Rev. Joseph Chester Tracy, DD
Joseph Tracy (1793–1874) was a Protestant Christian minister, newspaper editor, historian and leading figure in the American Colonization Society of the early to mid-...
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10/26/2023
Rev. Joseph Chester Tracy, DD
Joseph Tracy (1793–1874) was a Protestant Christian minister, newspaper editor, historian and leading figure in the American Colonization Society of the early to mid-...
10/26/2023
Mayor of Cincinnati. Born on a pioneer settlement at Columbia, now part of the East End of Cincinnati, he became the first Cincinnati native to represent the city as Mayor. He studied law, was admitted...
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6/26/2022
Mayor of Cincinnati. Born on a pioneer settlement at Columbia, now part of the East End of Cincinnati, he became the first Cincinnati native to represent the city as Mayor. He studied law, was admitted...
6/26/2022
John Ker (1789–1850) was an American surgeon, planter and politician in Louisiana. Together with several major Mississippi planters, in the 1830s Ker co-founded the Mississippi Colonization Society, ...
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11/11/2021
John Ker (1789–1850) was an American surgeon, planter and politician in Louisiana. Together with several major Mississippi planters, in the 1830s Ker co-founded the Mississippi Colonization Society, ...
11/11/2021
Fairfax was the author of a plan to gradually emancipate enslaved people in the United States and resettling them in Africa. Born in Fairfax County to a Virginia gentry family, he was the godson of Geo...
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6/27/2020
Fairfax was the author of a plan to gradually emancipate enslaved people in the United States and resettling them in Africa. Born in Fairfax County to a Virginia gentry family, he was the godson of Geo...
6/27/2020
Crane was a Baptist lay leader, missionary, and businessman. Born in New Jersey in 1790, he became a shoemaker and joined his brother in Richmond, Virginia, where he became a successful merchant. He jo...
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6/21/2020
Crane was a Baptist lay leader, missionary, and businessman. Born in New Jersey in 1790, he became a shoemaker and joined his brother in Richmond, Virginia, where he became a successful merchant. He jo...
6/21/2020
John Hartwell Cocke was born in Surry County, Virginia in 1780. He attended the College of William and Mary from 1794-1799.
After serving in the War of 1812, he returned to his home, Bremo, a pl...
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5/29/2009
6/19/2020
John Hartwell Cocke was born in Surry County, Virginia in 1780. He attended the College of William and Mary from 1794-1799.
After serving in the War of 1812, he returned to his home, Bremo, a pl...
6/19/2020
H. Brodnax was a member of the House of Delegates (1818–1819, 1830–1833) and of the Virginia constitutional convention of 1829. A native of Brunswick County, he studied and then practiced law in Peters...
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6/12/2020
H. Brodnax was a member of the House of Delegates (1818–1819, 1830–1833) and of the Virginia constitutional convention of 1829. A native of Brunswick County, he studied and then practiced law in Peters...
6/12/2020
. W. Andrews was an Episcopal minister and reformer who was active in the American Colonization Society. Born and educated in Vermont, he moved to Virginia for his health and there fell under the influ...
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11/24/2019
6/3/2020
. W. Andrews was an Episcopal minister and reformer who was active in the American Colonization Society. Born and educated in Vermont, he moved to Virginia for his health and there fell under the influ...
6/3/2020
McKay, Presbyterian minister, was born at Flint Hill on the Upper Cape Fear River in Cumberland (now Harnett) County. His mother, Flora McNeill (1785–1868), was the great-grand-daughter of Neill McNeil...
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1/3/2010
5/18/2020
McKay, Presbyterian minister, was born at Flint Hill on the Upper Cape Fear River in Cumberland (now Harnett) County. His mother, Flora McNeill (1785–1868), was the great-grand-daughter of Neill McNeil...
5/18/2020
Drayton Smith, clergyman, geologist, and author, was born in Buncombe County, the son of Samuel and Mary Jarrett Smith. The family moved in 1820 to land the elder Smith bought that year when some Chero...
