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Subject: Re: [BLACK-L] Carlisle Black
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 12:51:10 EDT

In a message dated 10/16/98 11:02:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
writes:

<< My connection to the "BLACK" surname goes back as far as:
Carlisle BLACK, b. 12 Dec 1809, GA, d. 10 Jan 1894, Attala, MS. He married:
Elizabeth Betsy POOLE, b. 13 May 1813, TN d. 4 Aug 1874, Choctaw, MS.
They were the parents of 13 children, too many to list here. But I will say
that from Georgia they migrated to Benton Co., Alabama (1840 Census) and
settled in Winston Co. MS., (1850 Census) I am hopeful to establish
Carlisle's parents. All I have is a name for his father, William BLACK. >>
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Hi, Tinda,

I too, am a newcomer to the "Black list". Your Carlisle Black wound up in the
same part of MS as that of a Dr. Thomas C. (Carlisle?) Black who was listed on
the 1843 Yazoo Co., MS Tax Roll. This Dr. Black had a burying ground
somewhere in Yazoo Co. where the individuals for whom I am searching are
buried. These people are: JEREMIAH WALKER and his wife, ZEBIAH.

Jeremiah and Zebiah named their sons after prominant men in history, both
modern and ancient, i.e., LAFAYETTE, DEMOSTHENES, CICERO. To my way of
thinking, this showed that probably Zebiah was raised in an educated household
such as a doctor might have. A classic name like CARLISLE also would not be
inappropriately associated with such a family. It only augments my belief
that the Black family was well educated in the classics and your man and mine
are probably closely related.

Another thing which leads me to believe that your William Black might possibly
have been closely related to Dr. Thomas C. Black is the fact that your Blacks
seemed to have followed the same general migration pattern as did these Blacks
which I am investigating. Jeremiah Walker and Zebiah probably married while
their families were living in Franklin Co., GA. William may even have been
Zebiah's older brother.

Have you ever heard of the name Zebiah in connection with your Black family?
It is such an unusual name that surely, anyone bearing it must have been
closely associated with another person in that same extended family who bore
this name.

I wish I could help you with your primary objective; it seems like we are both
in the same boat in that respect.

Regards....
Frank Trowbridge

Dum Spiro Spero!

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