The name Burwell runs down the Canady line but I dont have a candidate much less any information on slaves. One Burwell Westbrook died in 1854 before the Civil War and the other one on my database, Burwell jr, died in 1905. The Canady family was in Greene Co then Lenoir so records are scarce. Martha >Resent-Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 19:56:41 -0600 >X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Mon Jun 7 19:56:41 2004 >From: [email protected] >Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 21:56:45 EDT >Old-To: [email protected] >X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5111 >X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.38 >To: [email protected] >Resent-From: [email protected] >X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/3181 >X-Loop: [email protected] >Resent-Sender: [email protected] >Subject: [NCLENOIR] Civil War :? Afr American Info. > > Looking for information on a George Canady/Kenedy West Daughety ,a > slave,is >said to have gone away with his master Burrough( Burr )Canady to join the >fighting. It said that they went to Tennessee to enlist ) He took his >oldest son >John Lewis Daughety with him. I am told that John Lewis and his father >returned to Lenoir County , after Mr. Canady had been killed at war ,as >free men. >"'They both had lerning when they returned" as reported by "word of >mouth" to >mean they could read and write. I am trying to find records on Mr Canady ( >it was said that he wa buried in a Tomb on the banks of the Neuse River where >he owned land. George 's wife, Emeline Daughety is listed in the 1870 >census along with John Lewis and other childrens but George had >died before 1870. > I don't know if he was a part of any army but was said to have helped with >taking care of wounded troops near Kinston after he returned. I am trying to >find out how he served.