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By the research that I have found she seems that she did not brag about her money she used it wisley. She did what she was told. She was nice, kind and sweet.

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How A 12-Year-Old Black Girl Became So Rich That Oklahoma Considered Her White

The long period in American history between the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement carried on the legacy of racism against black Americans. Even though the slaves had been freed, white Americans were still terrified of the idea of black people in positions of power. And so, when a pre-teen girl became an overnight millionaire, she was legally declared white.

Most people have never heard the name Sarah Rector. Rector became staggeringly wealthy because oil was discovered on the land she was granted as the descendent of slaves owned by Native Americans. Later, she purchased the Sarah Rector Mansion in Kansas City, Missouri. Millionaire Sarah Rector received marriage proposals in the mail, even though she was still a tween.

The story of the slave child who became a millionaire grabbed headlines around the world. And Rector's mistreatment by her white guardians drove prominent black leaders like Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois to offer her support. But what, exactly, was Sarah Rector's net worth? Well, in 1914, she paid more income taxes in the state of Oklahoma than any other resident - and she was only 12.

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Money Over Race: The Story of Sarah Rector, The Black Girl So Wealthy She Was Considered To Be White

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The long period in history between the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement carried on the legacy of racism against black Americans. Even though the slaves had been freed, white Americans were still terrified of the idea of black people in positions of power. And so when an 11-year-old bla...

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She was the 1st richest milionar black girl in the world.

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Sarah Rector received international attention at the age of eleven when The Kansas City Star in 1913 publicized the headline, "Millions to a Negro Girl." From that moment Rector's life became a cauldron of misinformation, legal and financial maneuvering, and public speculation.

Rector was born to Joseph and Rose Rector on March 3, 1902, in a two-room cabin near Twine, Oklahoma on Muscogee Creek Indian allotment land. Both Joseph and Rose had enslaved Creek ancestry, and both of their fathers fought with the Union Army during the Civil War. When Oklahoma statehood became imminent in 1907, the Dawes Allotment Act divided Creek lands among the Creeks and their former slaves with a termination date of 1906. Rector's parents, Sarah Rector herself, her brother, Joe, Jr., and sister Rebecca all received land. Lands granted to former slaves were usually the rocky lands of poorer agricultural quality. Rector's allotment of 160 acres was valued at $556.50.

Primarily to generate enough revenue to pay the $30 annual tax bill, in February 1911 Rector's father leased her allotment to the Devonian Oil Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1913, however, her fortunes changed when wildcat oil driller B.B. Jones produced a "gusher" that brought in 2500 barrels a day. Rector now received an income of $300.00 per day. Once this wealth was made known, Rector's guardianship was switched from her parents to a white man named T.J. Porter, an individual personally known to the Rectors. Multiple new wells were also productive, and Rector's allotment subsequently became part of the famed Cushing-Drumright Field in Oklahoma. In the month of October 1913 Rector received $11,567.

Once her identity became public, Rector received numerous requests for loans, money gifts, and even marriage proposals from four Germans even though she was 12. In 1914 The Chicago Defender published an article claiming that her estate was being mismanaged by grafters and her "ignorant" parents, and that she was uneducated, dressed in rags, and lived in an unsanitary shanty. National African American leaders such as Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois became concerned about her welfare. None of the allegations were true. Rector and her siblings went to school in Taft, an all-black town closer than Twine, they lived in a modern five-room cottage, and they owned an automobile. That same year, Rector enrolled in the Children's House, a boarding school for teenagers at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.

When Rector turned eighteen on March 3, 1920, she left Tuskegee and her entire family moved with her to Kansas City, Missouri. By this point Rector, who now owned stocks and bonds, a boarding house and bakery and the Busy Bee Café in Muskogee, Oklahoma, as well as 2,000 acres of prime river bottomland, was a millionaire.

The family moved into what would be known as the Rector Mansion. Legal wrangling over Rector's estate and some mismanagement continued until she was twenty. That year Rector married Kenneth Campbell, and the couple had three sons, Kenneth, Jr., Leonard, and Clarence. Much was publicized about her "extravagant" spending on luxuries. Her marriage to Campbell ended in 1930, and in 1934 she married William Crawford.

When Rector died at age 65 on July 22, 1967, her wealth was diminished, but she still had some working oil wells and real estate holdings. Sarah Rector was buried in Taft Cemetery, Oklahoma.

