Ah, now I see where this message originated. Liz Thank you for sharing. It is a very moving account. Appreciatively, marilyn ________________________________ From: Liz Branstead <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 8:30 PM Subject: [NORCAL] Black servants My Beeson family lived in Hillsboro, OH inthe early 1830s. They were part of the Underground Railroad. One night several families came through and left quickly. Two little girls were accidentally left behind. The Beesons tried to track down their families but were unsuccessful. The Beesons took in one and another family took in the other. My family "bound" one to prevent her from being taken back to the south and sol into slavery. She was about two and didn't know her name so they christened her "Ann" because they liked the name and "Jordan" because she crossed the river to get to freedom. They gave her birthdate as the day she arrived at their home. She was raised as a companion to my great grandmother of the same age. They lived together all their lives. In the censuses sh is listed as a servant. Sent from my iPad ----------------------------------------- NORCAL ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ Enter NORCAL.  Browse by month. Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. ----------------------------------------- To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message