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Subject: [BLACK-L] Re: Black Family
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 22:28:40 EST

In a message dated 11/29/98 7:47:29 PM Eastern Standard Time,
writes:

<< I have not seen a connection as yet, any Thomas to my line. But given that
I cannot pinpoint my Gr.Gr. Grandfather Carlisle BLACK'S siblings and parents,
everything is open to change. >>
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Hi, Tinda,

Thanks so much for the information. Unfortunately, the two Thomas Blacks you
sent are too young to qualify as the T.C. Black who had a cemetery either in
E. Feliciana Parish, LA or in Yazoo Co., MS where Zebiah Walker (d. bef. 1842)
and her husband, Jeremiah Walker (d. 1842) are buried.

I am interested in your gr. gr. grandfather, Carlisle Black, however.
In your previous letter you stated :
>>The nine children of my Gr.Grandfather Berry Marcus BLACK were all born in
McCool, Attala, MS., between 1860 and 1877. Six of these nine children became
Dentists.>>
Do you have the names of these six dentists? My Zebiah (Black?) Walker named
her sons, M. (Marcus?) Lafayette Walker, Demosthenes Walker and Cicero Walker.
These are all pretty classic names to be given children born in about
1820-1830 in what was then frontier country (LA and MS, that is) and are
decidedly NOT typical Walker names. The name, Carlisle Black, is also a
classical name. It sounds suspiciously like your Carlisle and my Zebiah
(Black?) may have been siblings who came from a well-educated family. What
was Your Carlisle Black's profession? Was he also a dentist? Back in the
early 1800s I believe a dentist was more of a tradesman than a professional
and possibly passed his "trade" as a dentist to his sons, much like attorneys
and others engaged in what we now consider as highly skilled professions. Do
you suppose he had another given name, say Thomas, but never used it because
it may have been his father's name? I know these are off-the-wall questions
but sometimes we run into strange events in genealogy searching.

How certain are you that your Blacks came to MS in 1830 in a wagon train which
originated in Stone Mtn., GA? I know there were Blacks who lived in
Williamson Co.,TN in about 1815, near the northern terminus of the Natchez
Trace. Could your Carlisle Black have been from that vicinity? I feel that
my Walker family migrated to MS along that route since I located them in
Hickman Co., TN in 1813. By 1814, they were in Pike Co., MS and E. Feliciana
Parish, LA. I found a Thomas Black in the 1830 census for E. Feliciana Parish
listed near Jeremiah Walker's brother, Joseph Walker so I feel fairly
confident that this man may have been the owner of the T.C. Black cemetery
where Zebiah and Jeremiah Walker are buried. I also found a Dr. Thomas C.
Black listed on the 1843 tax roll for Yazoo Co., MS where Jeremiah and Zebiah
migrated in 1826 after Jeremiah bought Indian land in the Choctaw Range.
Unfortunately, there were no later references to a Dr. T.C. Black in Yazoo Co.
I firmly believe this Thomas C. Black was Zebiah's brother The trick now is to
prove my theory. Let me know what you think about it.
Cordially,
Frank

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