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Sarah Rector at Age 12 Sarah Rector received international attention at the age of eleven when The Kansas City Star in 1913 publicized the headline, "Millions to a Negro Girl." From that moment Rector's life became a cauldron of misinformation, legal and financial maneuvering, and ... Read MoreSarah Rector (1902-1967)

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Sarah Rector had a pretty easy life when she was 12 because she was rich she had enough money to get food and cloths.

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Sarah Rector received international attention at the age of eleven when The Kansas City Star in 1913 publicized the headline, "Millions to a Negro Girl." From that moment Rector's life became a cauldron of misinformation, legal and financial maneuvering, and public speculation.

Rector was born to Joseph and Rose Rector on March 3, 1902, in a two-room cabin near Twine, Oklahoma on Muscogee Creek Indian allotment land. Both Joseph and Rose had enslaved Creek ancestry, and both of their fathers fought with the Union Army during the Civil War. When Oklahoma statehood became imminent in 1907, the Dawes Allotment Act divided Creek lands among the Creeks and their former slaves with a termination date of 1906. Rector's parents, Sarah Rector herself, her brother, Joe, Jr., and sister Rebecca all received land. Lands granted to former slaves were usually the rocky lands of poorer agricultural quality. Rector's allotment of 160 acres was valued at $556.50.

Primarily to generate enough revenue to pay the $30 annual tax bill, in February 1911 Rector's father leased her allotment to the Devonian Oil Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1913, however, her fortunes changed when wildcat oil driller B.B. Jones produced a "gusher" that brought in 2500 barrels a day. Rector now received an income of $300.00 per day. Once this wealth was made known, Rector's guardianship was switched from her parents to a white man named T.J. Porter, an individual personally known to the Rectors. Multiple new wells were also productive, and Rector's allotment subsequently became part of the famed Cushing-Drumright Field in Oklahoma. In the month of October 1913 Rector received $11,567.

Once her identity became public, Rector received numerous requests for loans, money gifts, and even marriage proposals from four Germans even though she was 12. In 1914 The Chicago Defender published an article claiming that her estate was being mismanaged by grafters and her "ignorant" parents, and that she was uneducated, dressed in rags, and lived in an unsanitary shanty. National African American leaders such as Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois became concerned about her welfare. None of the allegations were true. Rector and her siblings went to school in Taft, an all-black town closer than Twine, they lived in a modern five-room cottage, and they owned an automobile. That same year, Rector enrolled in the Children's House, a boarding school for teenagers at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.

When Rector turned eighteen on March 3, 1920, she left Tuskegee and her entire family moved with her to Kansas City, Missouri. By this point Rector, who now owned stocks and bonds, a boarding house and bakery and the Busy Bee Café in Muskogee, Oklahoma, as well as 2,000 acres of prime river bottomland, was a millionaire.

The family moved into what would be known as the Rector Mansion. Legal wrangling over Rector's estate and some mismanagement continued until she was twenty. That year Rector married Kenneth Campbell, and the couple had three sons, Kenneth, Jr., Leonard, and Clarence. Much was publicized about her "extravagant" spending on luxuries. Her marriage to Campbell ended in 1930, and in 1934 she married William Crawford.

When Rector died at age 65 on July 22, 1967, her wealth was diminished, but she still had some working oil wells and real estate holdings. Sarah Rector was buried in Taft Cemetery, Oklahoma.

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Sarah Rector at Age 12 Sarah Rector received international attention at the age of eleven when The Kansas City Star in 1913 publicized the headline, "Millions to a Negro Girl." From that moment Rector's life became a cauldron of misinformation, legal and financial maneuvering, and ... Read MoreSarah Rector (1902-1967)

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Sarah Rector went to a Tuskegee University bording school in Alabama. When she was little she would go to white schools.

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Sarah Rector received international attention at the age of eleven when The Kansas City Star in 1913 publicized the headline, "Millions to a Negro Girl." From that moment Rector's life became a cauldron of misinformation, legal and financial maneuvering, and public speculation.

Rector was born to Joseph and Rose Rector on March 3, 1902, in a two-room cabin near Twine, Oklahoma on Muscogee Creek Indian allotment land. Both Joseph and Rose had enslaved Creek ancestry, and both of their fathers fought with the Union Army during the Civil War. When Oklahoma statehood became imminent in 1907, the Dawes Allotment Act divided Creek lands among the Creeks and their former slaves with a termination date of 1906. Rector's parents, Sarah Rector herself, her brother, Joe, Jr., and sister Rebecca all received land. Lands granted to former slaves were usually the rocky lands of poorer agricultural quality. Rector's allotment of 160 acres was valued at $556.50.

