https://www.libertylegacymemorial.org/read-the-stories daily 0.75 2022-08-01 https://www.libertylegacymemorial.org/read-the-stories/blog-post-title-four-t8cah monthly 0.5 2021-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1591574176982-ALRVMX4NTW9TMO54AAM4/Mollie%2BBailey%2Band%2BKate%2BAtchison.jpg Read the Stories - Katie May Atchison Gordon Nelson Mollie Bailey (left) and Kate Atchison (Right) https://www.libertylegacymemorial.org/read-the-stories/perry-samuel monthly 0.5 2021-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1595455160411-Q7L62QBQJ8D4HZN5CCGW/Screen+Shot+2020-07-22+at+4.58.51+PM.png Read the Stories - Perry “Pinky” Samuel 1930 Liberty Census Perry Samuel listed with Mat Dawson, daughter Ruth, and granddaughters Mary, Vera, and Lovell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1595454271709-G0GGM6HX7CD6WG0JVU6U/1880+Cencus+11yo.png Read the Stories - Perry “Pinky” Samuel - 1880 Census Records Perry Samuel, 11, listed as “Servant” to Samuel/James family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1595454886267-84SUX2Z3RWYVSNIKA96B/125903287_8a29de48-c29b-475f-98e8-0c6e37a6f0e5.jpeg Read the Stories - Perry “Pinky” Samuel 1920, Clay County, Perry Samuel worked as a teamster at a flour mill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1595453921451-QBA8YZSHS6AJAEUDUF1J/90.jpeg Read the Stories - Perry “Pinky” Samuel Perry Samuel (center) is pictured to the right of the man rumored to be his birth father and his mother’s enslaver, Dr. Reuben Samuel. To the right of Perry is Zerelda, Dr. Samuel’s wife and the mother of outlaws Frank and Jesse James. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1595454402711-H5D4SFQLA58XE56FKIDE/Littie+Harris+Marriage+Cert.png Read the Stories - Perry “Pinky” Samuel - June 14, 1893 The Marriage Certificate between Perry Samuel and Littie Harris. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1595454648909-AR5MLSQQUGWCKQHJ5K1B/perry+with+samuel+fam.jpg Read the Stories - Perry “Pinky” Samuel Perry Samuel pictured (front and center) with a wide mustached smile in front of the Samuel / James families. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1595453611478-3824NXSBC94ATJ3AS40U/125903287_17d18953-e7e4-4e72-b595-3da280c72b9b.jpeg Read the Stories - Perry “Pinky” Samuel Perry Samuel’s mother Charlotte Garrett (above) was born into slavery in 1830 in Woodford County, Kentucky and was eventually sold to Dr. Reuben Samuel. She is shown on his 1850 Slave Schedule as a 21 year old Black Female. Names of the enslaved were not recorded and ages were approximations, not exact. After her emancipation, Charlotte moved to South Carolina, where she lived until her death at age 90. It is not clear if she ever married, though some records suggest she eventually wedded a man also enslaved by Dr. Reuben Samuel, named Samson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1595454807605-1K8X7405W50F5KMPO6XR/Marriage+License.png Read the Stories - Perry “Pinky” Samuel - August 2, 1900 A Marriage Certificate is filed for the marriage of Perry Samuel and Susie Willis. https://www.libertylegacymemorial.org/read-the-stories/pvt-david-drake-blue monthly 0.5 2021-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1597364704707-T7P7ZNK6WF51UXZ00XF0/Screen+Shot+2020-08-13+at+1.06.29+PM.png Read the Stories - Pvt. 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David Drake Blue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1597365838618-PHXDBRB1D85IDSDK1ULJ/DAVID_DRAKE_016.png Read the Stories - Pvt. David Drake Blue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1597365845483-HYNA8LVLOSADZPMC9I4J/DAVID_DRAKE_018.png Read the Stories - Pvt. David Drake Blue https://www.libertylegacymemorial.org/read-the-stories/mary-decoursey-slaughter monthly 0.5 2021-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1607469814727-7OU3G1NIO70J2L0VUUKE/JTV+Thompson+Slave+Schedule+1860.jpg Read the Stories - Mary Decoursey Slaughter - In the 1860’s, Clay County was among sixteen Missouri counties known as, “Little Dixie” and was one of seven counties whose populations were made up over 25 percent of enslaved persons of African descent. Allegiance to the Confederacy was prevalent and the buying and selling of humans as property was common on the Liberty square. Thompson himself was a wealthy landowner and treasurer who fought for the Confederate army, no