Denise Muhammad's Blog – September 2013 Archive (2)

Looking for the DOYLE slaves of Burwell Lee of Pittsylvania Co, Virgina. All mulatto. My 2x Greatgrandmother, Sarah Doyle was born about 1840 in Virginia. Her children were; Parris, Emmerson, Mildred, Eliza, Peter Lee, Mary Elizabeth and Mattie. I have been told that Burwell's wife Mildred  may have owned Sarah prior to her marriage to Burwell.

A very dear cousin recently gave me a large old bible, which belonged to our Great-Grandmother, Mary Belle Doyle (Carr). No births or family tree listed, Just an inscription in the front. The bible was a gift from her nephew. In the bible is a newspaper clipping of the funeral of Frank Molloy. Frank was a young man who drowned in 1886  in Pine Lake, Laporte, Indiana. So the big question is Why did my GGrandmother have this clipping in the bible? an even bigger mystery is..My GGrandma was…