Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
The Russell Register
Author: Genealogical Records of Buckingham County, Virginia
Author: Edythe Rucker WhitleyPublisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 0806310553
Category : Buckingham County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Owing to the total destruction of the county courthouse in 1869, few records of Buckingham County, Virginia survive. From documents in the Virginia State Library and the University of Virginia's Alderman Library, and from materials still in private hands, the compiler of this book has amassed a genealogical record of the county--not continuous and complete, since that would be impossible, but a rich selection of the kind of materials that would have been in the old courthouse. Highlighting the work is a collection of family sketches.
Appealing for Liberty
Author: Loren SchweningerPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190664304
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Dred Scott and his landmark Supreme Court case are ingrained in the national memory, but he was just one of multitudes who appealed for their freedom in courtrooms across the country. Appealing for Liberty is the most comprehensive study to give voice to these African Americans, drawing from more than 2,000 suits and from the testimony of more than 4,000 plaintiffs from the Revolutionary era to the Civil War. Through the petitions, evidence, and testimony introduced in these court proceedings, the lives of the enslaved come sharply and poignantly into focus, as do many other aspects of southern society such as the efforts to preserve and re-unite black families. This book depicts in graphic terms, the pain, suffering, fears, and trepidations of the plaintiffs while discussing the legal system—lawyers, judges, juries, and testimony—that made judgments on their "causes," as the suits were often called. Arguments for freedom were diverse: slaves brought suits claiming they had been freed in wills and deeds, were born of free mothers, were descendants of free white women or Indian women; they charged that they were illegally imported to some states or were residents of the free states and territories. Those who testified on their behalf, usually against leaders of their communities, were generally white. So too were the lawyers who took these cases, many of them men of prominence, such as Francis Scott Key. More often than not, these men were slave owners themselves-- complicating our understanding of race relations in the antebellum period. A majority of the cases examined here were not appealed, nor did they create important judicial precedent. Indeed, most of the cases ended at the county, circuit, or district court level of various southern states. Yet the narratives of both those who gained their freedom and those who failed to do so, and the issues their suits raised, shed a bold and timely light on the history of race and liberty in the "land of the free."
The Fugate Family of Russell County, Virginia
Author: David FarisPublisher:
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Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
History and Genealogy of the Fugate Family.
Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia
Author: Augusta County (Va.)Publisher:
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Category : Augusta County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 734
Book Description
The Scotts of Southwest Virginia
Author: LaVerne ThomasThe Family of William Boucher and Milly Faris
Author: Jerry LongPublisher:
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Category : Daviess County (Ky.)
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
William Boucher was born in about 1765. He married Ameila Faris, daughter of Michael Faris and Phebe Dudley, 1 March 1791 in Madison County, Kentucky. They had ten children. William died 30 June 1848. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Kentucky and Missouri.
Comptonology
Author: Early Osbornes, Alleys
Author: Rita Kennedy SuttonGenealogist's Address Book. 6th Edition
Author: Elizabeth Petty BentleyPublisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 9780806317960
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description
This book is the answer to the perennial question, "What's out there in the world of genealogy?" What organizations, institutions, special resources, and websites can help me? Where do I write or phone or send e-mail? Once again, Elizabeth Bentley's Address Book answers these questions and more. Now in its 6th edition, The Genealogist's Address Book gives you access to all the key sources of genealogical information, providing names, addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, e-mail addresses, websites, names of contact persons, and other pertinent information for more than 27,000 organizations, including libraries, archives, societies, government agencies, vital records offices, professional bodies, publications, research centers, and special interest groups.