Enslaved Person
- Gender
- Female
- Race/Ethnicity
- Black or African American
- Presidency
- James Monroe
- Biography
- Information about Eve’s birth, life, and death remain scarce. Surviving household accounts show expenses related to shoes and medical care for Eve, identifying her as part of President James Monroe’s household. However, these records were only kept during Monroe’s summers away from Washington and reveal very little about who she was and her responsibilities at the White House. (1)
There is an enslaved woman named Eve McGuire associated with James Monroe’s Virginia plantation Highland. It remains unclear whether this is the same individual. (2) - (1) Matthew Costello, “The Enslaved Households of President James Monroe,” The White House Historical Association, February 25, 2020, https://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-enslaved-households-of-president-james-monroe.
(2) The James Monroe account book for November 26, 1801, lists clothing purchased for “Eve and Sukey.” Sukey also appears in documents related to Monroe’s time in the White House. Therefore, Eve and Sukey could be the same individuals. In addition, Eve McGuire was born around 1800 and died after 1870. More information is needed to make a concrete connection. “Sukey,” James Monroe Highland, accessed August 14, 2025, https://highland.org/enslaved-biographies/sukey/; “Eve McGuire,” James Monroe Highland, accessed August 14, 2025, https://highland.org/enslaved-biographies/eve/ - Birthplace
- Unclear from Context
- Related Worker
- Suckycirca 1817 – 1821
- Related Association Content
- https://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-enslaved-households-of-president-james-monroe