1849--George White Attempts Escape

Title: 1849--George White Attempts Escape
Date: 1849
Formatted date: 1849-01-01
Event type: Escape
Description: George White is the son of Jennie Stephens (a.k.a. Jane Stephens, also Jennie Carter) and John "Felix" White. After an unsuccessful escape attempt ca. 1849, he was first sold to Webb Ross of Georgetown, KY with his mother and siblings, then possibly separated. Eventually, he was reunited with his mother and several siblings. He enlisted in the USCT and died in 1914 at a Disabled Veteran's Home in Leavenworth, KS.
Participant: African American(s): George White; White, George W.; Enslaver(s): Stephens, Benjamin Jr.; Stephens, Benjamin L., Jr.; Other participant(s): Ross, Webb; Ross, Webb
Location: Georgetown (Ky.)
Related resource: Stephens family; Ross family
Source: George White Attempts Escape (1896); George White Attempts Escape (1898); U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers: George White; U.S. Burial Registers, Military Posts and National Cemeteries: George White

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Broadwell, Marquis De La Fayette	Person
Keene, Robert	Person
Miller, John A.	Person
Ray, Wright	Person
Ross, Webb	Person
Stephens, Benjamin L., Jr.	Person
Stephens, Jane	Person
White, Emily Francis	Person
White, George W.	Person
White, John "Felix"	Person
White, Oscar F.	Person
White, Sisley	Person