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Kentucky, roll 745, 9A. 17 1920 Federal Census, Gas House District, Frankfort, Series: T625, roll 570, 92 Heritage Quest (www. heritagequest.com) (accessed 15 December 2010). 18 Commonwealth of Kentucky Certificate of Death #15372, 1943, Frankfort, Kentucky. 19 1930 Federal Census, Frankfort District, Ward 3, Frankfort, Kentucky, HeritageQuest, www. heritagequest.com (accessed 9 January 2011). 20 Commonwealth of Kentucky Certificate of Death #3381, 1938, Frankfort, Kentucky. 21 If he was taught to read and write during his indenture, he would not receive the $100. Indenture to Apprenticeship, Franklin County, 1856, 52, 56, KDLA. 22 1880 Supplemental Census for the Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes (Adair–Jackson) Franklin County, Kentucky, 2, roll M1528-41, KDLA. 23 Inquest of Feeble Minded Persons Book, 1919-1964, 2, KDLA. 24 Lunacy/Idiot Inquest Books, 1912-1974, 39, KDLA. 25 Commonwealth of Kentucky Certificate of Death #894, 1938, Frankfort, Kentucky. 26 1870 Federal Census, Bald Knob District, Franklin County, Kentucky. 120 | Kentucky Ancestors
Finding Edmund Fauntleroy (1826-1924) by Carolyn Warfield Born into slavery in southwest Kentucky, Edmund Fauntleroy grew to adulthood exploited as bound labor in Christian County, an agricultural community situated on the border of Middle Tennessee where dark-fired tobacco, popular in Europe for snuff, chewing and cigars, 1 generated enormous revenue. Christian County was formed from Logan County in 1796. 2 Dark leaf tobacco made western Kentucky and Middle Tennessee famous as the Black Patch region. 3 Slaveholding farmers possessed ten or more slaves in the Kentucky border counties of Christian, Todd and Logan, and in the Tennessee counties of Montgomery and Robertson where the richest soils were prevalent. 4 During the colonial and antebellum periods slaves were property and were a larger portion of the population than free people of color. People of African descent came to Christian County as early as 1797, having accompanied their migrating slaveowners from Virginia, Maryland, and the Carolinas, where land was depleted and overpriced. The black codes of Virginia were incorporated into the 1792 Kentucky constitution so a white slaveowner felt secure that his property right was protected by both the legislative and judicial systems of Kentucky because the slave would have remained in bondage until death. 5 Moreover, slavegathering farms operated in Christian County for the southern market. 6 Virginia and Kentucky were “breeder states” 7 for the domestic slave trade in the lower South where cotton was king when the Civil War erupted. In 1860, Kentucky slaveholders ranked third in number in the country, 8 blacks constituted 46 percent of the population in Christian County, 9 and Christian was the largest producer of dark-fired tobacco in the state. My Fauntleroy ancestor lived in Christian and McCracken counties, preferring the rural life in later years, however, he moved to the city. As I resurrect the Fauntleroys to write a case study, uncovering diverse spellings of the family surname has been frustrating. I have discovered twenty-one spelling variations. 10 The 1870 U. S. census documented the name as Faltenny. Had I not searched for my maternal great-great-grandmother’s name, the record would have eluded me as before. In the 1880 and 1900 U.S. censuses, the Fauntleroys were enumerated as Fontleroy; in 1910, as Fauntroy. For the purpose of this article I utilize the correct spelling of Fauntleroy, except where original records were recorded with variant spellings. My subject’s Civil War pension file carried Edmond Fontroy, his carded medical records were filed as Edmund Fontroy, and his compiled service records were documented with Fauntleroy and variant spellings. The subject heading for the U.S. Colored Troops military service records (1861-1865) at the Ancestry.com website identified Edmund’s given names as Edmon, Ned, Edward, and Edmond Fauntleroy. Before I describe my great-grandfather’s Civil War experience, I will reflect on my impressions of his attitude or personality while collecting material evidence of his family as it changed over time. Lacking are his introspective revelations and Spring 2011 | 121
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