Name: Edward Booker Relation: Great-Great-Grandfather of Michael W. Twitty through his paternal grandmother, Eloise Booker Born: 1839 Died: 1953 Where: Prince Edward County, Virginia around the town of Prospect. Occupation: Former enslaved indivdual on the Booker tobacco plantation, Freedman and landowner, and tobacco farmer I need help telling his story--and finding out more about him …
From the Family History Files: Appomattox, April 9, 1865
On April 9, 1865, in Appomattox, Virginia my great-great Grandfather Elijah Mitchell was standing with his brother when he witnessed the surrender of Lee to Grant...and this is how he found out that he was free...as copied from a family history file left to my Father: "Appomattox County is a historical place in the commonwealth …
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We are Featured on the CNN Food Blog: Eatocracy
Great Feature over at Eatocracy Please check it out and share it. And remember only 6 days left to help donate to the Cooking Gene Projectand there are many great gifts still left to be claimed. Enjoy 🙂 AND SHARE AND SHARE AND SHARE AND SHARE---- 6 days until our campaign ends--even if you can't give …
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We made Ebony.Com for the Cooking Gene :)
Here goes the link: http://www.ebony.com/news-views/interview-michael-twitty-searches-for-his-roots-on-southern-discomfort-tour We are really going for the gusto on the Southern DIscomfort Tour. We have about 18 days left so we really need your support and 5-10-18-36 bucks really helps us out if not more. We can't get on the road for less than our goal so we are humbly asking for your …
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We will be back after the first two days of Passover!
So its really hard to run a fundraising campaign and blog at the same time! We will be back full force on Monday. We are going to be posting every day through the remaining month of our Campaign. We have so many stories to tell, and now that the route is more concrete, we have …
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