tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224874.post1475972137875744906..comments2024-03-09T15:04:13.697-08:00Comments on GeneaBlogie: Finding Dr. King's Roots in SlaveryCraig Mansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06567686559055003349noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224874.post-29008195086174340692017-05-16T20:00:56.027-07:002017-05-16T20:00:56.027-07:00Keith Albert, Thanks for your contribution! How an...Keith Albert, Thanks for your contribution! How and when didyou become aware of the King connection?Craig Mansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06567686559055003349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224874.post-40298839937119517312017-05-16T01:10:52.774-07:002017-05-16T01:10:52.774-07:00I am a descendant of Dr. Joel Branham. The family ...I am a descendant of Dr. Joel Branham. The family was actually from East Riding, Yorkshire, England. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12930274369602746390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224874.post-17495539364168308002016-04-27T03:10:52.606-07:002016-04-27T03:10:52.606-07:00Fascinating article! I've traversed my ancestr...Fascinating article! I've traversed my ancestry only to find the same thing. Compounding that information with information handed down its accurate. Many Black Dutch & black Duetsche migrated to America and continued interbreeding. Many couples simply got home sick and took their new spouse to their homeland for a while and came back to the US as my ancestors did. That explains the confusion surrounding the Brannans. I doubt rape was a factor. Simply the process of interbreeding which helped to collapse Slavery. Many fail to mention how many free black europeans came to America in comparison to the 500,000 African slaves? Millions! How many were Slave owners or funded Slavery? Millions! If you really wanted to know facts surrounding the Brannan name all you have to do is search his birth records at an Irish church. If he's of Irish descant than surely he was Christened. Those facts are well maintained church documents.Rascal Von Manorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05727102741251521015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224874.post-17494787633302143292007-03-03T13:03:00.000-08:002007-03-03T13:03:00.000-08:00I've just recently come across a reference to a Br...I've just recently come across a reference to a Branham in the Mills book about Fanny Lou Hamer whose grandmother on her father's side (Jim Townsend) was supposed to have been first a Gober, then a Bramlett.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if instead of Bramlett it might have been Branham who held her grandparents. Because MS/AL/SC, etc. and the whole area was not so clearly defined back then, it's possible that the families of King and Townsend, or Fannie Lou Hamer, were all related.<BR/><BR/>She was recruited into the Martin L. King Southern Christian organization back then, and there may have been a family connection prior to the emergence of a formal organization??? I understand she was born 1917 in Montgomery co, MS, the youngest of 20 children, 14 boys and 6 girls. It may have been that Montgomery co, MS was earlier or later became Montgomery co, AL?? The entire territory before TN Statehood was Ohio territory I think, or NC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224874.post-68319332637227064732007-01-15T19:01:00.000-08:002007-01-15T19:01:00.000-08:00Yes, Dana it is remarkable that we know so little ...Yes, Dana it is remarkable that we know so little about Dr. King's ancestry. I do sincerely hope that someone with more time than I will take up this issue and bring us more information. I've never been to Memphis to see the civil rights Museum... I'll bet it was fascinating! One of the highlights of my life occurred on August 22, 2003, which was the 40th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. On that day, I stood side by side with Coretta Scott King, Congressman John Lewis, and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton at the Lincoln Memorial to lay a plaque on the spot where Dr. King stood when he gave the "I Have a Dream" speech. Three years earlier, a young man from Louisville, Kentucky , had visited the memorial and asked a park ranger to show him the spot where Dr. King stood when giving the speech. The park ranger said "we don't really know where the spot was and there is no plaque." The young visitor wrote to his representative in Congress, at that time Congresswoman Ann Northup, about this situation. Congresswoman Northup introduced a bill which authorized funding for the National Park Service to lay a commemorative marker on the spot where Dr. King stood. The location eventually was established by reviewing old film of the event. On August 23, 2003, we installed the plaque in a ceremony that was as moving as you might expect. I couldn't believe I actually was there and got to participate!Craig Mansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06567686559055003349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224874.post-90773915556396228162007-01-15T18:36:00.000-08:002007-01-15T18:36:00.000-08:00Your posts about Dr. King have been fascinating. ...Your posts about Dr. King have been fascinating. I returned today from a school trip; yesterday, my students and I visited the Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, and I saw the place where Dr. King was standing when he was assassinated. It is incredible to me that no one has traced his ancestry yet. Thank you for sharing your findings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com