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Finney, Leticia S.
Though Letty is clearly a free woman in the 1860 census, three of her children (Jane, Samuel and Benjamin) were enslaved. This implies that Letty was enslaved as well at one point, then later freed. Her daughter Julie appears to have been born free.
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Finney, Jordan
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Duvall, Catherine Elizabeth
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Taylor, Katie Lee
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Duvall, Bailey Anderson, Sr.
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Duvall family
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Colsher, Jesse
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Nashville (Tenn.)
Nashville originated as Fort Nashborough, named for Revolutionary War hero Francis Nash. It was constructed next to the pre-existing French trading post of French Lick, which was folded into the growing settlement. It was incorporated as a city in 1806, and became the county seat of Davidson County. It served as state capital 1812-1817, and became the capital again in 1826. It was named the permanent capital in 1843.
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Murfreesboro (Tenn.)
Designated as the seat of newly-formed Rutherford County, it was originally named Cannonsburgh for local politician, Newton Cannon. It was formally cahartered a few months later as Murfreesboro, in honor of Revolutionary War Colonel Hardy Murfree. As settlement moved west across Tennessee, the state capital moved to Murfreesboro from Knoxville in 1818. Eight years later the capital moved to Nashville.
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Memphis (Tenn.)
Founded by John Overton, James Winchester and Andrew Jackson on land purchased from the Chickasaw people, the city sits on high bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River. It was named for the ancient city in Egypt, and incorporated 19 Dec 1826.
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Lebanon (Tenn.)
The city's name is a reference to the biblical cedars of ancient Lebanon, due to the large number of cedar trees in the area.
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Knoxville (Tenn.)
Originally settled by Revolutionary War officer James White, who built the first fort on the site, it was chosen as the territorial capital by the new governor William Blount. Blount renamed the settlement Knoxville, in honor of his direct superior, the Revolutionary War general Henry Knox.
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Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Originally a Cherokee settlement, the area was used as an internment camp for indigenous people during the Trail of Tears. It was incorporated as a US city in 1839, the year after the deportation of the Cherokee. The name is believed to be derived either from a Muskogean term for a dewlling rock or a Creek term for a rock rising to a point, both generally assumed to be references to Lookout Mountain, which overlooks the city.
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Herndon, Zachariah
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Watts, Mary
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Williams, Merriah
Merriah is listed in the 1870 census as a domestic servant in the household of John Armstrong. She is the only African-American in the household, and is the correct age to be the enslaved woman recorded in previous census records.
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Armstrong, John Hume
The 1870 census lists a single African-American living in John Armstrong's household in 1870, shortly after emancipation. Merriah Williams, listed as a domestic servant, is the correct age to have been the enslaved woman recorded in previous census records.
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Hume, Sarah
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Hume, Samuel W.
From the census records, it appears that Samuel remained at home with his mother, managing the farm after his father died and his siblings moved out. He does not appear to have ever married.
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Hume, Benjamin Proctor
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Hume, George Jackson
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Hume, Patrick
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Hume, George
George Hume and his family were living in Campbell County, Ky by 1800, according to the tax lists. They were still in Campbell County at the time of the 1810 census, but had moved to Dearborn County, Indiana by 1820. He appears to have lived next door to his younger brother Patrick.
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Hume, William
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Floyd, Ephraim