Hello,
My family is researching our ancestry and we've come across a Mary Gammage. She was born in Arkansas in 1820. We are African-American, so most likely, she was a slave. The 1880 census records have her living in Harrison, Texas with her son Joe Massengale who was born in Arkansas in 1842. Joe Massengale was my great, great grandfather.
The only record I could find of a Gammage in Arkansas was Dr. WL Gammage--as a member of the 4th Inf, CSA.
Does anyone have slave lists, wills, or other types of documentation that can confirm or deny if she was his slave?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Vr,
Aungelic Nelson