Author: Helen Foster SnowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Norfolk County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 858
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The Dameron-Damron Genealogy
Author: Helen Foster SnowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Norfolk County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 858
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Rambles of a Runaway from Southern Slavery
Author: Henry GoingsPublisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813932408
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Rambles of a Runaway from Southern Slavery tells of an extraordinary life in and out of slavery in the United States and Canada. Born Elijah Turner in the Virginia Tidewater, circa 1810, the author eventually procured freedom papers from a man he resembled and took the man’s name, Henry Goings. His life story takes us on an epic journey, traveling from his Virginia birthplace through the cotton kingdom of the Lower South, and upon his escape from slavery, through Tennessee and Kentucky, then on to the Great Lakes region of the North and to Canada. His Rambles show that slaves were found not only in fields but also on the nation’s roads and rivers, perpetually in motion in massive coffles or as solitary runaways. A freedom narrative as well as a slave narrative, this compact yet detailed book illustrates many important developments in antebellum America, such as the large-scale forced migration of enslaved people from long-established slave societies in the eastern United States to new settlements on the cotton frontier, the political-economic processes that framed that migration, and the accompanying human anguish. Goings’s life and reflections serve as important primary documents of African American life and of American national expansion, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. This edition features an informative and insightful introduction by Calvin Schermerhorn.
The Genealogical Helper
Author: Personal Property Tax Lists of Buckingham County, Virginia 1764-1792
Author: Randy F. McNew CrousePublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1365875288
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Use discount Code FEBRUARY15 for 15% off at checkout! Hurry, expires midnight Friday 24 February. Buckingham County suffered significant loss of its early court records. This scarcity of records makes this tax list transcription a valuable one. Spanning a period of 29 years (1764,1773-4,1782-92) with over 12,700 individual records, statistical tables and graphs, plus a host of other information that will illuminate the lives and social structure of the county during the late Colonial and early Federal period. Information varies by year, but the curious researcher will find much of interest here. Included are the names of the taxpayers, their taxable male cohabitants, their slaves' names, number of their slaves, horses and cattle along with other taxable items like riding carriages and acres of land. Features a 160 page index of every name, allowing the researcher to quickly assemble the information needed in successive years for genealogical, historical, sociological or demographic analysis.
A Quest for Enslaved Ancestors
Author: Barnetta McGhee WhitePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
The techniques and records used to successfully conduct African American genealogy are shown using the story of Griffin and his brothers as examples. This is the story of their struggles during and after slavery, and it follows their descendants to the present day. W3600HB - $24.95
Virginia Genealogies
Author: Bishop_BischoffResearch: Volume I- Hans Johannes Bischoff
Author: Nancy BishopPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557191629
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
This is volume one of the long awaited Bishop_BischoffResearch book series on the history of the Bishop family that came to America in 1747 from Oberhausen Germany. They arrived in Pennsylvania, and migrated from Philadelphia through Maryland, into southwestern Virginia. Hans Johannes Bischoff, 18 years old when he arrived in America, settled in what is now Floyd County Virginia, and remained there until his death approximately 1810. This book series documents what is known of his life, and the lives of his many many descendants.
Watts Crossing
Author: National Genealogical Society Quarterly
Author: National Genealogical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 378
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"The Brotherhood of Man"
Author: Lewin Dwinell McPhersonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 62
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