A paper on the Chatham County Historical Association website focuses on the forty-seven households headed by free people of color who are listed in the 1850 Chatham County census -- the first census to provide the names of all family members in each household. The author researched each of those households to provide as much information as possible about those persons for anyone looking for information about their FPOC ancestors.

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EarlyFreePeopleofColorinChatham.pdf

The surnames of the free people of color who are highlighted in the paper include: Allen, Alston, Archy/Archey, Anderson, Bass, Bowden, Brewer, Brown, Burnett, Byrd, Chandler, Chavis/Chavey/Chavers, Evans, Glovers, Goins/Goens, Goodwin, Grymes, Harris, Hatwood, Hill, Jeffreys/Jeffries, Linn, Lewis, Michel, Powel/Powell, Read/Reed/Reid, Roe/Rowe, White.

The photos shown here are of George and Asenanth Jane Allen Burnett and Cyrus and Eliza White Bowden. The photos were provided by their g-g-grandson, Calvin Dark

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