Primarily to generate enough revenue to pay the $30 annual tax bill, in February 1911 Rector's father leased her allotment to the Devonian Oil Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1913, however, her fortunes changed when wildcat oil driller B.B. Jones produced a "gusher" that brought in 2500 barrels a day. Rector now received an income of $300.00 per day. Once this wealth was made known, Rector's guardianship was switched from her parents to a white man named T.J. Porter, an individual personally known to the Rectors. Multiple new wells were also productive, and Rector's allotment subsequently became part of the famed Cushing-Drumright Field in Oklahoma. In the month of October 1913 Rector received $11,567.

Once her identity became public, Rector received numerous requests for loans, money gifts, and even marriage proposals from four Germans even though she was 12. In 1914 The Chicago Defender published an article claiming that her estate was being mismanaged by grafters and her "ignorant" parents, and that she was uneducated, dressed in rags, and lived in an unsanitary shanty. National African American leaders such as Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois became concerned about her welfare. None of the allegations were true. Rector and her siblings went to school in Taft, an all-black town closer than Twine, they lived in a modern five-room cottage, and they owned an automobile. That same year, Rector enrolled in the Children's House, a boarding school for teenagers at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.

When Rector turned eighteen on March 3, 1920, she left Tuskegee and her entire family moved with her to Kansas City, Missouri. By this point Rector, who now owned stocks and bonds, a boarding house and bakery and the Busy Bee Café in Muskogee, Oklahoma, as well as 2,000 acres of prime river bottomland, was a millionaire.

The family moved into what would be known as the Rector Mansion. Legal wrangling over Rector's estate and some mismanagement continued until she was twenty. That year Rector married Kenneth Campbell, and the couple had three sons, Kenneth, Jr., Leonard, and Clarence. Much was publicized about her "extravagant" spending on luxuries. Her marriage to Campbell ended in 1930, and in 1934 she married William Crawford.

When Rector died at age 65 on July 22, 1967, her wealth was diminished, but she still had some working oil wells and real estate holdings. Sarah Rector was buried in Taft Cemetery, Oklahoma.

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Sarah Rector at Age 12 Sarah Rector received international attention at the age of eleven when The Kansas City Star in 1913 publicized the headline, "Millions to a Negro Girl." From that moment Rector's life became a cauldron of misinformation, legal and financial maneuvering, and ... Read MoreSarah Rector (1902-1967)

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She recived marrige proposles from white Germans when she was 12. Though she was rich her family still dressed her in rags. Sarah had 6 sibilings  Roy Rector, Rosa Rector, Lillie Rector, Rebecca Rector, Joe Jr. Rector, Lou Alice Rector. When she turned 13 she went to a boarding school for teenagers at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. She was in lots of the newspaper.

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Sarah Rector received international attention at the age of eleven when The Kansas City Star in 1913 publicized the headline, "Millions to a Negro Girl." From that moment Rector's life became a cauldron of misinformation, legal and financial maneuvering, and public speculation.

Rector was born to Joseph and Rose Rector on March 3, 1902, in a two-room cabin near Twine, Oklahoma on Muscogee Creek Indian allotment land. Both Joseph and Rose had enslaved Creek ancestry, and both of their fathers fought with the Union Army during the Civil War. When Oklahoma statehood became imminent in 1907, the Dawes Allotment Act divided Creek lands among the Creeks and their former slaves with a termination date of 1906. Rector's parents, Sarah Rector herself, her brother, Joe, Jr., and sister Rebecca all received land. Lands granted to former slaves were usually the rocky lands of poorer agricultural quality. Rector's allotment of 160 acres was valued at $556.50.

Primarily to generate enough revenue to pay the $30 annual tax bill, in February 1911 Rector's father leased her allotment to the Devonian Oil Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1913, however, her fortunes changed when wildcat oil driller B.B. Jones produced a "gusher" that brought in 2500 barrels a day. Rector now received an income of $300.00 per day. Once this wealth was made known, Rector's guardianship was switched from her parents to a white man named T.J. Porter, an individual personally known to the Rectors. Multiple new wells were also productive, and Rector's allotment subsequently became part of the famed Cushing-Drumright Field in Oklahoma. In the month of October 1913 Rector received $11,567.

