African Ancestored Genealogy

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Comment by Andie Mack on September 15, 2009 at 5:31pm

Anita, Yes, I've been reading about you. Planning to view/listen to your blog on the Tri-racial/Melungeons topic. I'm researching a Benjamin Clark out of Kent County Delaware (b. ca 1780) who may have been Melungeon. I need to know much more about the distinction. Looking forward to your commentary. Thanks for the link.

Comment by Anita Wills on September 15, 2009 at 4:48pm

Andie,
You and I share the same territory. My Free Born Ancestors lived in the Delmarva Area, as well as Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Many were mixed raced Native/African/white, and some were Tri-Racial Isolates in the mountains of New Jersey (Jackson Whites), and Pennsylvania, Welsh Mountains.

In fact the topic of my radio show on Blog Talk Radio this week is, Tri-Racial Isolates. Here is the link to my show:
Anita Talks Genealogy:

Anita Wills

Comment by Andie Mack on September 15, 2009 at 4:10pm

Peace, all. Recently signed on to Genealogywise.com and found this group. Think I'm going to like it here! My ancestral search is concentrated in the NJ, DE, MD, VA area. Some of my ancestors were living here free -- southern NJ -- in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, likely free due to Quaker influence. Others came here in the mid to late 19th century. It amazes me to learn that they walked the same ground I trod. I feel strongly that the ancestors guide my research and am grateful to have been chosen.

I look forward to reading your comments and sharing my successes and challenges with you.

Peace -
Andie Mack

Comment by Lowcountry Africana on September 6, 2009 at 8:41pm

New Lowcountry Africana Content!

Hi Everyone,

Hope you are enjoying a great holiday weekend. We have posted new content to Lowcountry Africana:

Dr. A.E. Gibbes: Former Slaveholder of Samuel Gibbes, Sampson Fenwi...

Historical Contexts: History of the Freedmen's Bureau in SC

Hope there is a tidbit here for your research!

Best,
LCA Crew

Comment by Sandra Taliaferro on September 2, 2009 at 8:53pm

My grandfather and great grandfather were itineraant A.M.E. ministers. I have found a number of newspaper articles on A.M.E. conferences which document their district appointments. I'm sure it had to be difficult for their families moving around and changing locations so often. No place was home for very long. But then everyone ended up back here in Fulton County, GA where it all started all those years ago.

Comment by Anita Wills on September 2, 2009 at 11:39am

I neglected to mention that my ancestors in Fredericksburg were labeled as Free Persons of Color. Most of the documents I have on them are Pre Civil War.

Comment by Anita Wills on September 2, 2009 at 11:38am

I have documents detailing the lives of my ancestors in Fredericksburg. There are court documents, and depositions protesting abuse. One of my female ancestors, Fanny Lewis was assaulted in front of her husband, Ambrose Lewis. He swore out a complaint against the white man, who was arrested. I have numerous testiomonies of abuse by employers, especially against the females. Some of those documents are in my first book, Notes and Documents of Free Persons of Color.

Another ancestor, Great Great Grandmother Leah Warner, spoke of being whipped by the overseer. She was a slave in Beaufort District South Carolina, at Hilton Head. Her story was passed down orally, and my mother told me about the cruelty she endured. According to Great Grandmother Leah, the overseer continued to beat them, even after slavery ended. She took it upon herself to find out if he still had the right to beat them. She was told that slavery was over and Mr. Fields, the overseer had not right to beat the slaves. The next day, she waited for Fields to ride in on his horse. Sure enough he came charging after her and lifted his whip up into the air, as if to strike her. She turned around and faced him, and grabbed the whip out of his hand, pulling him off of his horse. When he hit the ground Leah whipped him, and continued, until he was near death. The whip was taken from her, and she stood staring at Fields, for the last time. That was the last time they saw Fields.

There is no document supporting that story it is one that was passed down, from mother to daughter, "Lest We Forget."

Comment by George Geder on September 2, 2009 at 10:07am

Hello Art,

You know you get a resounding 'YES' from me.

We mustn't be afraid to talk about the trials and tribulations. Those very things shaped the destinies and mindsets of our Ancestors. They can often lead us to those elusive ones that we are researching.

What did folks have to do in order to survive slavery, Jim Crow, etc? What is revealed about their lives in the documents we unearth?

What are the 'Lessons Learned'?

I'm with you, Art.
This is the place and this is the time!

Peace,
"Guided by the Ancestors"

Comment by Art Thomas on September 2, 2009 at 5:59am

Hello All,

Is there any interest in this group for speaking to the "history" of our African Ancestored families? I see the fine and excellent genealogical research being reflected in the comments and discussions, but very little, if anything about the every day lives of what we have discovered in the research of our families.

What documents and other interesting items have we uncovered that reveal the 'trials and tribulations", "successes and failures" of our ancestors? What have we found out about them in their religious, occupational, educational, community activities, etc.? How, where, when and why did they migrate to where we find ourselves today?

I've discovered some things in my research I would like to share and wondered if this would be a "proper and appropiate" forum.

Thanks for listening and I anxiously await some responses,

Art Thomas

Comment by Richard Bynum on August 30, 2009 at 6:28pm

Thanks again George. I've posted some specifics in the case study. I have followed links to gotgenealogy.com and follow it know on a regular basis. I'm committed to taking a genealogy trip to Murfreesboro, TN sometime in 2010 for off-line research, so hopefully that will move me past a few other current brick walls. Any other thoughts, ideas welcomed. Thanks.

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