My 3rd great-grandfather on my Allmond side was Solomon Butler who was born free. I can see him on the 1850 census as living in the home of William Allmond who also had an enslaved black woman named Charlotte, my 3rd great-grandmother. In 1854, William Allmond died and somewhere between then and 1860, Charlotte was moved to the home of the son William J. Allmond. … Continue reading Chancery Lawsuit Against the Estate of Solomon Butler 1909