Kite, Adelphia

Title: Kite, Adelphia
Alias: Kite, Adelphi
Gender: F
Biography: Adelphia Kite was enslaved by George Kite in Boone County, along with her mother, siblings and other extended family members. She was manumitted in 1825 and brought to live in Butler County (Ohio), where she was kidnapped in 1826, to be sold back into enslavement.; Adelphia's uncle, Joseph Kite, worked to locate all of the kidnapped family members and help secure their freedom.
Member: Kite family
Birth date: Circa 1822
Place of birth: Boone County (Ky.)
Mother: Hind, Hannah
Participant in: 1825--Manumission of an extended family; 1826--Kidnapping of the Kite Family
Resided in: Boone County (Ky.); Butler County (Ohio)
Relationship: Known enslaver(s:) Kite, George; Kite, George Windlecoit, Sr.
Bibliographic citation(s): Boone County Will Book B, page 277; Boone County Deed Book F, page 226; "Ole Virginny; Uncle Joe Kyte's Story of His Life," The Cincinnati Commercial, 28 Feb 1875
Source(s): Boone County Will Books; Boone County Deed Books; Cincinnati Commercial (Cincinnati, Ohio), 1865-1883; The