There is little extent information about B.F. Carrier, William Effington, L.M King, and John Thomas. This is an unusual research outcome since the four men were white landowners and farmers in Fayette County and Versailles County. Newspaper accounts of the deaths stated that the four men were between the ages of 25 and 40. Research in […]
There is little extent biographical information about George Wilson. Contemporary accounts stated that Wilson lived in Carlisle, Kentucky, located in Nicholas County. One newspaper, the Maysville Evening Bulletin, said that Wilson was a prominent member of the African American community in Carlisle, and he was a member of the Oddfellows Fraternal Order. Another newspaper, the […]
Robert Haggard of Winchester, Kentucky was born in 1873. According to the 1880 Census data, Robert Haggard lived with his mother Nelly, and two brothers, Dillard and West, in Pinchem, a small area outside of Winchester. Robert’s oldest brother, Dillard, was born enslaved sometime between 1840 and 1845. It was likely that Nelly was born […]
