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Andrew Jackson Gray
S. C., Tenn., Ky., Ohio, Kansas
published account
1880s
Lawrence, Kansas
told life story via vanity bio
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Father and cousin
Breaks, Virginia
Family Members
1800s
Kentucky
Black flight
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From personal research
At Second Constitutional Convention of KY
From personal research
1790s
From personal research
Davidson family connection to Davidson the delgate of Kentucky 1798/1799
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grandfather
Martin's Station, Kentucky and Blue Jacket's Town, Ohio
Oral History
Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio
Indain raid
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grandmother
Lincoln County Missouri
oral history interview with my grandmother
1855
Missouri and Kentucky
My great-great grandfather's stolen identity during slavery
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Grandmother and Great-grandfather's brother
Floyd County, Kentucky
Oral history
1840s
Kentucky
Former slaves
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Great grandmother
Rocky Mount, N.C., Nash County, Edgecombe County
Oral History, Family Documents
1800s
Rocky Mount, N.C., Nash County, Edgecombe County
First Family of N.C. and slavery
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Maternal Grandmother
Missouri and Kentucky
Oral history
1860s
Lawrence, Kansas and Ripley, Ohio
confirming history
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mother
East Tennessee to Somerset Kentucky
told by my mother
1900s
Northeast Tennessee.
amazing story about my grandfather.
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Mother
Kentucky/Ohio
I researched it
1864
Springfield, Ohio
United States Colored Troops
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mother-in-law
Boone's Station, KY
From my family's genealogy records
1789
Texas
Abraham Van Meter of Kentucky, perhaps owner of Henry Louis Gates's ancesto
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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 father related the bare bones to me when I was a young adult.
VA, TN, IN, IA, CA, NV and all the other states of the Union.
My Father, relatives, research, scholarship of Arthur Leslie Keith, Ph.D.
1717
My father is from Nevada; his grandfather:California; his: Kentucky
My family's story is 1717-2007 Germany-USA ~ indentureship to prosperity.
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My father, grandmother
Eastern Kentucky
My father
1857
Los Angeles
My great great grandmother was raped by a slavemaster's son
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My grandfather
Lexington, KY
Passed down
1880s
Lancaster, KY
Finding family and the native american blood in your family; what to do ...
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