Once her identity became public, Rector received numerous requests for loans, money gifts, and even marriage proposals from four Germans even though she was 12. In 1914 The Chicago Defender published an article claiming that her estate was being mismanaged by grafters and her "ignorant" parents, and that she was uneducated, dressed in rags, and lived in an unsanitary shanty. National African American leaders such as Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois became concerned about her welfare. None of the allegations were true. Rector and her siblings went to school in Taft, an all-black town closer than Twine, they lived in a modern five-room cottage, and they owned an automobile. That same year, Rector enrolled in the Children's House, a boarding school for teenagers at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.

When Rector turned eighteen on March 3, 1920, she left Tuskegee and her entire family moved with her to Kansas City, Missouri. By this point Rector, who now owned stocks and bonds, a boarding house and bakery and the Busy Bee Café in Muskogee, Oklahoma, as well as 2,000 acres of prime river bottomland, was a millionaire.

The family moved into what would be known as the Rector Mansion. Legal wrangling over Rector's estate and some mismanagement continued until she was twenty. That year Rector married Kenneth Campbell, and the couple had three sons, Kenneth, Jr., Leonard, and Clarence. Much was publicized about her "extravagant" spending on luxuries. Her marriage to Campbell ended in 1930, and in 1934 she married William Crawford.

When Rector died at age 65 on July 22, 1967, her wealth was diminished, but she still had some working oil wells and real estate holdings. Sarah Rector was buried in Taft Cemetery, Oklahoma.

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Sarah Rector at Age 12 Sarah Rector received international attention at the age of eleven when The Kansas City Star in 1913 publicized the headline, "Millions to a Negro Girl." From that moment Rector's life became a cauldron of misinformation, legal and financial maneuvering, and ... Read MoreSarah Rector (1902-1967)

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Her parents names were Joseph and Rose Rector. Her family owned an automobile and a modern five-room cottage. Her family owed $30 to pay for the land they were living on.

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On January 15, 1914, a rather strange headline appeared in The Kansas City Star: "Oil made pickaninny rich - Oklahoma girl with $15,000 a month gets many proposals - four white men in Germany want to marry the negro child that they might share her fortune."

That rich Oklahoma girl was Sarah Rector - an African American and a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, best known for being the "Richest Colored Girl in the world."

Born in Indian Territory on March 3, 1902, to Joseph and Rose Rector, Sarah Rector received a land allotment like all those who were members of the Creek Nation when Oklahoma became a state in 1907. That land allotment would later make Sarah one of the first African-American, female millionaires in the US.

Sarah's family was entitled to land allotments under the Treaty of 1866 made by the United States with the Five Civilized Tribes. However, these lands granted to former slaves were usually considered inferior, infertile, rocky lands of poorer agricultural quality, with fertile land being reserved for white settlers. Another problem Sarah's family faced was the $30 annual property tax on her parcel and at one point her father wanted to sell the land because he could not afford to pay the $30, but luckily for Sarah, the Muskogee County Court denied his petition.

He decided that it would be best to lease Sarah's parcel to the Standard Oil Company. As it turned out, he made the right decision, and in 1913, independent oil driller B.B. Jones, produced a "gusher" that brought in 2500 barrels a day. Little Sarah now received an income of $300 per day (over $7,000 in today's money) and her guardianship was switched from her parents to a white man named T.J. Porter, who personally knew Sarah's family.

Sarah's parcel would later become part of the famed Cushing-Drumright Oil Field. Many new wells were also productive and in October 1913, when Sarah was only 12-years-old she received royalties of $11,567 (over $284, 000 in today's money).

The news of Sarah's wealth quickly spread worldwide and she received numerous requests for loans, money gifts, and as we mentioned above, she even received marriage proposals from four Germans. In the years that followed, Sarah made the headlines in the newspapers throughout the United States, and the Oklahoma Legislature declared her to be a white person due to her wealth.

Sarah and her siblings went to school in Taft and later she enrolled in the Children's House, a boarding school for teenagers at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Her family lived a comfortable life. They owned an automobile and a modern five-room cottage.

