Comments for African American Families http://www.centralvirginiahistory.org/blog Tips for researching African American genealogy Wed, 04 Apr 2012 22:33:05 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on CVHR April Meeting (5th): Gayle Schulman and Bob Vernon (and Tinsley family members) by admin http://www.centralvirginiahistory.org/blog/?p=113&cpage=1#comment-3394 admin Wed, 04 Apr 2012 22:33:05 +0000 http://www.centralvirginiahistory.org/blog/?p=113#comment-3394 The monthly CVHR meetings are held in the Kenwood Library at Monticello in Charlottesville, Virginia at 4pm on the first Thursday of most months. The monthly CVHR meetings are held in the Kenwood Library at Monticello in Charlottesville, Virginia at 4pm on the first Thursday of most months.

]]> Comment on CVHR April Meeting (5th): Gayle Schulman and Bob Vernon (and Tinsley family members) by K. Harris http://www.centralvirginiahistory.org/blog/?p=113&cpage=1#comment-3385 K. Harris Wed, 04 Apr 2012 20:38:09 +0000 http://www.centralvirginiahistory.org/blog/?p=113#comment-3385 Where exactly will the CVHR April meeting be held? Will it be at the Jefferson Library at the University of Richmond or will it be at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville? Thank you! Where exactly will the CVHR April meeting be held? Will it be at the Jefferson Library at the University of Richmond or will it be at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville?

Thank you!

]]> Comment on CVHR April Meeting (5th): Gayle Schulman and Bob Vernon (and Tinsley family members) by K. Harris http://www.centralvirginiahistory.org/blog/?p=113&cpage=1#comment-3384 K. Harris Wed, 04 Apr 2012 20:01:03 +0000 http://www.centralvirginiahistory.org/blog/?p=113#comment-3384 I believe that my family is related to the Tinsley family of Louisa County. I just read this announcement of your CVHR April meeting. I live in Radford and am unable to attend the meeting. Is there some way that we can connect and share information? Thank you! I believe that my family is related to the Tinsley family of Louisa County. I just read this announcement of your CVHR April meeting. I live in Radford and am unable to attend the meeting. Is there some way that we can connect and share information? Thank you!

]]> Comment on CVRH December Meeting (1st): Commonwealth vs. Judy (slave), 1859, and Beyond by Kenneth Coles http://www.centralvirginiahistory.org/blog/?p=104&cpage=1#comment-2656 Kenneth Coles Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:04:17 +0000 http://www.centralvirginiahistory.org/blog/?p=104#comment-2656 My family is from Charlottesville and were owned by the Terrell family of Glen Echo. I am interested in any information related to the Terrells and the slaves they owned. Of specific interest is the presentation by Alice Cannon of "Judy". I was wondering if there is a written record of her presentation at the several CVHR monthly meetings. Thank you in advance and I look forward to your response. Kenneth Coles 64 R Street NW Washington DC 20001 chicagoque2@gmail.com My family is from Charlottesville and were owned by the Terrell family of Glen Echo. I am interested in any information related to the Terrells and the slaves they owned. Of specific interest is the presentation by Alice Cannon of “Judy”. I was wondering if there is a written record of her presentation at the several CVHR monthly meetings. Thank you in advance and I look forward to your response.

Kenneth Coles
64 R Street NW
Washington DC 20001
chicagoque2@gmail.com

]]> Comment on African-American Genealogy Workshop Announced at the Library of Virginia by admin http://www.centralvirginiahistory.org/blog/?p=96&cpage=1#comment-2244 admin Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:11:06 +0000 http://www.centralvirginiahistory.org/blog/?p=96#comment-2244 The Library of Virginia is: 800 East Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219-1905 (804) 692-3500 Open Mon-Sat 9-5. The Library of Virginia is:

800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219-1905
(804) 692-3500

Open Mon-Sat 9-5.

