There are only two know descriptions of Sally Hemings.
The slave Isaac Jefferson remembered that she was "mighty near white. . . very handsome, long straight hair down her back," and Thomas Jefferson Randolph described her as "light colored and decidedly good looking." The women above, Jemima Charm (Nukes) Minor, her daughter, Alta Elizabeth Minor and granddaughter, Anabel (Minor) Armstrong; The descriptions ring as true as the red hair on Jefferson's head..
See the faces of just some of the many African Americans who have contributed to building the United States into the country it is today.
African Americans in the early history of the United States had an extremely difficult start as immigrants. Having been primarily forced to immigrate to a new continent, African Americans worked throu...
I am a retired veteran of the Air Force, an author and an amateur genealogist. the primary names I am researching are the Miller/Holloway families from Rutherford County, Tennessee. George Washington Miller and Dora Holloway were married September 29, 1880 in the afore mentioned county. I have a copy of their marriage certificate. The problem I have is finding info on the Holloway family prior to 1880. need help