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| Name | Maggie Adams [1, 2, 3] | ||||
| Born | 1855
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| Gender | Female | ||||
| Birth | Mar 1861
Virginia, USA
[4]
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| Enslaved |
Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, USA
[5]
– Enslaved by the Calmes Family until 1862 | ||||
| Ethnicity | American [4] | ||||
| Race | Black [4] | ||||
| Residence | 1862
Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
[5]
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| Self-Emancipated/ Escaped Slave/ Runaway | 27 Jun 1862
Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, USA
[5]
– Escaped by leave of General Geary's army went north to Greencastle, remained there a few weeks, left for Chambersburg, next for Carlisle, and then to Harrisburg." | ||||
| Name | Maggie Carter [4] | ||||
| Residence | 1865
Elmira, Chemung, New York, USA
[2]
– Relation to Head of House: Daughter | ||||
| Residence | 1900
Battletown, Clarke, Virginia, USA
[4]
– StreetAddress: Main; 54 Age: 54; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Y; CanRead: Y; CanWrite: Y; EnumerationDistrict: 0015; NumberOfChildrenBorn: 2; NumberOfChildrenLiving: 2; OwnsFarm: H; YearsMarried: 24; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Wife RelationToHead: Wife | ||||
| Person ID | I8165
SOALsearch Last Modified |
1 Nov 2024 | | ||
| Father | Peter Adams (Age 73 years) b. 1810, Berryville, Clarke, Virginia, USA d. 1883, Chemung, New York, USA (Age 73 years) | |
| Relationship | natural | |
| Mother | Margaret Bower (Age 84 years) b. 1810, Berryville, Clarke, Virginia, USA d. Mar 1894, Berryville, Clarke, Virginia, USA (Age 84 years) | |
| Relationship | natural | |
| Family ID | F1573
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| Family | Solomon Carter b. Jan 1837, Virginia, USA | |||||
| Married | 26 Apr 1876
Frederick, Virginia, USA
[3]
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| Last Modified | 1 Nov 2024 | |||||
| Family ID | F2717
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