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The early members of this Booker family lived in the parishes of Petsworth, Kingston, and Abingdon, Gloucester Co., Virginia. The earliest proven ancestor, James Booker (ca. 1723-1794, son of James and Amy Lewis Booker, married around 1745 Elizabeth Howlett (1726-1760); (2) Ann Camm (1723-1774/75), daughter of John and Mary Bullock Camm, ca. 1764; and (3) Elizabeth, widow of Ambrose Wright (her second husband). She was first married to Ambrose Bohannon. James Booker had six children by his first wife, Amy Lewis Booker. Family members and descendants live in Virginia, North Dakota, Illinois, Texas, Ohio, Georgia and elsewhere. Includes autobiography of the author, James Motley Booker (b. 1914).
This volume summarizes the remarkably diverse archaeological discoveries made during the past half century of investigations at the site of St. Mary’s City, the first capital of Maryland and one of the earliest European settlements in America. Founded in 1634, the city had disappeared by 1750, yet the archaeology documented in Unearthing St. Mary’s City reveals its untold history. Contributors to this volume review new research approaches and methods developed recently at Historic St. Mary’s City. They study the archaeology, architecture, and people of the lively seventeenth-century colonial hub. They also explore the landscapes of agriculture, enslavement, and remembrance that develop...
Henry Sinclair (d.ca. 1819) emigrated from Scotland to Isle of Wight County, Virginia and married Martha Brock. His son, John Sinclair (1755-1820), married twice and moved from Smithfield, Virginia to Gloucester County, Virginia. Descendants of both lived in Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C., North Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia, Ohio, Texas and elsewhere.
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This is one of the most important baseball books to be published in a long time, taking a comprehensive look at black participation in the national pastime from 1858 through 1900. It provides team rosters and team histories, player biographies, a list of umpires and games they officiated and information on team managers and team secretaries. Well known organizations like the Washington's Mutuals, Philadelphia Pythians, Chicago Uniques, St. Louis Black Stockings, Cuban Giants and Chicago Unions are documented, as well as lesser known teams like the Wilmington Mutuals, Newton Black Stockings, San Francisco Enterprise, Dallas Black Stockings, Galveston Flyaways, Louisville Brotherhoods and Hele...