Wade Hampton searching for Lewis Hampton-Massey

The Appeal (Chicago, IL)

January 10, 1891

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LEWIS HAMPTON-MASSEY.––He was a slave, and at the age of five or six years was taken from the town of Chesterfield, S.C., by a man named Gideon, who took him to Florida between 1850 and 1860. Our master's name was Jas. Massey, who owned large grist mill and distillery on Lynch's Creek. Address Wade Hampton, Clear Creek, N. Y.

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Wade Hampton searching for Lewis Hampton-Massey, formerly enslaved by a man named Gideon.

Date
January 10, 1891
Searcher Location

Clear Creek, New York

Searchee Location

Chesterfield, SC

FL (Florida)

Contributor

Daniel Runyon

Citation
"Wade Hampton searching for Lewis Hampton-Massey," The Appeal (Chicago, IL), January 10, 1891, Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery, accessed April 19, 2024, https://informationwanted.org/items/show/2251

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