1850 Isaac Frampton Buys and Sells Property for Burlington 37 You can read the deed from Isaac Frampton, naming James Twyman's slaves here. While not directly related to Chesapeake’s History, this...
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Susan Spencer
Susan Spencer, a Direct Descendant to Share Slaves' Unusual Story Written by Melissa Rake For the Herald-Dispatch 4 April 1994 A copper kettle, a book, and some amazing stories. Those are the only...
Myrtle Tree Church
Biographical Review of Hancock County, Illinois, page 97 S. E. Harnest S.E. Harnest, a retired farmer living in Cartridge, was born in Champaign County, Ohio, on March 8, 1835. His parents were...
Traveler Smith Obit
Freed Enslaved Person Dead The Capital Terminal, Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, September 2, 1931 Huntington, WV. - Traveler Smith, 82-year-old, who was one of a group of enslaved people freed by their...
Pancake Family
Three sons and two daughters were originally from Germany and settled in Eastern Virginia. The exact location is unknown in Virginia. Abraham PANCAKE, the eldest of the three sons, was married to Lucinda DUNN in Virginia in the early Spring of 1759. Upon their journey west, the three brothers crossed the Blue Ridge Mountains into what is now known as West Virginia.
Christian Yingling
Christian Yingling was born in western Pennsylvania, on April 24, 1788, and died September 12, 1856. His wife, Martha Lee, was born in Patrick County, Virginia, on August 2, 1795, and died on May 8, 1877.
Albert W. Ward
Albert W. Ward was born in Lawrence County, Ohio, on July 28, 1852. His father, George L., was in the war of the rebellion. He served under General Sherman for twelve months. He was in twenty-seven States and took part in four battles.
William G. Waller
William G. Waller and Eliza I. Mace were married in Lawrence County, Ohio, on April 15, 1871. He was born in Charlotte County, East Virginia, on July 28, 1825. She was born in this county, on December 29, 1848.
Coleman G. Waller
Coleman G. Waller was born in Lunenburg County, Virginia, on October 4, 1802. His father, William Waller, died in 1802, and his mother, Elizabeth (Lambert) Waller, is also deceased. Mr. Waller has been twice married.
Creed T. Templeton
Creed T. Templeton was born in Union township, Lawrence County, Ohio, on June 17, 1821; his father, Thomas Templeton, was born October 9, 1790, in Botetourt County, Virginia; he came to Lawrence county in 1814,
Richard Sutton
Richard Sutton was born in the State of Virginia, on May 10, 1813. Mr. Sutton’s first marriage was to Rispie J., daughter of John and Margaret (Wilson)
Griffon Sowards
Griffon Sowards has resided on his farm in Mason township for fifty years; he is a native of Monroe County, Virginia, born December 9, 1799. He was married on October 9, 1830, and the same year settled in the township.
George R. Porter
George R. Porter was a Virginian by birth, born in Botetourt County, in the year 1812. He settled in Lawrence County in 1834. He is engaged in farming in Elizabeth township.
John H. McGee
John H. McGee was the son of Benjamin F. and Nancy (May) McGee. He was born in Russell County, Virginia, on April 23, 1840. He came to this county in 1859. He was a soldier in the late war, first...
Davidson Mays
Davidson Mays was born in Pike County, Kentucky, on September 13, 1823, his parents, James and Elizabeth (Rowe) Mays, came to this county in 1845.