Tag Archives: Hill Jones
Finding Temple’s ancestors: which way should I go?
By the time Monday comes around, I’m eager to send my kiddies off to school so I can get down to digging up my roots. But today, I was overwhelmed by the size of the task. It seemed a million … Continue reading
Filed under African-American history, family history, Uncategorized
The Slaves of Hill Jones
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, a will that listed my great great-grandmother, Temple Burton as part of Hill Jones’s property also listed many other slaves as well. His will was notarized on September 8, 1846 in Madison County, Mississippi. … Continue reading
Filed under family history, geneology, Mississippi, slavery
