#mileslassiter

I’m here in Greensboro at the 25th Anniversary celebration and Black History Month Conference of the NCAAHGS chapter. It’s been great! #ncaahgs #blackhistorymonth #striebychurchnc #islaywalden #mileslassiter #striebyheritagesite (at Embassy Suites by Hilton Greensboro-Airport) https://www.instagram.com/p/Coh8B93O5T_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Having a windy afternoon out here at Good Hope Union United Methodist Church in Silver Spring MD. We’re here for a few more hours so come out and see us! #goodhopeunionumc #mileslassiter #fromhilltowntostrieby #islaywalden #blackauthorsmatter #blackhistorymatters (at Silver Spring, Maryland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CklZKE7LOgw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

So on the last night (28) of the #blackfamilychallenge my prompt is #family My three books deal with family. My family, from Randolph County, NC. My first book on Miles Lassiter, was about my 4th great grandfather who was an African American Quaker when he died in 1850. The second, From Hill Town to Strieby, told the story of our church and school, while the third book is a biography of our founding pastor and “Blind Poet of North Carolina,” Islay Walden. #blackhistorymonth #randolphcountync #mileslassiter #blackquakers #striebychurchnc #islaywalden #africanamericanpoets https://www.instagram.com/p/CajLeSkO4f-/?utm_medium=tumblr

Day 7 of the #blackhistorymonthchallenge is earliest deed. This deed for 100 acres acquired by my 4th great grandfather, Miles Lassiter on 31 May 1815, as filed with the clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions. Ten years later, I assume, one tiny detail came to light forcing him to sell the land to Henry Newby, who protected the property eventually returning to Miles. In truth Miles never moved off the land. It was all smoke and mirrors to protect the land for Miles and his family. The little detail you ask? Miles was enslaved in Randolph County, NC. Miles’ freedom was bought by his wife, Healy Phillips Lassiter in 1840, after Miles’ mistress passed away. In 1845, he was accepted into Back Creek Meeting of the Society of Friends. Five years later, on 22 June 1850. #blackhistorymonth #blackquakers #mileslassiter #randolphcountync https://www.instagram.com/p/CZq5vTrLmuw/?utm_medium=tumblr

The current issue of the Randolph County (NC) Genealogical Journal has an article encouraging folks to get out and visit the counties many historic sites, including Strieby Church, School, and Cemetery Cultural Heritage Site. The blurb says it marks an “influential “ African American community, where African American Quaker Miles Lassiter and poet, minister, and teacher, Islay Walden once lived. #mileslassiter #islaywalden #randolphcountync #africanamericanquakers #africanamericanpoets #africanamericanministers #africanamericaneducators #africanamericanteachers https://www.instagram.com/p/CWhDN-svZIY/?utm_medium=tumblr

Pleased to be notified of these awards today, affirming all my hard work to document my ancestors. #mileslassiter #mileslassiterdescendants #striebychurchnc #randolphcountync #randolphcountynchistory #randolphcountynclandmarks #africanamericanquakers #ncquakers https://www.instagram.com/p/CKDJnODJGuE/?igshid=mu57876k54md

Looking for something to read while staying home? Interested in rural African American history? Try one or both of these two books on African Americans in Randolph County, North Carolina. From Hill Town to Strieby on the impact of an American Missionary Association school on the community of Hill Town, renamed Strieby; and Miles Lassiter, an early African American Quaker. #blackquakers #americanmissionaryassociation #randolphcountync #striebync #mileslassiter #islaywalden https://www.instagram.com/p/B_WNdmaJj_e/?igshid=iil7oo8qzhy7

Proud to honor my ancestor Miles Lassiter through the National Society Descendants of American Farmers #nsdoaf #mileslassiter #mileslassiterdescendants #randolphcountync https://www.instagram.com/p/B4mG-ALJe5S/?igshid=guqhq1pd56f2