James Washington Carpenter searching for his mother, Lucy Redman, and siblings Mary, Francis, and Amos

National Freedman's Savings Bank (Washington, D.C.)

September 1, 1871

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James Washington Carpenter of Winchester, Massachusetts, is searching for information about his mother, Lucy Redman, and three of her children, Mary, Francis, and Amos.

The family was formerly enslaved by Miss Betsey Fouch of Middlebury, Virginia. Lucy came to Washington, D.C. in 1865, and James last heard from her in 1867, when Lucy talked about going to visit her brother, John Redman, in Pennsylvania. Lucy has a sister named Rebecca Domino or Dunmore who lived with Mr. James Biggins, a grocer.

Information is directed to W. H. Gunnison, Sixth Auditor's Office, Washington, D.C.

Date
September 1, 1871
Searcher Location

Winchester, MA

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Ana Pietrewicz, American Antiquarian Society

Citation
"James Washington Carpenter searching for his mother, Lucy Redman, and siblings Mary, Francis, and Amos," National Freedman's Savings Bank (Washington, D.C.), September 1, 1871, Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery, accessed October 21, 2026, https://informationwanted.org/items/show/5571

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Joseph Roby

The town in Loudoun County, Virginia is almost certainly Middleburg, not Middlebury. 

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