doubt fearing the massive loss he would experience if his 45 enslaved were freed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1607471422801-L9OXA4USX3CK0FRTCNC6/DecourseySlaughterFullPage.jpg Read the Stories - Mary Decoursey Slaughter Marriage records show us that when Mary was 24 she was married to William Slaughter. Over the course of their marriage, they had eleven children together. When Mary Decoursey Slaughter passed away at the age of 85, she was living in a house her husband had built with his own hands, where they had raised their children. The house at 325 Harrison Street is right across the road from the property line of the land where her parents were originally enslaved. In Mary’s story we hear the echos of the theme surrounding the mythical Sankofa bird of the Akan peoples of Ghana, “It is not taboo to fetch what is at risk of being left behind.” In her story we see the struggle of the past for people of African descent, we see the jewels of wisdom her people gathered along the way, and we see the bright and victorious future the Slaughter family had and the legacy they still carry in Liberty, Missouri. Mary and dozens of her extended family members are buried in the hallowed ground of Potter’s Field in the segregated section of Historic Fairview Cemetery. Make a donation in Mary Decoursey Slaughter’s name today and join us in honoring her memory and the lives she touched and the legacy she brought forth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1607469941140-BYS8WN7STKI38AQ28L6R/Mary+Decoursey+Slaughter Read the Stories - Mary Decoursey Slaughter https://www.libertylegacymemorial.org/read-the-stories/charles-griggsby monthly 0.5 2021-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1625757549692-VHB67SUIZP1NJL3YRR2A/Griggsby+Charles+05+Aug+1916%2C+Page+6+-+The+Kansas+City+Sun+at+Newspapers.com+2021-05-22+16-19-23.jpg Read the Stories - Charles Griggsby - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1625757715867-5N2GG6QLDJYVX0JM5QEC/blackburn+knights+templar.jpg Read the Stories - Charles Griggsby - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.libertylegacymemorial.org/read-the-stories/jack-fields monthly 0.5 2021-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1626188558514-0EAKKTZSGV62IOCK8DHU/jackfields.png Read the Stories - Jack Fields - Make it stand out St. Louis Globe-Democrat (St. Louis) March 8, 1898 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1626188830723-CNJCRMBL47QMJACWZE4Q/jackfields3.png Read the Stories - Jack Fields - Make it stand out St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis) March 8, 1898 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1626188889366-CSV4N4B5F8A5XF4JTCNT/jackfields2.png Read the Stories - Jack Fields - Make it stand out Kansas City Journal (Kansas City) March 7, 1898 https://www.libertylegacymemorial.org/read-the-stories/jesse-e-dodd-sr monthly 0.5 2021-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1626290164399-AVG9VQYSV98F48PXUD61/Jesse+E+Dodd.+Sr.PNG Read the Stories - Jesse E. 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Dodd, Sr. - Make it stand out An advertisement for Michigan Cleaners appeared in the 1961 William Jewell Yearbook, “The Tatler”. https://www.libertylegacymemorial.org/read-the-stories/thomas-jefferson-helman monthly 0.5 2021-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1626302195628-PIOZJF1OPSVFR8INTMV2/Screen+Shot+2021-07-14+at+5.32.43+PM.png Read the Stories - Thomas Jefferson Helman - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1626301670738-1RL1JAU1TOT5HTA31VID/cows.JPG Read the Stories - Thomas Jefferson Helman - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1626302220125-FUZHVES3UY1R5KDX73BX/Screen+Shot+2021-07-14+at+5.33.24+PM.png Read the Stories - Thomas Jefferson Helman - Make it stand out The Topeka Plaindealer, August 18, 1916 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1626302306062-CX0M2DHF4Z3DJR0KQQT3/Screen+Shot+2021-07-14+at+5.33.47+PM.png Read the Stories - Thomas Jefferson Helman - Make it stand out The Topeka Plaindealer, June 28, 1918 https://www.libertylegacymemorial.org/read-the-stories/katherine-aunt-kitty-thompson-alexander monthly 0.5 2021-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1626368514239-DI3JKO85Y16YJ31FKPVD/Screen+Shot+2021-07-08+at+10.45.23+AM.png Read the Stories - Katherine “Aunt Kitty” Thompson