Collecting and Compiling Plantation Records: Thomas Terrell Case Study

Orice Jenkins
Oct 4, 2024
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About this webinar

Thomas Terrell was a lawyer born in Louisa County, Virginia in 1761. His plantation in Greene County, Georgia and the people he enslaved there have connections to a Civil War battlefield, the University of Georgia, Wells Fargo, a United States Congressman, and northern enslavers from Connecticut and New Jersey. Thomas’ death in 1822 created the only comprehensive list of his enslaved population, requiring the use of unconventional sources to gather more information about them. Many were separated due to devastating slave sales, but 200 years later, their descendants have been reunited by DNA testing.

About the speaker

About the speaker

Orice Jenkins is a recording artist, genealogist, educator, and author from Hartford, Connecticut. He began researching his family history upon discovering that Whitney Houston’s grandparents were from his grandmother’s hometown of Blakely, Georgi
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  1. MB
    Maria Bennett
    2 weeks ago

    This was very insightful, helpful, and interesting. Fantastic researcher.

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    Mary Scrudder
    2 months ago

    This was wonderful! Well thought out, very well presented.

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    Shelley Murphy
    2 months ago

    Amazing research skills here, okay who is Tom? you called him out, and just recognized…

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    Gypsy Houston
    2 months ago

    I enjoyed the class

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    Jan Maher
    2 months ago

    I’m in awe of the detail, precision, and doggedness of Orice’s research. I found my fingers twitching at times to scroll down, or advance the screen, I was so absorbed in the story and so eager to see where it was going next. Of course I wasn’t in control of the screen! But not to worry: as a presenter, his pacing is perfect so I was always rewarded with the next piece of it just as I was literally leaning toward my screen to follow where it would go.

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    Deannie TENSLEy
    2 months ago

    I really enjoyed the information given. My ancestry also come from Louisa county, VA (slave master name NOLAN/NOLAND). These session has given me other places to research.

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    Maria Capaldi
    2 months ago

    First off I love Case Studies! This was great and what Orice is doing is wonderful!

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  8. AJ
    Arthur Jones
    2 months ago

    Outstanding! My oldest son and a cousin have done considerable genealogical research on our family, and I invited them both to register and listen in today, or listen to the recording. I am so thoroughly impressed by Orice’s detailed research and his ability to create sophisticated methodological strategies in the course of the work. I am hoping that my family can benefit from his example. So far our family tree stops at the edge of slavery.

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