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 eldest 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

Excellent research Vicki. We all have ancestors that were slave owners. I believe the slaves used the owners last name as their own. Charles R. (Bob) Shaw 2425 Sherwin dr. Twinsburg Ohio 44087 330 425 8819 fax 330 963 6858 Engineered Special Products Inc. Product Engineer Adsco Line Products Inc. superchief87@roadrunner.com superchief87@yahoo.com www.engineeredspecialproducts.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vickie Miller" <vickie7293@msn.com> To: "Kilgore" <KILGORE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 8:45 AM Subject: [KILGORE] Kilgore slaveholders > 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 >