by Toni | Oct 31, 2019 | Beyond the Basics, Blog, Family History Research
Eric Foner, Freedom’s Lawmakers (Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1996) I ordered this book to document my great great grandfather, Beverly Vance (1832-1899) years ago. The author of the book states that he included black officeholders during...
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by Toni | Nov 28, 2018 | Blog, Family History Research
Remember in Tracing the Lemon’s from Columbia to Greenville to Charleston Using City Directories I found Rev. R. I. Lemon and his wife, Virginia Vance Lemon, who is my great aunt. I was able to see that they lived in Columbia and moved to Greenville and Charleston....
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by Toni | Aug 16, 2018 | Blog, Family History Research
I read Susie King Taylor’s (1848-1912) autobiography where she told of her enslaved experiences with grandmother, Dolly, escaping to freedom, working as an army nurse and teacher, returning to Georgia to marry Russell Taylor, and moving to Boston. Over a week ago, I...
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