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DEAR EDITOR--I desire to | DEAR EDITOR--I desire to in- | ||
quire for my sister whom I left in | |||
Clinton, La., in 1831. She lived | |||
then 3 miles below Clinton, La.; | |||
and belonged to Frank Dixon. I | |||
belonged to Lou Allen Dixon and | |||
she belonged to Franklin Dixon, | |||
in 1831 I was waiting-boy in Clin- | |||
ton for Jim Bailey. At that time | |||
her name was Minerva; she then | |||
had 5 children, 2 boys and 3 girls, | |||
and was living about a mile and a | |||
half from Pretty Creek. I heard | |||
she moved up into Mississippi, and | |||
then moved back to Clinton or | |||
somewhere in that district. I have | |||
been living near Red River and | |||
Natchitoches ever since I left Jack- | |||
son parish. As near as I can re- | |||
member my sister's name was | |||
Minerva Pigs. She had two chil- | |||
dren by George Pigs, named Ben | |||
and Willie, who were about 7 and | |||
8 years old at the time I left. I | |||
had a sister who was burned to | |||
death at Josiah Yarbra, in 1856. | |||
There were two sisters and two | |||
brothers of us, all of whom are | |||
dead excepting her and myself. | |||
I heard brother Noah belonged to | |||
Thos. Dixon, but that he died since | |||
I left him in Clinton. My mother's | |||
name was Nancy; Manerva was my | |||
whole sister and Noah my half | |||
brother. Address me at Natchi- | |||
toches, La. | |||
CORNELIUS WASHINGTON. | CORNELIUS WASHINGTON. |
Revision as of 16:10, 1 February 2018
DEAR EDITOR--I desire to in- quire for my sister whom I left in Clinton, La., in 1831. She lived then 3 miles below Clinton, La.; and belonged to Frank Dixon. I belonged to Lou Allen Dixon and she belonged to Franklin Dixon, in 1831 I was waiting-boy in Clin- ton for Jim Bailey. At that time her name was Minerva; she then had 5 children, 2 boys and 3 girls, and was living about a mile and a half from Pretty Creek. I heard she moved up into Mississippi, and then moved back to Clinton or somewhere in that district. I have been living near Red River and Natchitoches ever since I left Jack- son parish. As near as I can re- member my sister's name was Minerva Pigs. She had two chil- dren by George Pigs, named Ben and Willie, who were about 7 and 8 years old at the time I left. I had a sister who was burned to death at Josiah Yarbra, in 1856. There were two sisters and two brothers of us, all of whom are dead excepting her and myself. I heard brother Noah belonged to Thos. Dixon, but that he died since I left him in Clinton. My mother's name was Nancy; Manerva was my whole sister and Noah my half brother. Address me at Natchi- toches, La. CORNELIUS WASHINGTON.