>from: The North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal Volume XI, No 1 Feb >1985, No 2 May 1985 > >Black Craftsmen in North Carolina by Gale Farlow Feb 85, pgs 2-13; May >1985 pgs 91-103 >This article was originally submitted as her thesis in American History > >Some notes: >a study of black craftsmen in the South before 1850; slave and free, Most >slaves came from VA; some from West Indies and Africa. >NC had reputation as haven for fugitives. Includes a list of names of >black craftsmen with information about each person. > >Surnames include: ALLEN, ARTIS, BASS, BELL, BLACK, BLACKNALL, BOON, >BOOTS, BOWMAN, BOWSER, BRAGG, BROWN, BROWNIG, BUFORD, BURK, BURKE, >BURNETT, BURNET, BRYAN, CAMDEN, CARTER, CASE, CLARK, CLARKE, >COCHRAN, CONNORS, CONNER, COOPER, CULLEY, DAY, DELDY, DOVES, DOVE, >DUNSTION, EVANS, FERGERSON, FRANKLIN, FREEMAN, GARDNER, GOOD, >GOSSETT, GRANBURY, GREEN, GUILDFORD, HAMMONS, HANDCOCK, HARDIN, >HARRIS, HAUGHTON, HAZEL, HENDERSON, HERRITAGE, HILL, HOGG, HOSTLER, >HUNTER, INNIS, JACOBS, JAMES, JENKINS, JOHNSON, JONES, KEASE, KENT, >KAYES, KEYS, KING, LARINGTON, LEARY, LEWIS, LLOYD, LONG, LUTEN, >LUTTS, McALPIN, MANOR, MARTIN, MASSELLON, MERRICK, MITCHELL, MOORE, >MORGAIN, MORGAN, MUMFORD, NASH, NEWBY, OLIVER, PETTYFORD, PETTIPHOR, >PHELPS, PITMAN, REED, REVELS, ROCHEL, RUE, RUSSELL, SAMPSON, SCOTT, >SIMMONS, SOZZEL, SPELMAN, SPELMAN, STEWART, STANLY, STRINGER, STOW, >TAYLOR, TETTERTON, THORNTON, TYLER, UNDERWOOD, WALKER, WESTLEY, >WEAVER, WHITFIELD, WIGGINS, WILLOBY, WORELL; There is also a list >with first names only. > > > >In order to identify craftsmen working before 1850, for her paper, Four >factors were considered necessary : Name, trade, location by town or >county, and at least one documented date. There are a number of other >people that did not meet all four standards for her paper. >Sources for her list include ...Newspaper advertisements for sale of >slaves, or runaways....Wills and inventories, Collections of Family >papers, Court Records............Note much of the newspaper accounts were >taken from the Documentary Files of the Museum of Early Southern Decorative >Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina....these files are material collected >from microfilm copies of newspapers, court records, city directories and >other documents. > >I will do LOOKUPS on names. >Diane >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >