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Tag: free blacks
The Hale family of Virginia : Using Eastern Cherokee Applications to build family tree branches
I’ve been researching my paternal Hale family in Wythe and Grayson Counties for the past three…
Pleasant Roane (Rowan) and the road to manumission in Lynchburg
I’ve been meaning to write about Pleasant Roane for quite a while. I’ve always felt badly…
From Northampton County, NC to Roberts Settlement, Indiana: the hidden history of fpoc
Timing seems to be everything when it comes to genealogy. You can search and search for…
Moses Byrd: A Revolutionary War musician
I’ve been making one discovery after another when it comes to my ancestral kin who were…
Finding Reuben Byrd: free person of color & an American Revolutionary War veteran
Updated 23 Sep 2016 with additional Bird/Byrd family groups Reuben Byrd of Petersburg, Virginia and Orange…
Free black families in Colonial America: The Bugg (Doss) family
Every genealogist, regardless of experience levels, has a family line that makes him or her want…
1667: The year America was divided by race
Genealogical research has sent me down an American history rabbit hole once again. I don’t mind.…
50 years a slave: the Findley family’s battle for freedom in Virginia
Update 1 May 2014: More information about how Rachel’s story came to light can be found…
Martha Ann Fowler Hill: Smashing genealogy walls with the correct maiden name
Martha Fowler Hill is an important linchpin in my black Wythe Sheffey family story in the…