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From Scenes of American Wealth and Industry. (Boston, 1833).</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-05T20:48:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/2020/07/02/will-of-ancient-terisha-turner-amherst-county-virginia-7-may-1793/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/nelson-county-1818.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Section of Nelson County Map 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of Mary Whitnel Parker</image:title><image:caption>Will of Mary Whitnel Parker,  Davidson County, TN, 29 February 1832</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-01T16:08:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/2016/08/15/will-of-george-peay/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/george-peay-will-1804.jpg</image:loc><image:title>George Peay Will 1803</image:title><image:caption>George Peay Will , 7 June 1803, Rockingham County, North Carolina</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-01T16:08:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/2016/10/09/will-of-james-holland-1787/</loc><lastmod>2020-07-01T16:08:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/2016/10/09/lewis-lashley-will-1815/</loc><lastmod>2020-07-01T16:08:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/2016/10/31/will-of-william-hobbs-1788/</loc><lastmod>2020-07-01T16:08:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/2017/03/29/extract-from-nathan-harris-ii-will-1820/</loc><lastmod>2020-07-01T16:08:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/2017/03/30/researching-slave-owning-ancestors/</loc><lastmod>2020-07-01T16:08:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/2018/04/07/slaves-held-by-john-and-maria-wiggins-bembry/</loc><lastmod>2020-07-01T16:07:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/2018/04/08/guilford-a-carpenter/</loc><lastmod>2020-07-01T16:07:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/2018/04/09/kenneth-bembrys-estate/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/kenneth-bembry-estate.jpg</image:loc><image:title>kenneth bembry estate</image:title><image:caption>Click to enlarge.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-01T16:06:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/2018/04/12/cannie-bembrys-estate/</loc><lastmod>2020-07-01T16:06:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/2018/04/13/miles-bembry-iis-plantation/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/plantation-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>plantation</image:title><image:caption>Athol Plantation, in nearby Edenton, gives us some idea of what Albin may have looked like.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/plantation-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>plantation</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-01T16:06:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/2018/05/01/slaves-held-by-miles-bembry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/miles-bembry-slaves-held-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>miles-bembry-slaves-held</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-01T16:06:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/2018/05/09/slaves-held-by-kenneth-bembry/</loc><lastmod>2020-07-01T16:05:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/2018/07/06/will-of-william-lanier/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/william-lanier-settlement.jpg</image:loc><image:title>William Lanier settlement</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-01T16:05:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/2019/01/02/slaves-held-by-thomas-bembry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/thomas-bembry-slave-sale-federal-union-7-feb-1843-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Thomas-Bembry-slave-sale-Federal-Union-7-Feb-1843</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/thomas-bembry-federal-union-14-march-1843-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Thomas-Bembry-Federal-Union-14-March-1843</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/bembry-thomas-29-dec-1840-to-kenneth-bembry-several-slaves-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bembry-Thomas-29-Dec-1840-to-Kenneth-Bembry-several-slaves</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-01T16:05:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/2019/01/30/finally-adding-enslaved-people-to-my-family-tree/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/1798r72.png</image:loc><image:title>deed transcription screenshot</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-30T15:37:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/2019/02/10/hiding-in-plain-sight-slave-records-on-ancestry-com/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/robert-shaw-1824-sumner-county-tn.jpg</image:loc><image:title>robert-shaw-1824-sumner-county-tn</image:title><image:caption>This 1824 tax list from Sumner County, Tennessee, lists slaves under "BP" for Black Polls. My ancestor, Robert Shaw shows 3 black polls or 3 enslaved adults.
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/slave-schedule-william-shaw.png</image:loc><image:title>slave schedule william shaw</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-01T16:05:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/2019/02/15/thomas-bembry-of-the-u-s-colored-troops/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/107usct.jpg</image:loc><image:title>107usct</image:title><image:caption>Library of Congress.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/bembry-thomas-aa-widows-pension-index-card.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bembry, Thomas AA widows pension index card</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/bembry-thomas-aa-military-enlistment-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bembry, Thomas AA military enlistment</image:title><image:caption>Click to enlarge.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/kenneth-bembry-1864-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>kenneth-bembry-1864</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-01T16:05:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/2019/02/25/two-new-walker-wills/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/townsend-nancy-walker-28-nov-1846-will.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Townsend, Nancy (Walker) 28 Nov 1846 will</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/mary-ann-garrett.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mary Ann Garrett</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-01T16:05:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/2019/02/27/researching-records-of-slavery-at-family-search/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/screen-shot-2019-02-27-at-11.02.13-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Pulaski County records search</image:title><image:caption>Searching for Pulaski County records.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/screen-shot-2019-02-27-at-11.04.02-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Pulaski County available records.</image:title><image:caption>Pulaski County, Georgia records available online at Family Search.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/guilford.jpg</image:loc><image:title>guilford</image:title><image:caption>Guilford, a highly valued carpenter, and part of my 5th great-grandfather's estate, was sold by my ancestor's brother, Kenneth Bembry, to Joseph Carruthers in 1840 in Pulaski County, Georgia. He is found on the 1870 census there as Guilford Carruthers, age 70.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/kenneth-bembry-estate-list.jpg</image:loc><image:title>kenneth bembry estate list</image:title><image:caption>The estate inventory for my ancestor's brother, Kenneth Bembry, lists many enslaved people by name. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/screen-shot-2019-01-25-at-6.31.59-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>screen shot 2019-01-25 at 6.31.59 pm</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/bembry-thomas-slave-sale-federal-union-7-feb-1843.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bembry, thomas slave sale federal union 7 feb 1843</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/william-bembry-slaves.jpg</image:loc><image:title>william-bembry-slaves</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/robert-shaw-1824-sumner-county-tn.jpg</image:loc><image:title>robert shaw 1824 sumner county 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Butler (1827-1902)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-06-30T00:57:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/2014/02/11/julius-jackson-coles-obituary/</loc><lastmod>2020-06-30T00:57:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/2014/02/11/carzy-clifford-coles-obituary/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/cole-family.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cole Family</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-06-30T00:57:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/2014/02/11/alexander-harrisons-obituary/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://longwaytotennessee.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/harrisonalexanderfamily.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Harrison: Alexander Harrison family.</image:title><image:caption>Alexander H. 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