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The following excerpt came from Afrigeneas newsgroup on the internet and is taken from The American Slave: A Composite Autobiography, edited by Rawick, according to the person who posted it.
Della HARRIS: I don't know just how old I is. . . . I was 13 years old at the time uh Les's surrender. I belong to Peter or Billy Buck TURNBULL of Warrenton, NC. My mother and family all belong to Peter Buck as his slaves. . . . My father was a musicianer. He belonged to John CARTHAN in Warrenton, NC. In dem days you had to take your Master's and Mistess' name. In slavery time when a slave married he had to ask his Master and Mistess. Her mother was a genuine Indian. Her mother's sister was Kate WILLIAMS. Della says she had 8 children but only one of them was living at the time of the interview.
Following is the name and particulars about the person who posted it:
Jamila Saudi Ph. D. (address removed for privacy sake)
Some African American Marriages
The following are information taken from Wills and Estate records from Warren County. If you have something to submit, submit emailing me at teresa@maro.net
Slaves mentioned in Town Leaders: Littleton N. C.:1790-1920
Alfred Harris--- He was a slave on the James Y. Harris farm near the Vaughan and Macon area in Warren County. Alfred went to war with his owner and after the war was given his freedom. He drew a pension from the War Between the States.
Osborne Harris (1820-1905) -- He lived on the Thomas Whitmell Harriss farm near Sunnyside, a small community 5 miles from Littleton., N. C., on the Warren and Halifax County line. Osborne purchased property from Mr. T. W. Harriss and some of his family continues to live on this property.
Amanda Johnston (1848-1915) -- She was a former slave on the John P. Johnston's plantation in Warren County.
Blake Johnston (1844-1920) -- He was a former slave of William A. Johnston who lived on the JOhn P. Johnston's plantation n Warren County..
Ben Snow --- Blake Johnston' father
Oliver and Hasty Williams of Franklin County, N. C. They were the parents of the Rev. N. W. Hawkins' wife, Candace Williams Hawkins.
G. Willie Hawkins of Franklin Co., N. C. He was the father of the Rev. N. W. Hawkins
Pat Powell (1834-1922) -- lived on the William A. Johnston farm. and according to her obituary was from "the cream of the colored race of Warren County."
Lisa King (1831-1917) -- She moved to Warren County in 1895 from the home of Dr. Ellis in Garysburg, Va.
John Plummer (1829-????) --- John was born a slave in Virginia and was living in Warren County by 1850s
Lizzie Boyd (1831-19??) --- Lizzie was born a slave in N. C. She married John Plummer sometimes in the late 1860s.
Louisa Plummer (1853-????) -- She was the daughter of John and LIzzie Boyd Plummer. Louisa was a school teacher according to the census records.
John Sommerville (1854-1934) -- John was the son of John Young (1829-18??) and Lizzie Boyd Young (1831-19??).
Cyus Green -- A former slave who was a popular blacksmith in Warrenton, N. C.
Maria J. Owens (1854-1915) --- Maria married John S. Plummer (1854-1934)
Arron (18??-1893) and Delia Owens -- Arron and Delia were the parents of Maria J. Owens Plummer
Ellen M. Lockhart (1850-c.1905) -- She was possibly a slave on one of the Lockhart farms in Northampton County. She married Claiborne Faison who was a slave on Herod Faison's farm in Northampton Co., N. C.. They were the parents of John R. C. Faison who moved to Littleton, N. C. and lived on the Warren and Halifax County line.
Claiborne Faison (1848-1899) -- He was a slave on the Herod Faison farm in Northampton Co. N. C.. His son was John R. C. Faison who moved to Littleton, N. C., and lived on the Warren and Halifax County line.
Lousia Exum (1825-18??) -- She married Austin Faison a slave on Herod Faison's farm in Northampton County, N. C.
Austin Faison (1825-18??) -- He was a slave on Herod Faison's farm in Northampton county, N. C.
Henry "High" Ruben Faulcon (1863-1952) -- He was born on the Faulcon farms located in Halifax County. He married Martha Ann Young (1867-1948)
Hardy Ann Jones (1838-1916) -- She was the wife of William Faulcon (1816-18?? ) -
Mary Ann Rand ---mother of Hardy Ann Jones
William Faulcon (1816-18??) -- He was a slave one of the Faulcon farms located in Halifax County.
John Lewis Young (1830 N. C -1911) ---He lived in Warren/Halifax county, Littleton, N. C. He was sometimes referred to as J. Lewis Young on the census. He was born in N. C.
Margaret Talner Young (1835 Va.-1913) ---She married John L. Young and according to census records she was born in Va. On their daughter Frances' (1859-1918) marriage certificates, the daughter was born in Mecklenburg Co., Va.
Frances Young (1859VA.-1918) --- She was born in Mecklinburg, Co., Va. and married John Williams John L. Young (1797-1870s) --- father of the above John L. Young
Mary E. ???? Young (1810-1880s) --- wife of John L. Young (1797-1870s) and mother of John Lewis Young (1830-1911).
Winfield F. Young (1848 N. C.-1922 Va.) --- Hewas born in Halifax County, farm unknown. He was son of John L. Young and Mary E. Young. He was freed when 17 years old.
Sallie Adams Jones (1854 N. C.-1935 Va.) -- She was the wife of Winfield F. Young. Thomas Jones (1827-18??) -- He was the father of Sallie Jones Young
Eliza A. Jones (1831-18??) -- She was the mother of Sallie Jones Young.
Attention Rooters with Slave Data:
I would certainly encourage and support all researchers to share any and all slave data you encounter in your genealogical pursuits. We, African American Roots (aka: Afrigeneas), have a project of some 6 year duration to gather, compile and make available slave data to the African Ancestored researcher. Records kept by the slaveowner are frequently the only clue to our ancestors, particularly during the period 1619-1870.
Such information provided is available to all researchers at our FTP site and at our page on the web. It is also made available to the subscribers of the Afrigeneas mailing list: afrigeneas@MsState.edu
What format would we want the data? Well in the final analysis, whatever is best for the Sharer. The most practical is as follows:
Slaveowners Name:
Name of Slave:
Age of Slave:
Sex of Slave:
Physical Description of Slave:
Source Document:
State:
County:
Year of Source Document:
How to Access Source Document:
This information may be submitted directly to afrigeneas@msstate.edu or to me at vknelson@webex.com
Thanx for your attention and for your help.