My 16 Great Great-Grandparents: 1870 Representation

I consider myself fortunate that I have been able to confirm the names of my sixteen great-grandparents, especially since many 15 of the 16 were born and lived enslaved. The one ancestor who wasn't enslaved was an enslaver and his family is well documented. There is still a lot of research to be done in order to fill out their lives and tell their stories. Here are some basic statics on their lives -- except for landownership and marriages, information is from the 18780 census records.

Paternal                                                                    Maternal

John W. Williams, Jr. (enslaver)                               William Barrett, abt 1847

Annie (enslaved)                                                       Luraney Raney, abt 1846

 

Austin Clark, b 1825                                                Ned Washington, b 1822

Martha Pound, abt 1835                                           Darkas ? abt 1823

 

Henry Button, abt 1815                                            Simon Stamps, abt1845

Nancy Lane, abt 1830                                               Olly Haley, abt 1845

 

Asa Carrington, b 1839                                            Willis Brown, b 1843

Henrietta Davis, abt 1850                                        Amy ?, abt 1842

 

Birthplaces                                                             Deaths

Virginia -  2                                                             Georgia - 1 (enslaver)         

Georgia - 8                                                              Mississippi - 3

Mississippi - 6                                                         Unknown - 12                                                                                      

                                           

Marriages (8 couples)

Couples - 5

Unmarried - 1

Enslaved / enslaver - 1

Unknown - 1

 

Landowners - 2                                Occupations (1870 census records)

                                                           Farmers - 3

                                                           Farm Laborers - 5

                                                           Day Laborer - 1

                                                           Keeping House - 6

                                                           Unknown, enslaved in 1860

                                                           

Born before the Civil War - 16

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