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Re: African American coal miners
In Response To: African American coal miners
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From the 1920 West Virginia Census, Mercer County, here is the info from the census of January 8, 1920. Atkins, Clarence, Color: Mu,Miner, birthplace: Virginia, Age: 21 Pannell, Lewis, Color B, Miner, birthplace: Virginia, Age: 42 Hundley, Rucker, Color B, Miner, birthplace: Virginia, Age 38 (this was my great-grandfather) Heath, Floyd, Color Mu, Trapper for the Coal Mine (not sure what a trapper is) birthplace: Virginia, Age: 39 Walton, Arthur, Color Mu, Miner, birthplace: Virginia, Age: 38 Flippin, Stafford, Color B, Miner, birthplace: Virginia, Age: 41 Holt, James, Color B, Miner, birthplace: Virginia, Age: 41 Scales, Walter, Color B, Miner, birthplace: Virginia, Age: 26 Wade, George, Color Mu, Miner, birthplace: Virginia, Age: 39 Adams, Henry, Color Mu, Miner, birthplace: Virginia, Age: 35 Thompson, William, Color Mu, MIner, birthplace: West Virginia, Age: 25 Thomas, El?, Color B, Miner, birthplace: Virginia, Age: 24 Austin, William, Color B, Tippleman for the Mines, birthplace: North Carolina, Age: 40 Walker, Joseph, Color B, Miner, birthplace: West Virginia, Age:29 Hayford, Ned, Color B, Miner, birthplace: Virginia, Age: 40 Edmonds, Hood, Color B, Miner, birthplace: Virginia, Age:38 Davis, Henry, Color Mu, Miner, birthplace: Virginia, Age 42 King, Willie, Color B, Miner, birthplace: North Carolina, Age 20 Walton, Shields, Color Mu, Miner, birthplace: Virginia, Age 26 More info to come. By the way, I am related to the following people who are listed here: Lewis Pannell, Rucker Hundley, Arthur Walton, James Holt, Ned Hayford, Henry Davis, and Walton Shields. As always, if you have any info on these families, please let me know. Most of these people migrated to WV from Pittsylvania, Campbell, and Henry County, VA.
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