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Submitted: 9/7/20 • Approved: 9/9/20 • Last Updated: 9/12/20 • R250937-G0-S3
James , a wealthy Virginia plantation owner. Upon his death Twyman freed all his slaves except the servants who he deemed too elderly to make the journey, and it was willed that they would be taken care of until their death. The book called The Promise Land by Earl Pratt, an Ohio lawyer from Ironton, Ohio, documented James Twyman's plantation, the 37 freed slaves, and their journey to Ohio. A monument stands at the gates of the Burlington (Ohio) 37 Cemetery, where these former slaves are buried.
There were seventeen men and 20 women. Only first names are known. Most slaves took the last name of their owner:
Noah Winney Joe Jenny Amanda Frances Ann
Simon Violet Abraham Ambrose Walker Charlotte
Barbara Horace Susan Short John Maria Nancy
Julia Jane Beck Henry Elizabeth Mary Ann
Ellen Lucy Ann Persiller Eleanor Charles James
William Lewis Bob Washington Lawrence Albert
Yellow John
There is a great deal of information on these folks at: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Burlington_37#Names_From_the_Monument
Contributed on 9/7/20 by tomtodd
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