By the time she turned 18, Sarah was already a millionaire and together with her family, she moved to Kansas City, Missouri where she purchased a house on 12th Street. The house is still there and it is known as the Rector House. She got married in Kansas and had three sons, Kenneth, Jr., Leonard, and Clarence.
Read another story from us: Hattie McDaniel, the first African-American to win an Oscar for her role in 'Gone with the Wind', was requested to sit at a segregated table during the award ceremony
Sarah knew how to enjoy her wealth and she loved spending money on clothes and cars. It would appear that she was a bit of an adrenaline junky as she was often ticketed by the police of the city for speeding.

Sarah Rector died at the age of 65 on July 22, 1967. She was buried in Taft Cemetery, Oklahoma.

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12-year-old oil Baron: The story of Sarah Rector, America's youngest African-American millionaire

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On January 15, 1914, a rather strange headline appeared in The Kansas City Star: "Oil made pickaninny rich - Oklahoma girl with $15,000 a month gets many proposals - four white men in Germany want to marry the negro child that they might share her fortune."

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She was known for being the the first Black female millionaire in Kansas City. She was given lots of attention because she was rich.

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On January 15, 1914, a rather strange headline appeared in The Kansas City Star: "Oil made pickaninny rich - Oklahoma girl with $15,000 a month gets many proposals - four white men in Germany want to marry the negro child that they might share her fortune."

That rich Oklahoma girl was Sarah Rector - an African American and a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, best known for being the "Richest Colored Girl in the world."

Born in Indian Territory on March 3, 1902, to Joseph and Rose Rector, Sarah Rector received a land allotment like all those who were members of the Creek Nation when Oklahoma became a state in 1907. That land allotment would later make Sarah one of the first African-American, female millionaires in the US.

Sarah's family was entitled to land allotments under the Treaty of 1866 made by the United States with the Five Civilized Tribes. However, these lands granted to former slaves were usually considered inferior, infertile, rocky lands of poorer agricultural quality, with fertile land being reserved for white settlers. Another problem Sarah's family faced was the $30 annual property tax on her parcel and at one point her father wanted to sell the land because he could not afford to pay the $30, but luckily for Sarah, the Muskogee County Court denied his petition.

He decided that it would be best to lease Sarah's parcel to the Standard Oil Company. As it turned out, he made the right decision, and in 1913, independent oil driller B.B. Jones, produced a "gusher" that brought in 2500 barrels a day. Little Sarah now received an income of $300 per day (over $7,000 in today's money) and her guardianship was switched from her parents to a white man named T.J. Porter, who personally knew Sarah's family.

Sarah's parcel would later become part of the famed Cushing-Drumright Oil Field. Many new wells were also productive and in October 1913, when Sarah was only 12-years-old she received royalties of $11,567 (over $284, 000 in today's money).

The news of Sarah's wealth quickly spread worldwide and she received numerous requests for loans, money gifts, and as we mentioned above, she even received marriage proposals from four Germans. In the years that followed, Sarah made the headlines in the newspapers throughout the United States, and the Oklahoma Legislature declared her to be a white person due to her wealth.

Sarah and her siblings went to school in Taft and later she enrolled in the Children's House, a boarding school for teenagers at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Her family lived a comfortable life. They owned an automobile and a modern five-room cottage.

By the time she turned 18, Sarah was already a millionaire and together with her family, she moved to Kansas City, Missouri where she purchased a house on 12th Street. The house is still there and it is known as the Rector House. She got married in Kansas and had three sons, Kenneth, Jr., Leonard, and Clarence.
Read another story from us: Hattie McDaniel, the first African-American to win an Oscar for her role in 'Gone with the Wind', was requested to sit at a segregated table during the award ceremony
Sarah knew how to enjoy her wealth and she loved spending money on clothes and cars. It would appear that she was a bit of an adrenaline junky as she was often ticketed by the police of the city for speeding.

Sarah Rector died at the age of 65 on July 22, 1967. She was buried in Taft Cemetery, Oklahoma.

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12-year-old oil Baron: The story of Sarah Rector, America's youngest African-American millionaire

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On January 15, 1914, a rather strange headline appeared in The Kansas City Star: "Oil made pickaninny rich - Oklahoma girl with $15,000 a month gets many proposals - four white men in Germany want to marry the negro child that they might share her fortune."

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When she was born, where she was born, and when she died.

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When she was born, where she was born, and when she died.

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She was born on March 3, 1902.
She was born in Taft, Oklahoma.
She died on July 22, 1967.