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Draytons of African descent in records I've found via ancestry.com

DRAYTON FAMILY TREE - CHARLESTON - LUKE/LAWRENCE/VIOLA

Luke Drayton Sr. 1832 - 1880/190 + Affie Drayton 1836 - 20 Apr 1910

Living in St.Philip’s and St.Michael’s Ward, Charleston in 1880

Children

Lawrence * 1872 - Dec 16 1930
William 1865 -
Luke 1863 -

Lawrence * working as labourer at 20 Duncan Street, Charleston 1889 + 1890 + Josephine (nee Collier) 1875 - July 1912

Living in Charleston Ward 11

Children

Willie 1894-
Walter 1896-
Joseph 1898 -
Etta 1900 -
Ethel 1902
Leon 1907 -
James 1910 - (6 months old)

Did Lawrence marry again? What happened to Josephine, because she is not listed in the 1920 Census with this family?

Lawrence * + Charlotte 1881 - Charleston Ward 11

Children

Effie 1903 -
Viola 1906 -
Leon 1909 -
James 1911 -

Was Viola the daughter she and Lawrence had?

There is a Viola Drayton, living in Part of Ward 8 (address 60 Logan Street), Charleston, a widow, with her son, Lee, 1916 - , and her cousin, Sarah White, 1910 -

Husband, Samuel, died in WW1. He was a private in Co.E. 371st Inf. - buried in Meuse-Argonne, France.

I don’t know whether this Viola has anything relevance.

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Permalink Reply by Toni Carrier on July 12, 2009 at 2:40pm

Wow, thank you so much, Alana, for sharing this!

Friends, it was Alane's Silver Bluff research which inspired the creation of the Africana Heritage Project website back in 2004. She has been a pioneer in the field of plantation community research.

---toni :)

Permalink Reply by Bill Drayton on July 12, 2009 at 3:55pm

Everyone, you might find the following website useful in locating names of Soldiers and Sailors in the Civil War - especially those in the United States Colored Troops. (www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/)

Draytons of African descent in records I've found via ancestry.com

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