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19 Apr 2010
AFoF Alert: Slaves/Buyers Named in Public Sale/Estate Records of Valentine GIBBS, Hyde Co., NC 1829-30
A Friend of Friends, Leslie Ann of Ancestors Live Here *tweeted* the URL of the transcribed 1829-1830 estate and public sale records of Valentine GIBBS, Hyde County, North Carolina. Slaves named: Jack – 75 years old Barbara – 73 years old Fan – 50 years old Silve – 30 years old Jery – 12 years old Lewis about 12 To view the records in entirety, go to:... read more
19 Apr 2010
AFoF Alert: Slaves Named in Estate Records of Samuel MIDYETT, Hyde Co., NC 1821-23
A Friend of Friends, Leslie Ann of Ancestors Live Here *tweeted* the URL of the transcribed 1821-1823 estate records of Samuel MIDYETT, Hyde County, North Carolina. Slaves named — Sam, Sall and Rebekah To view the records in entirety, go to: http://www.ncgenweb.us/hyde/willsestates/midyettsamuel1821.htm Thanks... read more
6 Apr 2010
AFoF Alert: Atlanta Historical Newspapers Online 1847 to 1922 – Digital Library of GA
A new digital database providing online access to 14 newspaper titles published in Atlanta from 1847 to 1922 is now available through the Digital Library of Georgia, housed at The University of Georgia Libraries. The Atlanta Historic Newspapers Archive (http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/atlnewspapers) consists of more than 67,000 newspaper pages and provides historical images that are both full-text... read more
6 Apr 2010
AFoF Alert: Genealogywise Slave Documents/Names – Estate of John SMITH, Rutherford Co., TN (Springfield Plantation) 1825
A Friend of Friends, Lisa from the Genealogywise Community posted transcribed Estate records for John and William SMITH of Rutherford County, TN (Springfield Plantation). Many slave names listed in several entries. To view the records in entirety, go to: http://tinyurl.com/yc6wfz3 Thanks... read more
6 Apr 2010
AFoF Alert: Slave Documents – Family, Legal & Historical at Genealogywise.com
Luckie opened a Forum at www.Genealogywise.com to support Slave Documents – Family, Legal & Historical references being contributed via the GW community portal. To view the Slave Documents forum and member contributions, go to:... read more
31 Mar 2010
AFoF Alert: Receipt For Hire – Several Slaves Named, Owner DIXON to ELLISON, 1861
A Friend of Friends Partner, Toni of LowCountry Africana, shared the 2nd recent contribution of Henri6602 to the Africana Heritage repository — an 1861 Receipt for Hire of slaves Homer, Daniel, Ellick, Dundy, Charles, Tom Johnson and Tom Braddy, by owner John DIXON to Henry A. ELLISON; location unknown. To view the record in entirety, go here: http://www.werelate.org/dlib/handle/1532 To view the... read more
31 Mar 2010
AFoF Alert: Bill of Sale – Slave Henry, Age 19, Owner DIXON to ELLISON, 5 Jan 1846
A Friend of Friends Partner, Toni of LowCountry Africana, shared the recent contribution of Henri6602 to the Africana Heritage repository — a 5 January 1846 Slave Bill of Sale for Henry (age 19) from owner John DIXON to Henry A. ELLISON; location unknown. To view the record in entirety, go here: http://www.werelate.org/dlib/handle/1531 To view the original bill of sale, go here:... read more
30 Mar 2010
AFoF Alert: 6,300 Slave Names Indexed in Prince George’s Co., MD Commissioner of Slave Statistics Record 1867
A Friend of Friends Partner, Michael Hait of African-American Genealogy Examiner contributed a transcribed Prince George’s County Commissioner of Slave Statistics 1867 record, identifying 6300 names of Prince George’s County slaves indexed by slave owner, age, sex, physical condition and enslavement period. Slave owners by name are listed below. To access the original record viewable in PDF, MS Excel... read more
26 Mar 2010
AFoF Alert: MORRIS Slaves Tom/Milly Named In Isle of Wight Co., VA Chancery Case
As an ongoing AFoF effort, CoAAG Contributor Carol from Reflections From the Fence regularly shares excerpts from Isle of Wight County, VA Chancery Cases that identify slaves. These records are available online at the Library of Virginia. Carol’s CoAAG contribution is an case naming slaves Tom and Milly, formerly belonging to Nancy MORRIS (dec’d). To read the post in entirety, go here:... read more
25 Mar 2010
AFoF Alert: Slave Name Index, Cohabitation & Slave Marriage Index Johnston Co., NC
Johnston County, NC has a searchable collection of slave names . You can also search using the slave owners name. Also available is a slave marriage index with names of persons who registered their marriages in Johnston County as a result of 1866 NC legislation (“An Act Concerning Negroes and Persons of Color or of Mixed Blood.”). To search and read more, go to: ... read more
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