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FOUND HIS MOTHER
FOUND HIS MOTHER


John Williams Visits His Mother After and Absence of 32 Years.
John Williams Visits His Mother  
After an Absence of 32 Years.


The Knoxville Tribune of yesterday contains a long account (which was printed as original in the Gazette this morning) of the re-union of a mother and son, who had not seen each other for thirty-two years. The people were colored, the mother's name being Harriet Blackwell, and that of the son John Williams, he having taken the name of his master, a Mississippi planter, to whom he was sold when a boy. Williams learned of his mother's whereabouts from a colored man who was in Knoxville a few days ago, and, the Tribune says, came to Asheville, where his mother lives, on Christmas day. The Tribune says in closing the story:  
The Knoxville Tribune of yesterday  
"John went alone into the house, and his mother, upon seeing him, rushed into his arms with many exclamations of joy. He remained in Asheville until Tuesday. A brother of John who was sold at the same time he was has never been heard from since he left the Blackwell plantation."
contains a long account (which was  
Williams also me in Knoxville a brother whom he had not seen since he left home, and from him learned that their mother was living.
printed as original in the Gazette this  
morning) of the reunion of a mother  
and son, who had not seen each other  
for thirty-two years. The people were  
colored, the mother's name being Harriet  
Blackwell, and that of the son John  
Williams, he having taken the name of his  
master, a Mississippi planter, to whom  
he was sold when a boy. Williams  
learned of his mother's whereabouts  
from a colored man who was in Knoxville  
a few days ago, and, the Tribune  
says, came to Asheville, where his  
mother lives, on Christmas day. The  
Tribune says in closing the story:  
 
"John went alone into the house, and  
his mother, upon seeing him, rushed into  
his arms with many exclamations of joy.  
He remained in Asheville until Tuesday.  
A brother of John who was sold at the  
same time he was has never been heard  
from since he left the Blackwell plantation."
 
Williams also met in Knoxville a  
brother whom he had not seen since he  
left home, and from him learned that  
their mother was living.

Latest revision as of 19:56, 16 January 2021

FOUND HIS MOTHER

John Williams Visits His Mother After an Absence of 32 Years.

The Knoxville Tribune of yesterday contains a long account (which was printed as original in the Gazette this morning) of the reunion of a mother and son, who had not seen each other for thirty-two years. The people were colored, the mother's name being Harriet Blackwell, and that of the son John Williams, he having taken the name of his master, a Mississippi planter, to whom he was sold when a boy. Williams learned of his mother's whereabouts from a colored man who was in Knoxville a few days ago, and, the Tribune says, came to Asheville, where his mother lives, on Christmas day. The Tribune says in closing the story:

"John went alone into the house, and his mother, upon seeing him, rushed into his arms with many exclamations of joy. He remained in Asheville until Tuesday. A brother of John who was sold at the same time he was has never been heard from since he left the Blackwell plantation."

Williams also met in Knoxville a brother whom he had not seen since he left home, and from him learned that their mother was living.

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