Henry,

         A thought ---- If you say Diana DeGodis, you have also said Diana
De Goddess ... could it be someone's attempt at spelling the name chosen
for the child?

                                         Anne Pemberton

At 03:41 PM 9/15/02 -0400, you wrote:
>I am looking for information about a slave named Diana DeGodis
>Washington Hines, born either 1787 or 1797 in VA, died 1891 in Indiana.
>According to her family's history she was a slave of George Washington
>at Mount Vernon, was sold at about age 25 to the owner of the Jackson
>Hotel in Arlington, VA. I am puzzled by the name "DeGodis," which seems
>unique. I can't find any record of anyone else with that name, anywhere.
>Does anyone have any ideas about the origin of that name?
>I m also interested in the Jackson Hotel   can anyone point me to a
>source on early Arlington history that might make mention of this hotel?
>
>Henry Wiencek
>Charlottesville
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