Sometime ago I posted a query about an old family photo, that has writing on the back, that says "this picture was taken the year you left from here, the year of 1885, The picture of your father Born 12th day Feb 1851,
Fredrick B. Lewis
174
Queen Street, New
Bern NC"
I'm just a bit closer to figuring out who this is - just discovered that he had a bank account in the Freedmans Bank, which had this info:
!FREEDMAN BANK
RECORDS PROJECTS
FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY FILM: 0928586
BANK LOCATION: NEW
Bern, NC
APPLICATION DATE: 02 DEC 1873
AGE: 22
PLACE RAISED:
Newbern NC
HEIGHT/COMPLEXION: Bright
CURRENT RESIDENCE:
Newbern, NC
MILITARY INFORMATION:
WORKS FOR: Self
OCCUPATION: Farming
DEATH NOTES:
PLANTATION:
MASTER:
MISTRESS:
REMARKS:
86851.GED (Personal Ancestral
File(R) ). Date 14 Jul 2000.
Birth 12 Feb 1851
Father: William
Blackledge Mother: Cindy
Mason Brother: Edwood Lewis*
Brother:
Robinson (---)
Sister:
Hannah Moore Sister:
Betsey Moore *this might be Edward
Am interested in finding out about Blackledge's in NC - both
AA and white.
Denise