]]> Comment on African-American Genealogy Workshop Announced at the Library of Virginia by June Carter Perry http://www.centralvirginiahistory.org/blog/?p=96&cpage=1#comment-2237 June Carter Perry Sat, 06 Aug 2011 15:03:53 +0000 http://www.centralvirginiahistory.org/blog/?p=96#comment-2237 Can you please provide the address of the library? I am researching my grandfather's family, likely from Amhearst County, VA. Name: G.C. Pendleton, born in Arkansas 1885, Father Herbert Pendleton, Mother Laura Bangley, daughter of Charles and Indiana Bangley of Virginia. Census documents through 1920 classify the Pendleton family as 'mulatto.\ I would like to find the Pendleton family connection; some research leads to Minute Man, Reuben Pendleton; the Bangley family derives, it seems from a Frenchman, Nazareth Bangley. My grandfather was a French speaker. Your directions and suggestions are appreciated. Can you please provide the address of the library? I am researching my grandfather’s family, likely from Amhearst County, VA. Name: G.C. Pendleton, born in Arkansas 1885, Father Herbert Pendleton, Mother Laura Bangley, daughter of Charles and Indiana Bangley of Virginia. Census documents through 1920 classify the Pendleton family as ‘mulatto.\ I would like to find the Pendleton family connection; some research leads to Minute Man, Reuben Pendleton; the Bangley family derives, it seems from a Frenchman, Nazareth Bangley. My grandfather was a French speaker. Your directions and suggestions are appreciated.

]]> Comment on A New Local History Website by admin http://www.centralvirginiahistory.org/blog/?p=3&cpage=1#comment-1882 admin Tue, 08 Mar 2011 02:44:50 +0000 http://www.centralvirginiahistory.org/blog/?p=3#comment-1882 Dear Mrs. Kilby - For now we are focusing on two plantations in Albemarle County so we can develop the parameters of the database. But in the future (a year or more hence) we hope to widen the geographical boundaries of the project. Thanks for your interest. Dear Mrs. Kilby – For now we are focusing on two plantations in Albemarle County so we can develop the parameters of the database. But in the future (a year or more hence) we hope to widen the geographical boundaries of the project. Thanks for your interest.

]]> Comment on A New Local History Website by Phoebe Kilby http://www.centralvirginiahistory.org/blog/?p=3&cpage=1#comment-1879 Phoebe Kilby Sun, 06 Mar 2011 18:32:43 +0000 http://www.centralvirginiahistory.org/blog/?p=3#comment-1879 I have been collecting information on a family descended from my family's slaves. I have shared the information with those descendants. My family name is Kilby, and they lived in Culpeper, Rappahannock and Madison counties. Do you want information like this for your database? I have been collecting information on a family descended from my family’s slaves. I have shared the information with those descendants. My family name is Kilby, and they lived in Culpeper, Rappahannock and Madison counties.

Do you want information like this for your database?

]]> Comment on October 7th Meeting: A Medley by admin http://www.centralvirginiahistory.org/blog/?p=66&cpage=1#comment-1404 admin Sun, 24 Oct 2010 18:17:58 +0000 http://www.centralvirginiahistory.org/blog/?p=66#comment-1404 Minutes from the October Meeting. Attending: Alice Cannon; Bill Emory (Woolen Mills Road); Rev. Joseph Evans; Deborah Lee; Steven Meeks (Albemarle-Charlottesville Historical Society); Christopher Owens; Shirley Parrish (African-American Genealogy Group); Al Sharp; Dede Smith; Cinder Stanton (Monticello: Research Department); Edwina St. Rose; Bob Vernon; Laura Voisin George (UVA: Morven) Rev. Joseph Evans, pastor of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church in Washington, DC, spoke about his connection to the Evanses of Bleak House, the importance of "Aunt Amy," the "druid" of the family and an amazing storyteller, and the key role of education (we discovered his great-grandfather’s brother attended Storer College at the same time as one of Elizabeth Hemings’s great-great-great-granddaughters). He also shared his response to Thomas Jefferson and Monticello and read a selection from David Walker’s Appeal (1829). Christopher Owens explained his work over the last years in mapping James Monroe’s Ash Lawn-Highland estate and finding the locations of plantation sites like mills and sawmills. He shared maps based on his discoveries that were drafted by folks at the Piedmont Environmental Council. In the process he has revealed the locations of a number of people who lived in the Monticello-Ash Lawn area and interacted with Jefferson and Monroe. Minutes from the October Meeting. Attending: Alice Cannon; Bill Emory (Woolen Mills Road); Rev. Joseph Evans; Deborah Lee; Steven Meeks (Albemarle-Charlottesville Historical Society); Christopher Owens; Shirley Parrish (African-American Genealogy Group); Al Sharp; Dede Smith; Cinder Stanton (Monticello: Research Department); Edwina St. Rose; Bob Vernon; Laura Voisin George (UVA: Morven)

