Here is a web site that you might want to check out, it's the Race and Slavery Petitions Project for the southern states. Race and Slavery Petitions Project In the summer of 1991, Loren Schweninger, a professor of history, began traveling the South visiting courthouses and state archives in search of legal petitions related to race and slavery. He expected to find dry facts buried in legal terminology. What he actually found was a wealth of new information about peoples' lives and circumstances between the American Revolution and the Civil War. The petitions portray, in vivid and personal terms, the contrasts, ambivalence, contradictions, ironies, and ambiguities that comprise southern history. He began a project that became a journey. You can follow in his footsteps. They have an online searchable database at the following link: http://library.uncg.edu/slavery_petitions/ Linda Monticelli -----Original Message----- From: Kindred Roots GS <mail.list@kindredroots.com> To: ncrowan@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 3:18 pm Subject: Re: [NCROWAN] Slave records Joseph, I am the individual that did a lookup for you threw Jan. If I can be of any assistance let me know. I don't think I can find anything else in my resources, but I do I live locally (Landis). I am only restricted by my children (I am a stay at home mom with no sitters). My heart has always gone out to African-Americans who want to know their ancestry. I am lucky to have a decent paper trail (in most cases anyway). Kelly Miller Kindred Roots Genealogical Society [1]http://kindredroots.com [2]EvansTurnstone@aol.com wrote: Please do so.......appreciate it In a message dated 1/27/2009 1:03:25 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [3]mail.list@kindredroots.com writes: What is his name? I can look form him in the Freedman's Records for you if you would like. Kelly Miller Kindred Roots Genealogical Society [4]http://kindredroots.com [5]janrobison2@aim.com wrote: I have learned that he was a free man of color in 1850... -----Original Message----- From: Kindred Roots GS [6]<mail.list@kindredroots.com> To: [7]ncrowan@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:15 pm Subject: Re: [NCROWAN] Slave records Let us not forget families were split & sold, then given new names. Even if they were fathered by the white 'owner'. Kelly Miller Kindred Roots Genealogical Society [8]http://kindredroots.com [9]janrobison2@aim.com wrote: This man was born abt. 1813...? in Cabarrus.? His name, on census records, as of 1850 was Joel House.? He was mulatto, indicating that he may have been the issue of someone in the House family... J -----Original Message----- From: KRGS [10]<mail.list@kindredroots.com> To: [11]ncrowan@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 5:36 pm Subject: Re: [NCROWAN] Slave records HeritageQuest has searchable Freedman's Bank records, which served African Americans (1865-1874). To my knowledge slaves retained only their first names & usually the 'owners' surname. That makes researching a true family unity virtually impossible. I have seen original lists of slaves at various historical places. All were listed by first name &/o nick name. Family members weren't even listed. If there is some kind of list out there I would be interested in it as well. Kelly Miller Kindred Roots Genealogical Society [12]http://kindredroots.com [13]janrobison2@aim.com wrote: Hi, all, Is there such a thing as "slave records" in Rowan or Cabarrus Counties??? Jan References 1. http://kindredroots.com/ 2. mailto:EvansTurnstone@aol.com 3. mailto:mail.list@kindredroots.com 4. http://kindredroots.com/ 5. mailto:janrobison2@aim.com 6. mailto:mail.list@kindredroots.com 7. mailto:ncrowan@rootsweb.com 8. http://kindredroots.com/ 9. mailto:janrobison2@aim.com 10. mailto:mail.list@kindredroots.com 11. mailto:ncrowan@rootsweb.com 12. http://kindredroots.com/ 13. mailto:janrobison2@aim.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCROWAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message