George G. Platts (1865)

Born Jan 1865 in South Carolina

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Biography

George Platts is a part of US Black heritage.

George was the son of Eliza, who was widowed according to the 1880 US Census. He was listed as being a field hand. He had one sister listed, Elizabeth, who at age 6 was also a field hand.

He married Anna M. Hicks and they had 9 children. Their sixth child, daughter Amelia, would become a pivotal figure in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6SF-7S4 : 20 February 2021), George Platts in household of Eliza Platts, Peeples, Hampton, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 120, sheet 121D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,231.

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3RC-662 : accessed 29 September 2021), George Plattes, Coosawhatchie Township, Beaufort, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 7, sheet 8A, family 145, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,518.

Wikipedia- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Boynton_Robinson