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Participant Info
- Slaveholder
- Reverend John Hightower
- Locations
- Warren County, Kentucky
- Researcher
- Frena Williams Hokans
- Researcher's E-mail
- abhokans AT comcast.net
- Researcher Location
- Connecticut
- Comments
- The Reverend John Hightower purchased EP named ADAM from the Estate of John Williams, who died in 1807 in Warren County, Kentucky. Reverend John Hightower was the father of Christian Hightower, who married Thomas Williams, the father of John Williams. She was the stepmother of John Williams. Reverend John Hightower purchased the EP named ADAM from the Estate of John Williams, most likely in about 1808 while the Estate was being probated -- and on 10 Jun 1818 Reverend John Hightower emancipated ADAM, effective date 1 Mar 1820. Source: FamilySearch.org, Warren County, Kentucky Deed Records Vols. 6-8, 1812-1818, image 775 of 817 I have added a separate entry for SH John Williams, who died in about July of 1807 in Warren County, Kentucky. His Estate Inventory found in Warren County Probate Records 1797-1985 at FamilySearch.org -- Vol. A-B 1797-1824, Image 80 of 199. Dated 20 May 1808: Enslaved persons (in order by evaluation - so this might be a family): Ceazar -- man Adam -- man Bets -- woman Kercy -- boy Jena -- girl Kizey -- girl Stephen -- boy George -- boy Allen -- boy Eleassa or Elessa -- girl I've suspected they might be a family, and it appears that EP ADAM was not a part of this family and was purchased separately by the Reverend John Hightower. Sylvia Williams, the widow of John Williams, m. 2nd James McDaniel, Junior in 1811 in Warren County, KY and by about 1812 they were living in Indiana Territory, where the practice of slaver was never instituted and officially outlawed when Indiana became a state in 1816. Per the 1820 Patoka, Dubois County, Indiana census, Sylvia McDaniel was enumerated separately from her husband on the first page of the census, which appears to have been devoted to "free persons of color" living there at that time -- enumerated with Sylvia McDaniel in Patoka, Dubois County, Indiana were two female "free colored persons" under fourteen years of age, and one female "free colored person" of fourteen and under 26. There were a total of eight "free colored persons" on this census, all living with white families.
- On-line Tree or Website
- https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/120887635/person/332547564803/facts
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- Beyond Kin Researcher?
- Yes