I am sure you have seen the Charles Kilgore Rev pension that lists Avarilla as his widow? Is this not yours? I believe that's right, I ordered it years ago thinling it might be mine but ours is the Charles b 1740 married Martha (LNU) Sherry ----- Original Message ----- From: <DJones819@aol.com> To: <kilgore@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 7:59 PM Subject: Re: [KILGORE] Kilgore slaveholders > Vickie, > > According to family legend, our Kilgores also owned slaves and in Wythe > Co, VA but we have never been able to prove that as we have never been > able > to connect our Avarilla Jane Kilgore Heaton to any Kilgore. I keep > looking > when possible and reading all the info on the Kilgore rootsweb but still > have my brick wall. > > > In a message dated 12/12/2009 8:46:36 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > vickie7293@msn.com writes: > > Considering the number of Kilgore slave holders prior to the Civil War > it's to be expected that at least some passed on their genetic material to > their slaves. I'm 99% positive that my ancestor Charles Kilgore did > and/or it > was one of his sons. He freed a slave in his will and she almost > certainly bore either Charles or one of his sons a child whose last name > became > Henderson because Charles' son, disobeyed his wishes and instead of > freeing > the slave he sold her to his brother-in-law. Many years later, this > former > slave was able to go to court to sue for her freedom; which the court > granted along with the children she had after the date she was supposed > to have > been freed in the first place. This was in 1853 however, her owner > appealed > the ruling and it was still in the courts in 1858. I don't know the > outcome. I suspect it wasn't until the Emancipation Proclamation that > she was > actually freed rather than through the courts; although they did rule in > her > favor. Her el! > dest child, Washington Henderson was listed as a mulatto on 1850 slave > census and Charles Kilgore really didn't have the wherewithal to have > been > simply magnanimous. I suspect he freed her because of her child/children > and > that he knew they were related. > > Vickie > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KILGORE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KILGORE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >