Hi--I'm new to the list. My cousin recently spoke with an elder in our Foy family who told this story: One of our ancestors, John B. Foy, lived on the Arkansas-Missouri border and "helped the Negroes cross the river". She meant the Current river . She said before the Civil War, Negroes weren't allowed in Ripley Co. and "Grandpa Foy's old folks helped sneak the Negroes into the county acdross the river and helped hide them until they could move on north out of the county." Does anyone know anything about this? Was there an underground railroad through Ripley Co.? And why weren't blacks allowed in the county then? Any help from anyone would be appreciated. Shannon McFarlin, Paris, Tn. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
That's an interesting story. I don't have any information, but could you please share whatever you learn with the listserve? Thanks. Cindy Winkler [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: Shannon McFarlin <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 5:16 PM Subject: [MORIPLEY] foy query > > Hi--I'm new to the list. > My cousin recently spoke with an elder in our Foy family who told this > story: One of our ancestors, John B. Foy, lived on the Arkansas-Missouri > border and "helped the Negroes cross the river". She meant the Current river > . She said before the Civil War, Negroes weren't allowed in Ripley Co. and > "Grandpa Foy's old folks helped sneak the Negroes into the county acdross > the river and helped hide them until they could move on north out of the > county." > Does anyone know anything about this? Was there an underground railroad > through Ripley Co.? And why weren't blacks allowed in the county then? > Any help from anyone would be appreciated. Shannon McFarlin, Paris, Tn. > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >