See this
web page for a "Register of Slaves on Barnett Place, Account Book of Campbell
BARNETT Person County, NC, 1857-1858," which records the births of a number of
slaves. Source:: The NC Genealogical Society Journal, Vol.V, No.4, Nov.1979, page 254
A
Bibliography of African American Family History at the Newberry Library
See "Transcription of Report on
Sale of Slaves from the Joel Newman Sr. Estate, 1838, Person County, North Carolina"
on this web site.
Sonya Brown has added much useful information about African-American
research to the Bladen County, NC web page. Visit this page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/african_american/
The links below are the result of some time spent
doing internet searches on the terms "Person County" and
"African-American." Some seem useful. Please give me feedback on these links and
please send me additional links to add that you have found helpful in your research.
Updated
March 2005 - Barnetta McGhee White has published a 213 page book, A
Quest for Enslaved Ancestors: The Extended family of Griffin Fountain of Virginia
and North Carolina. The book is available for 20. Contact the author at 415 Obie
Drive, Durham, North Carolina 27713. See White's web
page for additional information. (A copy of this book is available in the North
Carolina Room of the Person County Library.)
Barnetta McGhee White
researches the McGHEE and FOUNTAIN African-American lines in Person County.
Barnetta McGhee White has posted useful information from adjacent
Granville County: ENSLAVED ANCESTORS
ABSTRACTED FROM GRANVILLE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA DEED BOOKS A-Z & 1-21, 1746-1864
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