Forgotten History: The Slave Cabins of Newport Plantation (2015)

Photo courtesy of Cherita Stokes-Watson

The dilapidated cabins of Newport Plantation were once home to Cherita Stokes Watson's ancestors, Elsie Norman (1846-1926) and Sarah Norman Stokes. The ground upon which both women toiled would become their final resting place. Sarah Norman would marry Lawrence Stokes eventually leaving Newport and starting a family of her own. Like many slave cabins, Newport's cabins were in use all the way up to the last half of the 20th century. These photos taken by Cherita Stokes Watson in 2015 show the modern conveniences right next to the cabins older architectural features. 

Last updated: 06/28/2018

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Our Website 2.0

A note to subscribers...
(all two of you...)

If you follow us on Facebook, Posterous or Networked Blogs or have been checking on me, you have noticed our sites have been disabled.  By now, you already know that the EVIL Twitter has purchased Posterous and so all of the blogs are no longer available.  It was my favorite blogging spot.  So we are trimming the access to my genealogical ramblings to my blogger posts and my official website 2.0 and we hope to relaunch soon.

As a preview:

African American Genealogy with Fallon Green will now be home to a massive database of links dealing specifically with genealogy in Beaufort County.

Bottomline:  I will see you soon! Hopefully we can generate the same amount of buzz we had on Facebook, there as well.

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Documentary

Timewatch - The Mystery of the Headless Romans

Wow!  I have to say, it's nice to know that the people at the BBC, The Discovery Channel and National Geographic are finally tired of my posts and are now making a concerted effort to cast their history documentaries more accurately.  All my years of posting vaguely readable diatribes on Comment Sections, Feedback Pages and Message Boards, have now today I know, not been done in vain.

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