A few weeks ago I made contact with the descendants of my ancestors' slave owners. It was a fine conversation until they asked why I was inquiring about the PEELER lineage. When I responded with my belief that their ancestors probably owned mine, another voice on the line spoke up.
He doubted that Berry PEELER, a man of God, and Chaplin in the Civil War would ever have had slaves! His wife tempered his remarks explaining that most everyone had farms in the mid 1800's, in middle Georgia!
Good point.
Friday, April 18, 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
Meeting David Wilson
Seems like a great program I missed.
‘Not the descendants of victims but victors’
Film traces one man’s journey to track down his family’s past in slavery
Friday, April 4, 2008
Who is Grandma Rose?
Grandma Rose:
Married as Rosa Dixon in 1902.
Listed in the 1910 census, 1920 and 1930 census' as Rosa PEELER.
She passed July of 1962 in Philadelphia, and was buried in Marshall Grove in Sandersville. Parents are listed as unknown, as well as her husband's name (which is careless). I'm starting to entertain the idea that 1. grandma Rose was an orphan, or 2. DIXON was her married name (maybe when was married before Walter).
I had picked up on her relation to Sussie VEAL--who appears with her in the Washington County, GA 1930 census as her cousin, and have ordered the death certificate on Sussie VEAL.
Will need to check further....
If you should have any information, or tips let me know.
Married as Rosa Dixon in 1902.
Listed in the 1910 census, 1920 and 1930 census' as Rosa PEELER.
She passed July of 1962 in Philadelphia, and was buried in Marshall Grove in Sandersville. Parents are listed as unknown, as well as her husband's name (which is careless). I'm starting to entertain the idea that 1. grandma Rose was an orphan, or 2. DIXON was her married name (maybe when was married before Walter).
I had picked up on her relation to Sussie VEAL--who appears with her in the Washington County, GA 1930 census as her cousin, and have ordered the death certificate on Sussie VEAL.
Will need to check further....
If you should have any information, or tips let me know.
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Alright, alright
Randolf, Ceily and their sons Solomon and Tump PEILER are all found in the 1880 census. While Soloman, and his new bride live with his parents, Tump lives next door to the widow of Berry PEELER.
The connection has now been well established that our last slave-owning family was the PEELERS who descended from Michael, Anthony and Issac. Their line landed in Philadelphia in the early 1700's. And then moved to North Carolina and onto South Carolina.
It appears that my Randolf was born in SC within the year of Berry's birth, and given to him as a child. When Berry moved from Union, SC to GA, he brought Randolf with him. Far later when Berry's son Issac moved from Hancock County GA to Wilkinson, he took my Randolf with him. Interesting Issac became a minister and appropriated land in Wilkinson County for the coloreds to worship.
It seems that following emancipation, Randolf then with his family returned to Hancock county, and worked the land of his former slave owners. Berry died intestate and Randolf appears on both sides of the balance sheet appearing as a part of the division of property in 1870.
The connection has now been well established that our last slave-owning family was the PEELERS who descended from Michael, Anthony and Issac. Their line landed in Philadelphia in the early 1700's. And then moved to North Carolina and onto South Carolina.
It appears that my Randolf was born in SC within the year of Berry's birth, and given to him as a child. When Berry moved from Union, SC to GA, he brought Randolf with him. Far later when Berry's son Issac moved from Hancock County GA to Wilkinson, he took my Randolf with him. Interesting Issac became a minister and appropriated land in Wilkinson County for the coloreds to worship.
It seems that following emancipation, Randolf then with his family returned to Hancock county, and worked the land of his former slave owners. Berry died intestate and Randolf appears on both sides of the balance sheet appearing as a part of the division of property in 1870.
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