At last, some genealogy right?!! LOL. I decided to jump back into things with an Amanuensis Monday post. I have to thank a fellow genealogy friend of mine who helped me out a couple of months ago, Nathaniel Glasgow. He brought to my attention a deed which documents the sale of about an acre land from a woman named Charity Ambrose to the trustees of Mt. Olive AME Zion Church in Riverdale, NC. Guess who's listed among the trustees. My maternal 3rd great grandfather and his son, Mortimer and Alfred Mitchell.
State of North Carolina}
Craven County
This deed made this 6th day of November in the year 1893 by Charity Ambrose of the first part of Craven County, and Mortimer Mitchell, Charles F. Hall, Anthony Dennis, Edward Hooker, Killis Green, David Sampson, Phillis Borden, Ezekial Pastuer, and A. F. Mitchell of Craven County and State of North Carolina of the second part , Trustees of the Mt. Olive Church, African Methodist Episocpal Zion Church in America of No. 6 Township Craven …
Wow! You have really been working and the results are fantastic! Thank you for posting :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Erlaine :)
DeleteI have to agree with Erlaine! The research you've done on Mr. Harry's story is wonderful Andrea! A beautiful tribute and thorough historical time stamp. Well done!:)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Luckie :) It was wonderful to learn about him. Its another reminder to me that their is so much rich history to be found within the lives of our own family family members.
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