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3/8/2020
Drayton Smith, clergyman, geologist, and author, was born in Buncombe County, the son of Samuel and Mary Jarrett Smith. The family moved in 1820 to land the elder Smith bought that year when some Chero...
3/8/2020
James Bingham, popularly known as "the Napoleon of schoolmasters," was born in Chapel Hill, the oldest son of William Bingham, then professor of ancient languages at The University of North Carolina, a...
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8/21/2015
8/4/2018
James Bingham, popularly known as "the Napoleon of schoolmasters," was born in Chapel Hill, the oldest son of William Bingham, then professor of ancient languages at The University of North Carolina, a...
8/4/2018
Henry Brodnax (1786–1834) was a Virginia lawyer and politician.Early lifeWilliam Henry Brodnax was born in 1786. He graduated from Hampden-Sydney College, where he studied the Law.CareerBrodnax began p...
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9/1/2016
9/1/2016
Henry Brodnax (1786–1834) was a Virginia lawyer and politician.Early lifeWilliam Henry Brodnax was born in 1786. He graduated from Hampden-Sydney College, where he studied the Law.CareerBrodnax began p...
9/1/2016
John Day, older brother to the famous cabinetmaker, Thomas Day, emigrated to Liberia in 1830 as a participant in the American Colonization Movement. As a free person of color, he lived and worked in so...
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5/10/2015
5/10/2015
John Day, older brother to the famous cabinetmaker, Thomas Day, emigrated to Liberia in 1830 as a participant in the American Colonization Movement. As a free person of color, he lived and worked in so...
5/10/2015
Henry Fitzhugh was a philanthropist, author, orator, and a veteran of the War of 1812 who manumitted in his will the men and women he enslaved. Fitzhugh was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates ...
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9/25/2008
11/23/2014
Henry Fitzhugh was a philanthropist, author, orator, and a veteran of the War of 1812 who manumitted in his will the men and women he enslaved. Fitzhugh was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates ...
11/23/2014
Updated from MyHeritage Match via daughter Melinda Edmondson (born Colbert) by SmartCopy : Oct 6 2014, 22:55:23 UTC
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10/7/2014
Updated from MyHeritage Match via daughter Melinda Edmondson (born Colbert) by SmartCopy : Oct 6 2014, 22:55:23 UTC
10/7/2014
Updated from MyHeritage Match via sister Melinda Edmondson (born Colbert) by SmartCopy : Oct 6 2014, 22:55:23 UTC
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10/7/2014
Updated from MyHeritage Match via sister Melinda Edmondson (born Colbert) by SmartCopy : Oct 6 2014, 22:55:23 UTC
10/7/2014
Updated from MyHeritage Match via sister Melinda Edmondson (born Colbert) by SmartCopy : Oct 6 2014, 22:55:24 UTC
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10/7/2014
Updated from MyHeritage Match via sister Melinda Edmondson (born Colbert) by SmartCopy : Oct 6 2014, 22:55:24 UTC
10/7/2014
Updated from MyHeritage Match via sister Melinda Edmondson (born Colbert) by SmartCopy : Oct 6 2014, 22:55:23 UTC
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10/7/2014
Updated from MyHeritage Match via sister Melinda Edmondson (born Colbert) by SmartCopy : Oct 6 2014, 22:55:23 UTC
10/7/2014
From : 1785–1833 Family: Colbert (Hemings)Occupation: Nailmaker; BlacksmithBrown Colbert lived his first twenty years at Monticello, where he worked as a household servant and a nailmaker. In 1805, he ...
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10/7/2014
From : 1785–1833 Family: Colbert (Hemings)Occupation: Nailmaker; BlacksmithBrown Colbert lived his first twenty years at Monticello, where he worked as a household servant and a nailmaker. In 1805, he ...
10/7/2014
Barzillai was a drummer and fifer from Chelmsford, Massachusetts, who fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Barzillai Lew (November 5, 1743 - January 18, 1822) was an African American soldier who se...
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2/21/2014
Barzillai was a drummer and fifer from Chelmsford, Massachusetts, who fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Barzillai Lew (November 5, 1743 - January 18, 1822) was an African American soldier who se...
2/21/2014