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Brief history of some of the Harper and Baugh families of Louisiana.

The Legend of Guinea Jim will be another proud addition to all Gibson libraries. It is likely the first time a comprehensive study was done to positively identify the elusive Guinea Jim. Family traditions are analyzed and correlated with existing documentary sources to reveal the Gibson patriarch. The sources range from registers of birth to DNA and will shed light on questions like: • How are we related to Guinea Jim • Who is the Scotch Planter of Land of the Pink Pearl • What is our connection to Guinea, West Africa • Was there ever slavery in the Savannah Sound Gibson family

This book explores the people and places of the Sugarlands, once a thriving community in what is now the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Readers will learn the tricks and tips for locating old homesteads and exploring the vitality of the once-thriving community known then as Sugarville. We will look at advice for modern hikers about hiking off-trail, complete with hand-drawn maps that highlight the homesteads of the community, along with other structures like schools and cemeteries. The book concludes with detailed census information of the many individual graves and cemeteries of Sugarville. While it contains specific information of the Cole family (complete with various family ...