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Re: Slave narrative
From:
Elaine McRey <[log in to unmask]>
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Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history." <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 29 Mar 2017 11:17:23 -0400
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I found several family trees on Ancestry that suggest that Jourden Henry
Banks moved to Australia by 1867, when he married Sarah McMullen and had a
large family.  One of his sons, James Albert "Darky" Banks was a "famous
Australian Rules footballer."  Jourden died in 1887 in Maryborough,
Victoria, Australia.  The *Australia Death Index 1787-1985* gives this
information:

Name: Jordan Hy Banks
Birth Year: abt 1833
Age: 54
Death Place: Maryborough, Victoria
Father's name: Norel
Mother's name: Frances Jackson
Registration Year: 1887
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration Number: 7066

Elaine (McHale) McRey
Librarian
Fairfax County (VA) Public Library

On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 6:02 PM, Madaline Preston <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> I have just finishing reading "A Narrative of Events of the Life of J. H.
> Banks, an Escaped Slave......" written for him by J. W. C. Pennington, the
> first black man (slave) to attend Yale Divinity School in 1834.  Banks was
> born in 1833 to Mary Frances and Novel both slaves of Charles L. Yancey in
> Rockingham Co., VA.  He was sold to a man in Alabama to help Mr. Yancey
> raise money to pay his debts.
>
> I want to know more about Mr. Banks,  did he marry, get an education, have
> children, have some semblance of contentment after fleeing to England in
> 1861..... but Google isn't being much help?
> If you learned souls will give me some input for resources I would greatly
> appreciate your help.
> M. Preston
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