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This webpage is a place to organize and publish my historical research. Please enjoy exploring my projects and feel free to contact me with any questions or comments.

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By Audrey Creel / ©Audrey Creel, 2020
There is only one known document for George Porter. Upon Hardy Murfree’s death, his estate and slave holdings were divided amongst his living relatives. George Porter was named …
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By Audrey Creel / ©Audrey Creel, 2020
Lucy (Burke) Maney was born in approximately 1853 in Tennessee.[i] It is unknown where Lucy was enslaved prior to emancipation. … Read More

By Audrey Creel / ©Audrey Creel, 2020
When emancipation did come, Wesley was able to live under the same roof with both his father and mother, Andrew and Henrietta Maney. By 1880, Wesley moved away from his parents’ home … Read More