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I see like 15+ of my ancestors listed in


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Something interesting I ran into (mother's father's side)

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:wtf:



Edgefield and Aiken keep popping up in my maternal grandfathers geographic origins


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same hot spots as the Wanderer slaves


Although the 407 Africans aboard were illegal cargo, a group of Southern planters, led by Charles Lamar of Savannah, Georgia, conspired to acquire the slaves. He and his cohorts hoped their actions would lead to a reopening of the slave trade and secession from the Union.[32] Many of the Wanderer slaves were put on barges and trains going to Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Texas. About half were sent aboard the steamboat Augusta, which sailed up the Savannah River to a plantation owned by Charles Lamar’s cousin Thomas Lamar. From there, many were sent to work in northern Georgia and South Carolina, including in the Edgefield area.

In 1908 anthropologist Charles Montgomery interviewed seven of the Wanderer Africans living in the Edgefield County, Aiken County, and Augusta area: Tucker Henderson, Tom Johnson, Lucy Lanham, Ward Lee, Katie Noble, Romeo Thomas, and Uster Williams.[33] Based on Montgomery’s writings, Kikongo language scholars John Thornton and Linda Heywood assert that Tom Johnson, Lucy Lanham, Katie Noble, and Romeo Thomas came from the same area of Madimba in the valley of the Mbidizi River in the Kingdom of Kongo

BEECH ISLAND — Fifty years after a federal law banning the importation of slaves took effect, a ship called the Wanderer brought a cargo of more than 400 Africans to Georgia’s Jekyll Island in 1858. Many of the captives were children, and they were traumatized, starving and sick.

Some ended up in this area after traveling up the Savannah River on a steamship. Their descendants still live in Edgefield and Aiken counties today.

Remembering slave ship Wanderer
 

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Edgefield and Aiken keep popping up in my maternal grandfathers geographic origins


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same hot spots as the Wanderer slaves






Remembering slave ship Wanderer


Congrats on finding so much info!

Your ancestor may have been snuck in. I would not be surprised. Is it saying he was born in 1903? It may be his parents were born in Africa - and he just stated that. Did you look at the other records - do they say Africa as well? If so, you def need to contact the archives in SC and find out more info.

My paternal grandparents had my daddy in their mid-late 40's and they were born in 1902 and 1903 - they both at one time lived with their grandparents who were freedman.
 

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Congrats on finding so much info!

Your ancestor may have been snuck in. I would not be surprised. Is it saying he was born in 1903? It may be his parents were born in Africa - and he just stated that.

yeah, it says his parents are from africa and he was born in 1903


Did you look at the other records - do they say Africa as well? If so, you def need to contact the archives in SC and find out more info.

You mean for his parents? Their names aren't listed and I can't find anything else on him. His name is 100% Anglo, too lol


My paternal grandparents had my daddy in their mid-late 40's and they were born in 1902 and 1903 - they both at one time lived with their grandparents who were freedman.

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yeah, it says his parents are from africa and he was born in 1903




You mean for his parents? Their names aren't listed and I can't find anything else on him. His name is 100% Anglo, too lol




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You should order his death certificate. It MAY have his parents names listed. Yeah, the Anglo name doesn't surprise me.

Did he have any siblings? Make sure to look them up - they may have the parents listed.

My paternal grandparents were cheating on their spouses -- and OLD - having side children. And my daddy wasn't the last one - my Aunt was born a few years later - I think my Granny was 48-49. It's crazy.
 

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You should order his death certificate. It MAY have his parents names listed. Yeah, the Anglo name doesn't surprise me.

cool, Ima try that


Did he have any siblings? Make sure to look them up - they may have the parents listed.

so far, I haven't seen any

My paternal grandparents were cheating on their spouses -- and OLD - having side children. And my daddy wasn't the last one - my Aunt was born a few years later - I think my Granny was 48-49. It's crazy.

:russ:
 
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