unknown, Coah

Title: unknown, Coah
Gender: Male
Biography: Originally sold to the Minor family in Mississippi, then to Louisiana to slaveholder James Dinsmore. He was brought to Kentucky in the 1840's along with his wife, Winny.; He was received as a member of Middle Creek Baptist Church (Belleview Baptist) in November 1842.; "He was kidnapped as a young adult and taken to Louisiana where he was bought by the Minor family. He was sent with other slaves owned by the Minors to work on the plantation in Louisiana in 1829. There he met and married Winny who had been purchased by Silas Dinsmoor years earlier. Because of financial difficulties, Silas had been forced to sell Winny and James Dinsmore bought her but always considered her to belong to Silas. When James and Martha moved to Kentucky, James paid William J. Minor for Coah so the couple would both be in Boone County, though separated by a mile. There is no evidence that they had any children. When Coah died, James bought a shroud for him rather than a coffin."--Cathy Callopy
Birth date: circa 1790
Place of birth: West Africa
Spouse(s): unknown, Winny [3]
Death date: 1862
Death and burial information: Dinsmore Cemetery (Boone County, Ky.)
Member of: Belleview Baptist Church (Belleview, Ky.)
Relationship: Slaveholder(s): Dinsmore, James; Minor family; Dinsmoor, James; Minor family
Source(s): Dinsmore Homestead Collection; Belleview Baptist Church Records

Item sets: AA--Enslaved--Kentucky--Boone County--D; AA--Enslaved--Kentucky--Boone County--M

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