Alexander - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1626369602652-SU2Y3OHPU4MV8XDPRXJS/Screen+Shot+2021-07-15+at+12.19.42+PM.png Read the Stories - Katherine “Aunt Kitty” Thompson Alexander - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1626369027112-YYDQZ1KXK6XJGE6EJ236/IMG_1555.jpg Read the Stories - Katherine “Aunt Kitty” Thompson Alexander - 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Katherine “Aunt Kitty” Thompson Alexander - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1626368366879-TH8WPN4TAX5G4JBT8MJ5/Screen+Shot+2021-07-08+at+10.44.41+AM.png Read the Stories - Katherine “Aunt Kitty” Thompson Alexander - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1626368834379-WB30W0HKX3P7X811K5FP/IMG_2243.jpg Read the Stories - Katherine “Aunt Kitty” Thompson Alexander - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1626369382559-XWA1M77LZ116PMXFJ27X/Screen+Shot+2021-07-15+at+12.14.37+PM.png Read the Stories - Katherine “Aunt Kitty” Thompson Alexander - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.libertylegacymemorial.org/read-the-stories/clarence-claybrook-parker monthly 0.5 2021-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1630523923967-QLZIMG6W5DDHEDGGJGC4/0001_ClarenceParker.jpg Read the Stories - Clarence Claybrook Parker - Make it stand out Clarence Claybrook Parker, sitting at the piano https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1632152901448-D20MMUXMIFBRZ9WN0B4Q/unnamed.png Read the Stories - Clarence Claybrook Parker - Make it stand out The Kansas City Sun June 6, 1914 https://www.libertylegacymemorial.org/read-the-stories/clarence-edward-gantt monthly 0.5 2021-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1635175331054-9MBMXNRQY1R5QDWSI05U/Garrison7.jpg Read the Stories - Clarence Edward Gantt - Make it stand out Principal Gantt (2nd row, far right) with his students at Garrison School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1635175261435-1G9GYX6FUNFYL23XJLN6/0012_ClarenceGantt2.png Read the Stories - Clarence Edward Gantt - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1635175834076-OLQY5BZKOV59WRBD4T7M/0011_ClarenceGantt.png Read the Stories - Clarence Edward Gantt - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.libertylegacymemorial.org/read-the-stories/merrit-withers monthly 0.5 2021-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/c426d117-0273-4cbc-ba79-8e32808460bb/Screen+Shot+2021-11-09+at+11.02.55+AM.png Read the Stories - Merrit Withers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/4c97d6bd-aa74-43d9-81fd-7d9862f76821/Screen+Shot+2020-10-05+at+1.47.22+PM.jpg Read the Stories - Merrit Withers - Make it stand out The marriage record of Merrit Withers and Anise Lincoln - January 22, 1866 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/8ff877d2-6538-4e3d-9427-c9333625ecf5/Withers%2C+Merritt.jpg Read the Stories - Merrit Withers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/76c22e89-ae32-4a78-b170-76eac4517913/Screen+Shot+2021-11-09+at+11.22.23+AM.png Read the Stories - Merrit Withers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/4f1cb239-c38c-4ea5-b074-17e1297ddf13/Screen+Shot+2021-11-09+at+10.50.54+AM.png Read the Stories - Merrit Withers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/872746df-7fc5-40e2-9f5f-0dca947d5c5d/Screen+Shot+2021-11-09+at+11.08.11+AM.png Read the Stories - Merrit Withers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.libertylegacymemorial.org/read-the-stories/lucy-jacobs-stewart monthly 0.5 2022-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/73f84666-f978-4c9b-909f-e9af90018270/LucyJacobsStewart.jpeg Read the Stories - Lucy Jacobs Stewart - Make it stand out Painting by Brianna Lewis Featured as a 2022 Gold Virtual Humanism Conference: Healing the Heart of Healthcare: Reimagining How We Listen, Connect, and Collaborate, hosted by the Gold Humanism Honor Society. https://www.libertylegacymemorial.org/events daily 0.75 2023-04-19 https://www.libertylegacymemorial.org/events/juneteenth monthly 0.5 2023-04-19 https://www.libertylegacymemorial.org/home daily 1.0 2022-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603388843074-H4VUSHVI79GY5AEORC92/XTN22821.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603908670166-22WQ2JPGLMJIE6C4RBSH/Mollie%252BBailey%252Band%252BKate%252BAtchison.