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Comment by George Geder on September 7, 2010 at 9:43pm

RECORDS OF THE SLAVE CLAIMS COMMISSIONS, 1864-1867
VOLUME TWO
REGISTER OF CLAIMS OF KENTUCKY COMMISSION
as kept by the Commission
Recd. A. G. O. April 18, 1867;
Transcribed by Michael Hait

These records are held in their original form at the NARA building in Washington, D.C. – not microfilmed or digitized.

Mr. Hait has taken the time and energy to put them in a paper based and PDF format for you, the family historian and researcher.

That’s 2,475 records of slave claims!
If you have ancestry in Kentucky either slave or slave owner that you can place between 1864 and 1867, you need this publication!

Did you know that slave owners whose slaves fought for the Union were entitled to monetary compensation?

Michael Hait explains which states this applied to, what the requirements were “for the service or labor of … slave”, and what the expected results were to be.

You can learn more about Michael Hait and get this book by going to http://bit.ly/atlc28


Michael Hait is a professional genealogist, author and lecturer who hails from the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.

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Mother Wit is all you Git!

Peace,
"Guided by the Ancestors"
Geder Genealogy

Comment by George Geder on September 5, 2010 at 10:55pm

Slaves on Smith's Plantation in Beaufort, SC 1862
Labor Day
, started in 1882, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers.
It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.
- U.S. Department of Labor;

American Slaves
certainly contributed to the building, strength, prosperity and well-being of our country.
They should be recognized and honored in the same breath.

Now, Footnote.com, the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, FamilySearch and Lowcountry Africana, have joined forces to digitize every surviving estate inventory for Colonial and Charleston South Carolina from 1732 to 1872, as well as selected Bills of Sale for the same period, in a FREE collection. There are thousands of American Slaves, noted by name, listed in those estate inventories!

Restore the Ancestors Project;
Rediscovering the Names of 30,000 Enslaved SC Ancestors

This site, http://www.restoretheancestors.com/ , and project picks up after the digitizing of the above-mentioned documents; with indexing.

Volunteers are needed in this indexing project!

Your contribution to indexing the records in the new free Footnote collection SC Estate Inventories and Bills of Sale, 1732-1872 will make an enormous impact.

Go to - http://www.restoretheancestors.com/ - to learn more and be part of bringing the names of those American slaves into the light of family history and genealogy research!
Labor Day is a good day to sign up.
Sign up today!

http://www.dol.gov/opa/aboutdol/laborday.htm
http://www.footnote.com/
http://scdah.sc.gov/
http://www.familysearch.org/
http://lowcountryafricana.net/
http://www.restoretheancestors.com/

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Mother Wit is all you Git!

Peace,
"Guided by the Ancestors"

Comment by George Geder on August 25, 2010 at 10:33am

Dear People,

What would you like to see 'more' of in this group?
Is the African Ancestored Genealogy group serving your needs?

Let us know!

Peace,
"Guided by the Ancestors"

Comment by Willette Bryant on August 16, 2010 at 10:34pm

Thank you

Comment by Willette Bryant on August 11, 2010 at 3:12pm

Hi group,

Do anyone have access to finding an address and phone no. for the Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Brinkley, Monroe Co. Arkansas, the no I found is not the right one it is 1-870-792-8249.

Thanks
Willette

Comment by Willette Bryant on August 3, 2010 at 2:41am

Thank you George and Sandra, you both have gave me some good advice and just listen to me about how I want to find out where I come from, I am so glad that I have joined this group, there are so many people on here that has helped me, it is amazing to me, if it wasn't for folks like you, I wouldn't even know what to do or where to go.
As for as my grandmother's name, on my father's birth cert. It is Edream Lomax, but when you look at some of the Census's records it's spelled all different way's, just like with some of the marriage cert. that I have found on FamilySearch, it seems to me that she was married 3 times after she had my father, my father's dad's name is the same as his, I don't think that Edream and my grandfather ever was married, but he did live at North Main St. when my father was born.The last one that she was married to was bert Cammon in 1930

Comment by Sandra Taliaferro on August 2, 2010 at 7:16pm

Willette,

I remember back when you were looking for info on your ancestors. I am so happy you've had this breakthrough. Congrats!! George is right; there are many out there more than willing to help. Glad this paid off for you.

Comment by George Geder on August 2, 2010 at 5:36pm

Hi Willette,

Acts of genealogical kindness yield wonderful things.
Now, which is the correct spelling of your Grandma's name?

Peace,
"Guided by the Ancestors"

Comment by Willette Bryant on August 2, 2010 at 2:22pm

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to share with you that I had requested an obit lookup for my grandmother Edream and a nice lady was able to find it for me, this is what it says.

(By our colored writer)
SUDDEN DEATH
At her home on North Main St., Tuesday morning, Edrene Cameron was stricken and died from a Heart Attack. She was prominent business and club woman, having lived in Brinkley 40 years, coming here from Como, Miss. She was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church and leaves a son, G. B. Bryant and a brother, Ardee Lomax of New York. and a host of friends among her race. The funeral will be on Friday and C. O. Gettis , the colored undertaker, in charge.

I'm so exicted about this new info.
Willette

Comment by Alane Roundtree on July 23, 2010 at 4:14pm

Hello Jim!

I do recall such a post on the Lowcountry Africana forum. Maybe a search there would yield some results.

I think the WPA slave narrative you refer to was the interview of Mrs. Harriett Gresham of Jacksonville, Florida in 1936. Mrs. Gresham was enslaved on the Barnwell County plantation of Edmond and Harriett Bellinger. The account contains a veritable treasure trove of genealogical information on Mrs. Gresham’s family. Every African Ancestored researcher should be so fortunate as to discover such an account.

“Harriett, daughter of Belinda, born 06 Dec 1838 (this record was given Harriett by Mrs. Harriett Bellinger, her mistress. Each slave received a similar one being freed.)” Pg 96.

The genealogy given in the narrative seems to have come in part from a “yellow sheet of paper” which was still in Mrs. Gresham’s possession in 1936. The document which “appeared” to have been created on “stationery” recorded Harriett Gresham's lineage:

Harriett Pinckney, born 25 Sep 1790; Belinda, her daughter, born 04 Oct 1813; Harriett, daughter of Belinda, born 06 Dec 1838…

Priceless.

Peace,
Alane


Source:

Slave Narratives, Vol. 3: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Florida Narratives, Vol. 3, by Works Project Administration, Publisher: BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2007, pgs. 95-100; Personal Interview with Harriett Gresham, 1305 West 31st Street, Jacksonville, Florida.

ISBN: 1426459319, 9781426459313

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