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I've started a weekly blog for my https://t.co/fIUa7Az9LG website. It talks about the Liberty County, Georgia, slavery research I'm doing, with general research tips sprinkled in. Get it as a weekly email by signing up: https://t.co/Y0x7dQmqZA. #TheyHadNames
A major milestone: all Liberty County GA deeds from 1777-1865 naming enslaved or free African Americans have been abstracted/posted on my site: 12,700+ names. The site now has all wills, estate inventories and deed records. #TheyHadNames https://t.co/WFFw9K3UvP
Looking for an African-American ancestor from Liberty County, Georgia? Visit https://t.co/8UEzoUdMxO to find 37,000+ names of African Americans listed in wills, estate inventories, deed records, church records, 1762-1865. #TheyHadNames and they will not be forgotten.
It makes my heart hurt that yet again itโs time to post these wonderful words. Too many dead. Too much inhumanity and cruelty. #theyhadnames #Shame
I had to change my pinned tweet. In 2019, I was happy that we had 23,000+ names of enslaved and free African Americans from Liberty County, GA, early records on https://t.co/8UEzoTWb9e. It is now 33,000+ names. #TheyHadNames and will not be forgotten.
Looking for an African-American ancestor from Liberty County, Georgia? Visit https://t.co/8UEzoTWb9e to find 33,000+ names of African Americans listed in wills, estate inventories, bills of sale, church records, 1790-1865. #TheyHadNames and they will not be forgotten.
In 1850 154 freed people previously owned by Liberty/McIntosh County GA planter and politician Jacob Wood set sail for Sinou, Liberia. They almost went to Haiti instead. Read more about them, inc their names, occupations, and family groups. #TheyHadNames https://t.co/2jz2vqIBXO
William Jones, a slaveholder of Liberty County, GA, died after the Civil War so had no probate records naming enslaved people. But other records, and a lucky find and generous gift by @SharonH1892, made it possible to create a list. #TheyHadNames https://t.co/TPxpJ09w21
Thanks to @MABPublicHist for motivating me to research William McWhir, an Irish-born clergyman, educator and correspondent with George Washington, whose ownership of human beings was not included in any of the previous writing about him. #TheyHadNames #LibertyCountyGA
#WilliamMcWhir was 'a homely child, and a bout with smallpox that cost him an eye and his complexion did nothing to improve his looks.' @theyhadnames1 An #irishSlaveholder in #Georgia
This is the journal that accompanies the major new database https://t.co/c06xIYtjXM. I'm so happy to say that a major chunk of data from my https://t.co/fIUa7Az9LG website was published in this issue and now will be more findable and reusable! #EnslavedOrg #JSDP #TheyHadNames
Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation Issue 2 is out now! #JSDP #EnslavedOrg
Using FAIR Principles will "make other existing datasets resources more findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable for scholarly and general interest audiences."
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The #TheyHadNames data on African-descended people from Liberty County, Georgia, should always be free and accessible for their descendants. Thanks to https://t.co/FhPZAjd1xn for publishing it in their journal! 650 estate inventories with 18000+ names. https://t.co/oP2X5Rj5Fp
Isaac Simpson, formerly enslaved in Liberty County, Georgia, bought land after the Civil War and even sued a railroad. Read about his Southern Claims Commission claim, his life, and perhaps a clue as to his surname: https://t.co/jpRMfDwFYY. #TheyHadNames #LibertyCountyGA
Union soldiers broke up a slaves' wedding feast in #LibertyCountyGA in Dec 1864. Jacob Golding filed a claim against the U.S. government years later for property taken but was so happy to have his freedom, he didn't care about it that day. #TheyHadNames https://t.co/87XwUJ1s1u
Samuel Maxwell, enslaved in #LibertyCountyGA when U.S. troops came in 1864, submitted a claim to the gov't in 1877. He only got $40, but the testimony provided priceless details about his life. #TheyHadNames https://t.co/XUpTfqfoGC
The Southern Claims Commission denied Richard Bacon's claim even though the formerly enslaved Liberty County man presented detailed testimony and eyewitnesses, but his claim gives us insight into his life and his family. #DoNotForget #TheyHadNames https://t.co/7zVpHADPgq
Research into formerly enslaved man Titus Alvin of Liberty County, GA, revealed a lynching, possible parentage of his adopted son, and predatory lending practices of the 1880s. #TheyHadNames #LibertyCountyGA Read about it here: https://t.co/mRF4fNjmZb
Just to clear 1 thing up. Descendants of USA enslaved people absolutely can push thier family trees back deep into the slavery period. This episode covers a myriad of resources that show #theyhadnames. You can also catch podcasts from @blackprogen
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A Southern Claims Commission case file revealed the life of a free Black man in Liberty County, Georgia. Toney Axson was a blacksmith who owned land and was married to an enslaved woman. Read about his life here: https://t.co/PouGHnBDBz #LibertyCountyGA #TheyHadNames
Working on transcribing and researching Southern Claims Commission case files from Liberty County, GA. Gus Williams, enslaved by Lewis Hines, owned land & was an African Methodist Society deacon after the Civil War. #TheyHadNames https://t.co/knDTn7Ota9
If your ancestors had connections to @UVA University of Virginia through #slavery, please take note.
Reach out to Shelley Murphy for more information.
#blackgenealogy #TheyHadNames #EnslavedGenealogy
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