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Miss Mary's Money
"Miss Smith, the wealthy old lady who died recently near Chapel Hill, and who bequeathed a large sum of money to the State University, did not fail to remember her old slaves, of whom six are now living," read the New York Times, December 6, 1885. But the Times got it wrong: land, not money, was left to the University of North Carolina and five of Mary Ruffin Smith's former slaves. Four were also her nieces--sired by her two bachelor brothers--and all had the same mother, the Smiths' maid Harriet. A spinster, Mary raised the girls, baptized them into the Episcopal Church, married them to respectable biracial men and left each 100 acres in her will. The result of eight years of research, this book tells the story of the Smith family and the fortune that survived the profligacy of Mary's father before being willed to the university and the North Carolina Episcopal diocese. Every "legitimate" member of the family lies in a small cemetery near the former estate. Harriet was buried an unmarked grave somewhere in Orange County. The hundreds of descendants of her daughters have been virtually ignored--this book is for them.
Creeping Corruption Anthology
From the slow degradation of society to the rotting of holy places, corruption touches everything. Featuring stories from new and upcoming horror authors, the first anthology from Madness Heart Press represents the best and most horrifying of corruption stories. Inside you'll find corruption in all of its forms. Diseases and parasites that eat away at the flesh, madnesses, and phobias that destroy minds and degrading acts that peel away the soul. 16 stories by some of the freshest and best horror writers working today. Dig in, and feast on the corruption.
Annual Statements of the Railroad and Canal Companies ... Together with Report of the State Director of the United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company ...
Vols. for 1867-1915 include report of the state director of the United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company issued through 1878 under its earlier names: 1867-71, Delaware and Raritan Canal and Camden and Amboy Railroad and Transportation Companies (which continues the reports of the State Directors); 1873-78, United Rail Road and Canal Company of New Jersey.
A History of Fort Worth in Black & White
A History of Fort Worth in Black & White fills a long-empty niche on the Fort Worth bookshelf: a scholarly history of the city's black community that starts at the beginning with Ripley Arnold and the early settlers, and comes down to today with our current battles over education, housing, and representation in city affairs. The book's sidebars on some noted and some not-so-noted African Americans make it appealing as a school text as well as a book for the general reader. Using a wealth of primary sources, Richard Selcer dispels several enduring myths, for instance the mistaken belief that Camp Bowie trained only white soldiers, and the spurious claim that Fort Worth managed to avoid the racial violence that plagued other American cities in the twentieth century. Selcer arrives at some surprisingly frank conclusions that will challenge current politically correct notions.
The Browning Family History
David Browning was born in 1782 in North Carolina. He married Mary Magdelene Miller in 1805 and they had seven children. They moved from North Carolina to Tennessee and then on to Missouri. Historical and biographical sketches of his descendants and the time periods in which they lived are included in this material. Parts of at least one branch of his descendants became members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They are now scattered throughout the United States but many remain in Missouri and Oklahoma.
