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The clerk of the court has received a letter dated Greenville, S. C., stating: "Many years ago I was sold from my mother and father. I now wish to hear from them as I am in possession of property, and do not know when I am call from this world. My master's name was George Williams and his wife was named Betsy Williams, and he had sons named George and Munroe and one daughter named Rosa, who married a Hancock, and her | The clerk of the court has received a letter dated | ||
Greenville, S. C., stating: "Many years ago I was | |||
sold from my mother and father. I now wish to | |||
hear from them as I am in possession of property, | |||
and do not know when I am call from this world. | |||
My master's name was George Williams and his | |||
wife was named Betsy Williams, and he had sons | |||
named George and Munroe and one daughter | |||
named Rosa, who married a Hancock, and her husband | |||
sold me to Mr. Jack Brinkley, a speculator. | |||
My father belonged to a family of Browns." He | |||
gives the names of George, Mary Jane, Ellen Nora, | |||
and Peter Brown, as those of his brothers and sisters, | |||
and closes by saying: "I was born back of the | |||
public pump on Avenue street, Washington city, I | |||
have been away from there 40 years. Do let me | |||
hear from some of my people. John A. Brown." | |||
Revision as of 19:29, 29 August 2020
Wants to Find His People.
AN EX-SLAVE IN SEARCH OF HIS PARENTS OR BROTHERS.
The clerk of the court has received a letter dated Greenville, S. C., stating: "Many years ago I was sold from my mother and father. I now wish to hear from them as I am in possession of property, and do not know when I am call from this world. My master's name was George Williams and his wife was named Betsy Williams, and he had sons named George and Munroe and one daughter named Rosa, who married a Hancock, and her husband sold me to Mr. Jack Brinkley, a speculator. My father belonged to a family of Browns." He gives the names of George, Mary Jane, Ellen Nora, and Peter Brown, as those of his brothers and sisters, and closes by saying: "I was born back of the public pump on Avenue street, Washington city, I have been away from there 40 years. Do let me hear from some of my people. John A. Brown."