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From: "Rupert Sexton" <>
Subject: Re: [GAFORSYT-L] Strickland - Former Slave Family
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 17:02:29 -0500
References: <3BD5CB04.EFDA0353@emory.edu>

The info is correct.
Send me what you have.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Julie Cook" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 2:54 PM
Subject: [GAFORSYT-L] Strickland - Former Slave Family


> I have a transcript of an evening my parents spent with my Grandfather
> recording stories that he told of his life. He was actually raised in
> Gwinnett County but lived very near Forsyth. He describes it as:
>
> "The Chattahoochee river comes down through the state there, and it's
> the line between Old Milton County, Gwinnett County, Forsyth County and
> the river is the line."
>
> He tells a story about a former slave family named Strickland. My
> grandfather would stop and watch "Old Aunt Betsy Strickland" making
> cloth on a loom on his way to school. I don't know if it would be of
> any use to anyone, but I thought I'd offer the story to anyone on the
> list who might be researching a former slave family named Strickland who
> lived in the Gwinnett/Forsyth area in the late 1800's.
>
> Feel free to contact me if you are interested in the information.
> Julie Cook
>
>
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