Author: kenya
Another Lighthouse Related Find
Here’s another situation where I was working on genealogy stuff and happened upon something lighthouse related. My relatives are at the top of this page from the Portsmouth City Directory from 1933 but I immediately saw the USLS (United States Lighthouse Service). More can be found about Holder Almy at the United States Lighthouse Society’s J. Candace Clifford Lighthouse Research Library: https://archives.uslhs.org/type-person/engineers Continue reading Another Lighthouse Related Find
I Just Broke My Whole Family Tree: Are We Johnsons, Lesanes or Both?
I just broke my whole family tree, well not the whole tree but definitely the Johnson line. Family oral history says that my great-grandfather Charley Johnson was born Charley Lesane but due to circumstances in the South he changed his name to Johnson when he moved to Philadelphia. But then I found this marriage notice from Mayesville in 1916, I was definitely confused. Here was … Continue reading I Just Broke My Whole Family Tree: Are We Johnsons, Lesanes or Both?
Stumbled Upon A Lighthouse
Looking at the lands where my South Carolina ancestors lived, I stumbled upon a lighthouse on this Civil War map. I was scrolling in South Carolina and went too far to North Carolina. I recognized Frying Pan Shoal because there’s a Texas Tower style lighthouse there. Then I looked up and saw the lighthouse. This is Bald Head Lighthouse (Old Baldy) on Bald Head Island. Continue reading Stumbled Upon A Lighthouse
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One Negro Woman Charlotte 1854
A year ago I found the will of William Allmond on an index of wills in Isle of Wight County, Virginia on Ancestry. It’s taken me a year to circle back to look for the will on FamilySearch and I found it! It’s so hard to read but I do see “one Negro woman Charlotte”, “one Negro boy Sam”, “one Negro girl Hester” and “one … Continue reading One Negro Woman Charlotte 1854
Hardy Johnson Found in Road Construction Camp for 1930 Census
It might just be me, but I get a little excited when I find relatives on the Census living in anything other than a house with just one family. (I’m especially intrigued with lodgers.) A few months ago I found what appeared to be a brothel next door to some folks who share my last name on the 1870 Census. Here on the 1930 Census, I found … Continue reading Hardy Johnson Found in Road Construction Camp for 1930 Census
Slingshots Will Put Your Eye Out
I found this article from 1897 last year and put it aside. Looking at it again today the ages match up to my great-grandfather John Allmond and his brother, Moses (Lam). I initially didn’t think it was because generally when the newspapers were talking about Black folks, they made sure they specified it. But now I’m wondering. Meanwhile, I’m looking for a WWI draft card … Continue reading Slingshots Will Put Your Eye Out
National Memorial for Peace and Justice In Montgomery, Alabama
I finally made it to the Equal Justice Initiative’s National Memorial for Peace and Justice (also known as the National Lynching Museum). We actually drove there from Nashville in 2018 soon after it opened but arrived less than an hour before closing. A docent there told us that we would need at least an hour to walk through the site so we should come back another … Continue reading National Memorial for Peace and Justice In Montgomery, Alabama
Alick Spratley of Surry County, Virginia
How did I miss this? I had the information the whole time. I found my 4th great-grandfather, Alick Spratley, following back on one of my maternal grandmother’s maternal lines. I was so happy to go that far back that it didn’t click that I got his information from the 1850, 1860 and 1870 Censuses in Surry County, Virginia. WHAT?!!? Here’s the 1860 Census for reference. … Continue reading Alick Spratley of Surry County, Virginia
Marvin C. Allmond Honored at Home Town Church
My uncle did a lot of good in this world while he was here and he hardly ever talked about it. Last Sunday, the family church honored him. I didn’t post about him when he passed away 2 years ago because his immediate family didn’t want it on social media. But I would not be where I am today if not for him. He helped … Continue reading Marvin C. Allmond Honored at Home Town Church
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