I’ve been looking for the death certificate for one of my 2nd great grandfathers because I don’t know when he died or where he is buried. I know where his brother and one of his half sisters are but not him. I didn’t find the death record but I found a birth record. One thing that it confirms is the last enslaver family for his … Continue reading Birth Record for 2nd Great Grandfather Moses Allmond
Looking for traces of my 2nd great grandfather, I mostly find him in real estate descriptions. He was born into slavery in 1856 (I found his birth record BTW!!!) and ended up owning 89 acres of land when he passed away. I don’t know when he died but I know that it was between the 1900 and 1910 Censuses. I’ve been looking for county records … Continue reading 2nd Great Grandfather Moses Allmond
When you’re doing genealogy research as an African American, you will run into some disturbing documents with a lot of it related to slavery. Here this is a list of free negroes in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, summoned in 1838 to show cause why they should not be SOLD FOR THEIR TAXES. The names listed are: According to the Library of Virginia, Free Negro … Continue reading A list of free negroes … on the brink of being sold back into slavery
Slavery was not salvation. Slavery did not serve the purpose of saving anyone. It’s purpose is free labor and justifying it by dehumanizing the enslaved so polite society doesn’t feel bad about it. Source: Memoir, n.d., “A Disregarded Contribution to American Civilization Taken from Plantation Notes of the Deans Family of Gloucester. I found this document at http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881 Continue reading Now I know this thought process isn’t new.
I found this blurb from The Smithfield Times in July 1946 that mentions my great grandmother. This is the only thing I’ve found other than her death certificate and her children’s obituaries that mention her. I found it while looking for something else. Transcription: Have Your Press’re Cooker TestedPressure Canner Clinics for Farm Security housewives are being conducted in Isle of Wight and Nansemond Counties … Continue reading Found mention of my great-grandmother Mary Lizzie Allmond!
I’m delighted to find this slice of life. I don’t know who George Bowman was** but my 2nd great-grandmother, Ciffronia Eley, and great-grandaunt, Alberta Eley Brown, served at the punch bowl. My 2nd great-grandfather, Kenneth Eley, was also in attendance. **My granduncle (grandmother’s brother) informed me that he was a good friend of the family and that the Vashti Gospel Singers were well known. Suffolk News-Herald, … Continue reading Serving at the Punch Bowl
I searched on Google for a publication called “Blacks In Isle of Wight” because I’ve seen it mentioned a few times. One of the results mentioned the name “Holliman” which is the maiden name of one of my 3rd great-grandmothers. I clicked on the blog and found this. These are literally her parents (well, her father and stepmother) that this post is about. I saw … Continue reading Hollimans of Isle of Wight, Virginia
This is annoying. How could the census taker not record first names? The good thing, though, is that this combination of initials works for me. K J C Eley is Kennith John Cephas Eley and his father J J Eley is Jacob J. Eley. I still don’t know, even through subsequent census listings, the actual spelling of his mother’s name: Lou Adda, Lue_____ Addy. Continue reading What happened to first names?
I found this in Quaker records. I don’t know if this woman is connected to me but this was interesting. I couldn’t read some of it but I got the main point. “She has been guilty of fornication, on which account she was treated(?) with by a Committee of Womens Meeting, but she did not appear qualified to condemn her transgression. We therefore testify that … Continue reading Disowned Due To Fornication
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