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Virginia African American Cemeteries – Black Cemeteries

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Last Updated on January 18, 2023 by Dennis Cemeteries provide us with a unique link to our past. The following list shows Virginia African American cemeteries which primarily contain people of color. You should also check Access Genealogy Cemeteries for additional listings. Accomack County Virginia African American Cemeteries Christ Union Baptist Cemetery Odd Fellows Cemetery […]

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Slave Narrative of Henry Banner

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Last Updated on June 20, 2012 by Interviewer: S. S. Taylor Person Interviewed: Henry Banner Location: County Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas [HW: Forty Acres and a Mule] “I was sold the third year of the war for fifteen years old. That would be in 1864. That would make my birthday come in 1849. I must

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Biographical Sketch of Isaiah H. Johnston

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Last Updated on August 21, 2011 by Isaiah H. Johnston, President of the Second National Bank, Charleston; was born in Russell Co., Va., April 24, 1827; his father, Abner Johnston, came to this county in 1830, and settled in what is now Pleasant Grove Tp., and lived there until his death, which occurred in 1848.

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Biography of Judge William Cecil Price

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Last Updated on March 2, 2013 by William Cecil Price was born in Russell county, Virginia, April 1st, 1816, and is the third child of Crabtree and Linny C. Price, the family being of Welsh descent. His father was a farmer, who emigrated to Greene county, Missouri, in 1836. William had the advantage of a

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