Rev. Joseph Evans, pastor of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church in Washington, DC, spoke about his connection to the Evanses of Bleak House, the importance of “Aunt Amy,” the “druid” of the family and an amazing storyteller, and the key role of education (we discovered his great-grandfather’s brother attended Storer College at the same time as one of Elizabeth Hemings’s great-great-great-granddaughters). He also shared his response to Thomas Jefferson and Monticello and read a selection from David Walker’s Appeal (1829).

Christopher Owens explained his work over the last years in mapping James Monroe’s Ash Lawn-Highland estate and finding the locations of plantation sites like mills and sawmills. He shared maps based on his discoveries that were drafted by folks at the Piedmont Environmental Council. In the process he has revealed the locations of a number of people who lived in the Monticello-Ash Lawn area and interacted with Jefferson and Monroe.

]]> Comment on June 3: Next CVHR Meeting by admin http://www.centralvirginiahistory.org/blog/?p=41&cpage=1#comment-365 admin Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:51:15 +0000 http://www.centralvirginiahistory.org/blog/?p=41#comment-365 Attending: Alice Cannon, Ben Cannon and Azusa Kobayashi; Jean Cooper (University of Virginia Library); Steven Meeks (Albemarle-Charlottesville Historical Society); Shelley Murphy; Al Sharp; Laura Smith; Cinder Stanton (Monticello: Research Department); Bob Vernon; Laura Voisin George (Morven); Billy Wayson Alice Cannon pressed on through the falling trees to tell us the whole remarkable story of Judy Woodfolk: from trial (1859) for attempted murder at age 8, arrival at the Richmond penitentiary, sale to the south, marriage in South Carolina in a time of intense and often violent racial conflict, and, in the early 1880s, return with her husband to the Woodburn community in Albemarle County, where her family members lived. It was fascinating to learn about Judy Woodfolk and Alice’s detective work in tracing her eventful life. New to our group this month was Laura Voisin George, Director of Research at Morven for the UVA Foundation. Billy Wayson, who has been before but not in a while, is looking into the issue of slavery and the Quakers of Green Spring, Louisa County. Attending: Alice Cannon, Ben Cannon and Azusa Kobayashi; Jean Cooper (University of Virginia Library); Steven Meeks (Albemarle-Charlottesville Historical Society); Shelley Murphy; Al Sharp; Laura Smith; Cinder Stanton (Monticello: Research Department); Bob Vernon; Laura Voisin George (Morven); Billy Wayson

Alice Cannon pressed on through the falling trees to tell us the whole remarkable story of Judy Woodfolk: from trial (1859) for attempted murder at age 8, arrival at the Richmond penitentiary, sale to the south, marriage in South Carolina in a time of intense and often violent racial conflict, and, in the early 1880s, return with her husband to the Woodburn community in Albemarle County, where her family members lived. It was fascinating to learn about Judy Woodfolk and Alice’s detective work in tracing her eventful life.

New to our group this month was Laura Voisin George, Director of Research at Morven for the UVA Foundation. Billy Wayson, who has been before but not in a while, is looking into the issue of slavery and the Quakers of Green Spring, Louisa County.

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