Century of Black Mormons Resources
Item set
Items
- Laura Church Oldfield, Obituaries
- Laura Church Oldfield, Census Records
- Freddy Oldfield's LDS baby blessing
- Randolph Clark, Last Will and Testament, Leaving land to Charles Clark
- Charles Clark, Marriage Record, to Mary Emma Haden
- Charles Clark, Baptismal Record
- Charles Clark, Census Records
- John Willis and Georgianna Flowers, Marriage Affidavit
- John Willis, Census Records
- John Willis, Baptismal Record
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1885 Florida State Census The 1885 Florida State Census offers a possible match for Isaac Henderson in Duval County.
- Isaac Henderson, Baptismal Record
- Newspaper accounts that remember Oscar as 1847 pioneer
- Newspaper Articles Regarding Celebration of Ratification of 15th Amendment
- Oscar mentioned moving to Los Angeles in a letter from Daniel Thomas to Amasa Lyman
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Oscar in the list of those "willing to be counceled" in Parowan in 1851 before going to California In April 1851, the main group of settlers for the California expedition gathered at Parowan, in southern Utah, before heading across the bleak desert in present-day southern Nevada. The leaders of the group, apostles Amasa M. Lyman and Charles C. Rich, asked those who had assembled to signify their willingness to follow counsel and show their devotion to the California colonization effort by signing their names. The resulting document included 111 names, all of whom were men and five of whom were designated as “colored.” All five “colored” men were enslaved men and included both Oscar.
- Oscar's Rebaptism Record
- John Brown Reminiscences and Journal
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Utah Territory, 1851 Census, Slave Schedule, Utah Territory, Utah County The 1851 slave schedule for Utah Territory listed Oscar in Utah County enslaved to William Crosby.
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Oscar valued at $550.00 in John Crosby Jr. Probate Inventory John Crosby Jr. was a wealthy southern planter in Monroe County, Mississippi, who passed away in 1841. At his death, his land and property, including Oscar and over twenty other enslaved people, were divided among his descendants. In the probate inventory of Crosby’s estate, Oscar was valued at $550. The probate settlement that followed awarded Oscar to John’s son William Crosby.
- Lucinda Vilate Flake Stevens, LDS Death Record
- Lucinda Vilate Flake Stevens, LDS Baptismal Records
- Lucinda Vilate Flake Stevens, Obituaries
- Lucinda Vilate Flake Stevens, Death Certificate
- Lucinda Vilate Flake Stevens, Census Records