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INFORMATION WANTED--Of my grand parents or their | INFORMATION WANTED--Of | ||
my grand parents or their descend- | |||
My grandfather's name was Joshua Williams; his wife was named Mahala Williams. They were owned by James Harving at Wedgefield, S.C., who sold them to Governor Manning of S.C. He carried them to the State of | ants. | ||
My grandfather's name was | |||
My mother, some years after the surrender, received letters from them in Louisiana, at which time they were all alive. In one of the letters they stated that my uncle David had lost two of his fingers in a sugar mill. Their younger son by name James H. Addam Williams did the writing of the last letter that we got from them. | Joshua Williams; his wife was | ||
named Mahala Williams. They | |||
Any information as to their whereabouts will be gladly | were owned by James Harving at | ||
Wedgefield, S.C., who sold them | |||
Address J.W. Williams, Cedar Keys, Fla. | to Governor Manning of S.C. He | ||
carried them to the State of Loui- | |||
siana. The owner having failed to | |||
sell my mother whose name was | |||
Lendonia Williams, one of the two | |||
children of my grandmother, her | |||
only brother, David was sold with | |||
my grandparents and carried to | |||
Louisiana | |||
My mother, some years after the | |||
surrender, received letters from | |||
them in Louisiana, at which time | |||
they were all alive. In one of the | |||
letters they stated that my uncle | |||
David had lost two of his fingers | |||
in a sugar mill. Their younger son | |||
by name James H. Addam Williams | |||
did the writing of the last letter | |||
that we got from them. | |||
Any information as to their | |||
whereabouts will be gladly re- | |||
ceived and highly appreciated. | |||
Address J. W. Williams, Cedar | |||
Keys, Fla. | |||
Latest revision as of 17:11, 6 June 2017
INFORMATION WANTED--Of
my grand parents or their descend- ants.
My grandfather's name was
Joshua Williams; his wife was named Mahala Williams. They were owned by James Harving at Wedgefield, S.C., who sold them to Governor Manning of S.C. He carried them to the State of Loui- siana. The owner having failed to sell my mother whose name was Lendonia Williams, one of the two children of my grandmother, her only brother, David was sold with my grandparents and carried to Louisiana My mother, some years after the surrender, received letters from them in Louisiana, at which time they were all alive. In one of the letters they stated that my uncle David had lost two of his fingers in a sugar mill. Their younger son by name James H. Addam Williams did the writing of the last letter that we got from them. Any information as to their whereabouts will be gladly re- ceived and highly appreciated. Address J. W. Williams, Cedar Keys, Fla.