by Toni | May 24, 2019 | Blog, Family History Research
The first military action of the United States Colored Troops in South Carolina was an expedition organized by Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson, commander of the 1st SC Infantry (later redesignated 33rd USCT). From January 23 to February 1, 1863, the 1st South...
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by Toni | May 21, 2019 | Blog, Family History Research
St. Paul Baptist Church in Gadsden, Richland County, SC. Photo taken by Robin Foster on May 22, 2013. I attended this St. Paul Baptist Church in Gadsden, SC. I was invited several times by my cousin, Pastor Betty Fair Harris. I went on some Sundays and to vacation...
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by Toni | May 14, 2019 | Blog, Family History Research
Vance, Mr. and Mrs. E. W., The Palmetto Leader, Columbia, South Carolina, 15 November 1941, page 7, column 1 I found two more birth announcements for Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Vance. This one was for an infant son who Mrs. Vance gave birth to. Unfortunately, he did not live...
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by Toni | May 2, 2019 | USCT Pension Files
Biographical Summary Simon Washington was born about 1845 on Newport Plantation on the Combahee River in Beaufort County, SC. His parents were Thomas Washington and Daphne. His brother Uriah Washington was raised on the same plantation. Simon was enslaved by William...
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by Toni | May 1, 2019 | Blog, Family History Research
After all these years, I finally was able to find three of my grandparent’s children’s birth announcements in “The Palmetto Leader.” The first one I found was on the first page of the paper. It is my mother’s birth announcement. I could not wait to tell her of...
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