This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RSB.2ACE/1612 Message Board Post: Does anyone know anything about a man named Rueben Wilson. He was a black slave in Caswell County, more specifically in Blanch NC. I believe the plantation he worked on was called either Sunrise Plantation or Sunny Home Plantation. I was told he bought his freedom in 1859. His slavemasters were of the Wilson family of Scottish descent who settle in the VA/NC area. He was a Reverend and he started several black churches in NC including Ebenezer Baptist in Providence NC. He was married to a Patsey Staples and they had Archibald, Rueben Jr., George (my grandfather), Hattie, Anna Bell, Thomas, and several other children. I believe he had 10 children in all, most of whom migrated to the north. Also if anyone has has any information on the Holloway family in the same Blanch area please contact me.