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James McWhorter (1864)

James (Jim) McWhorter
Born in Georgia, United Statesmap
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Died [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Biography

US Black Heritage Project
Jim McWhorter is a part of US Black heritage.
Jim was born enslaved about 1864. He is the son of Allen McWhorter and Martha McWhorter.

Allen and Martha McWhorter was my ma and pa. Pa, he was de carriage driver, and ma, she was a field hand. Dey brought her here from Oingebug (Orangeburg), South Carolina, and sold her to Marse Joe when she was jus' a little gal. Me and Annie, Ella, Jim, and Tom was all de chillun in our fambly [1]

Slave Owner

Joe McWhorter - Greene County, GA [2]

Sources

  1. [1] Library of Congress - TYPEWRITTEN RECORDS PREPARED BY THE FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT. 1936-1938 ASSEMBLED BY THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PROJECT WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - SLAVE NARRATIVES - WIlliam McWhorter - Page 94
  2. GREENE COUNTY, GEORGIA LARGEST SLAVEHOLDERS FROM 1860 SLAVE CENSUS SCHEDULES and SURNAME MATCHES FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS ON 1870 CENSUS [2] MCWHORTER, R. L., 55 slaves, page 59B




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