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Freedmen's Bureau Records: Statement of Isabella Burton, January 17, 1868

Summary:
Isabella Burton asks for information about her two sons, providing information about their sale years ago.


Isabella Burton (Mother)

Horace Bucker sold my two sons (seven & five years age) Benjamin & Horace, sold to Larke & Wright in Maddison County Va. Johnny Gilgarnett & Jeremiah Gilgarnett were playmates.

I am living in Staunton Now a widow & alone, would like very much to see them.



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