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STORYTELLER	LOCATION	HOW YOU HEARD	YEAR TOOK PLACE	TELLER'S PLACE OF ORIGIN	WHAT IT'S ABOUT
Mother, aunts, grandmother & great-grandfather	Navasota, TX & Grimes, TX	Traditional story passed down over generations	1870s	Great-grandfather from Beaumont, TX; rest of family born in CA	Texas Legislator during Reconstruction
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mother, cousins and at family reunion	Rockfarm Estate, Dinwiddie County, Virginia	documented story passed down over generations with gaps	1840s	Family's origin is Dinwiddie County, Virginia	unsanctioned interracial love
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Mother, Estelle Alma Singleton Taylor/ Aunt Ruby Ursula Singleton Thompson	Sumter, So Carolina	Handed down through the years on maternal "Singleton" Family	1850s	Sumter, So Carolina -- came North in 1923 settling in NY then CT	Ancestor "Singleton" found gold in Sumter, So. Carolina and bought freedom
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My Aunt, I suspect that she is the last living direct desendant of a slave	runaway slave from Kentucky, to Civil War Hero and Medal of Honor	My Aunt 100 yrs old related stories to me. She is stll living	2001	My aunt and mother came from Grand Rivers, Kentucky lyon county	My (grand father) was the last medal of honor receipent in the Civil War.
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My cousin, Robert Holden, told the story at family gatherings.	As the family settled in Raleigh, NC	Family story passed down - substantiated by the Family Bible	1865	He is originally from Raleigh, NC	Migrating North and Selecting the family name
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my grand aunt	sumter sc (1865)	told by the granddaughter that he was the family first pastor	1865	sumter sc	greatgrandfather usct and a free man
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My mother wrote the letter to a cousin. A great-uncle had the bible.	The family were freed blacks in Baltimore and slaves in QueenAnne's County.	My maternal family history was written in a letter and in a family bible.	1813	These relatives lived in Baltimore Maryland.	It is a story about understanding my identity, my character and behaviors.
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My Mother's first cousin, another family historian.	New Orleans, Louisiana	oral history, proven by archival records	1770s	New Orleans, Louisiana, Marseille and Provence France; Mali, West Africa	self-purchase, love and affection, overcoming the odds
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