Kite, Joseph

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Title: Kite, Joseph
Alias: Kyte, Joseph; Kite, Joe; Keyte, Joseph
Gender: Male
Biography: Joseph Kite was born in Virginia and brought to Boone County by enslaver George Kite around 1811.; The date of his birth fluctuated in the later years of his life, from 1782-1787, but earlier records place it closer to 1794.; His son, Elijah, was born in Boone County around 1825 and was enslaved by Wilson Harper, possibly his mother's enslaver.; Joseph was manumitted in 1826 along with his grandmother, Gin or Jane, his sister, Hannah, her four children. The freedom of the group was tested soon after the death of George Kite in 1827.; Joseph and his wife, Sarah, had at least five children.; He lived in Cincinnati until his death.
Member: Kite family
Birth date: circa 1796
Place of birth: Rockingham County (Va.)
Spouse(s): unknown, Sarah
Child(ren): Kite, Elijah
Death date: 3 April 1884
Place of death: Cincinnati (Ohio)
Death and burial information: Buried at Union Baptist Cemetery, Hamilton County (Ohio)
Participant in: 1825--Manumission of an extended family; 1826--Kidnapping of the Kite Family; 1849--Boone Co., Family Escape From Wilson Harper
Resided in: Boone County (Ky.); Cincinnati (Ohio)
Relationship: Enslaver(s): Kite, George; Kite, George Windlecoit, Sr.
Bibliographic citation(s): "Family Escape," The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, La., 7 Aug 1851; "Family Escape From Wilson Harper," The Tennessean, Nashville, Tenn., 16 Aug 1851; FindAGrave.com, memorial #208527207; "Ole Virginny; Uncle Joe Kyte's Story of His Life," The Cincinnati Commercial, 28 Feb 1875; Boone County Will Book B, page 277; Boone County Deed Book F, page 226
Source(s): Family Escape; Family Escape From Wilson Harper; Fifth Census of the United States, 1830; Sixth Census of the United States, 1840; Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; Eighth Census of the United States, 1860; Ninth Census of the United States, 1870; Tenth Census of the United States, 1880; Find A Grave.com; Cincinnati Commercial (Cincinnati, Ohio), 1865-1883; The; Boone County Will Books; Boone County Deed Books

Item sets: AA--Slaveholders--Kentucky--Boone County