Research Findings
(regularly updated)
Timeline for Mrs. Pleasant
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Images of Mrs Pleasant (and Queen Emma of Hawaii)
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Self-identification as “black/colored” 1860 not 1863
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9 Barley Street (birthplace?)
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John A Williams (MEP’s father??)
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James W Smith-1st Husband (1 of 7)
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James W Smith-1st Husband Search (2 of 7)
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James W Smith Land Holdings -Harper’s Ferry (Virginia and West Virginia) (3 of 7)
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James W Smith-1st Husband Land Holdings -Harper’s Ferry (An Intriguing Possibility-Frederick County, MD) (4 of 7)
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James W Smith-1st Husband-Remains Elusive and Hard to Pinpoint (5 of 7)
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James Smith Wherefore Art thou? (6 of 7)
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James Smith Wherefore Art Thou, Pt2 (7 of7)
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Rebecca Jane Howard Gordon Boone, niece?
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San Francisco Park Family Link to Philly Barley Street? and James W Smith’s family? Matriarch Jane Park of NC
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Park Family Tree
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