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1605910213055-QKTRU6JUE0KZ973UNO0G/https___specials-images.forbesimg.com_dam_imageserve_cfcdeb7044644bc49acf9a6198ecae12_960x0.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603388195539-7F3Z596G5QVZTWN3OHD7/PublicSaleNotices2.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603905575490-AY7P1CLUX2RDSFOL2K18/MEMORIAL_SCANS_015.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1605910044444-RRL4T8ARVTCRNDT3T7GT/benton%2Bbarracks.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1605909459865-DC1OS30TWOXHFZIGTIZ8/King2.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603393469075-3X10R9Y5970H96NK7QGL/aagraduates.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1606152204192-9BQMAYY4HVV8OQ9ZNJ8F/img20201027_15340271.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1630522966309-3UDKREQX6MUXY7K1RS6O/Screen+Shot+2021-08-25+at+2.27.59+PM.png Home FOX 4 KC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/f9df26de-1c6b-4400-bac0-57b9449ae97c/IMG_2180.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1630523089750-9HFER3S5YY09AKPP8RSQ/Screen+Shot+2021-08-25+at+2.50.35+PM.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1630523212078-WMT1TNJEOE2CO2XZAEF2/Screen+Shot+2021-08-25+at+2.34.43+PM.png Home https://www.libertylegacymemorial.org/the-memorial daily 0.75 2022-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/da2b91e3-4196-4825-ae91-2b535f560f7a/20221025_105438.jpg The Legacy Memorial - Memorial Design The Legacy Memorial includes 15 bollards to mark the perimeter of the 6-acre burial ground, showing the magnitude of the space. The walkway and benches lend a sense of community and presence while extending an invitation to visitors to linger and reflect. Along the path, you'll enjoy engraved stones featuring stories, poems, and spiritual or creative works that highlight the resilient spirit of the African American people. At the end of the 175' walkway is a rectangular area containing the memorial with the 750+ names engraved into granite, forever honoring their lives and legacies. Interpretive panels on the path will encourage visitors to learn more about the Black history of Liberty and the individuals buried in this land. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/f5e810d9-e6a6-4e04-83de-4210dc2f38be/20221025_105545.jpg The Legacy Memorial - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1667061296712-TVNEDJMG5K26QZFOZWGW/20221025_105655.jpg The Legacy Memorial https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/93b2d93a-3e1f-4fa0-ad39-3414c7817bc0/20221025_105424.jpg The Legacy Memorial https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/2119eb13-baec-4df7-8315-d83d5671fa37/20221025_105455.jpg The Legacy Memorial https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/165e242a-724e-492a-8a23-5c9367846c48/20221017_174156.jpg The Legacy Memorial https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1667061575091-LQEQNN1IPVHE5KMI4NQC/20221025_105715.jpg The Legacy Memorial https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/9138c143-3ab0-4035-bcc5-d9ef0dc59083/20221025_105629.jpg The Legacy Memorial https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/964517af-18c5-4ab7-b996-c759702298da/20221025_105244.jpg The Legacy Memorial https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/c46a470c-dd50-4962-9edb-91484cdc5e98/20221025_105223.jpg The Legacy Memorial https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/2c9d754d-2dba-475a-92b8-f32823e1bdf9/20221025_105207.jpg The Legacy Memorial https://www.libertylegacymemorial.org/black-history-in-liberty daily 0.75 2022-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603807742165-QD9B8BQ892Q3YO9XDPHN/MEMORIAL_SCANS_022.jpg Black History in Liberty Clara Bell Colley with students at the Garrison School in the 1950s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1600222388193-EOI2GCPEEEY0Q1ZZ8W4D/MEMORIAL_SCANS_015.jpg Black History in Liberty Football Town Team, organized by Arthur Willis in 1915 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1601059737522-MAQP171R27PSRRYUZZ53/LibertyTribuneScans2.jpg Black History in Liberty Advertisement for the sale of the enslaved: Rose (45) , Bill (33), Burrell (21), Martha (15), May Jane (15) - September 2, 1851 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1600281006576-M0Y0XQCHUT4AV7DUEURM/Screen+Shot+2020-09-16+at+1.28.11+PM.png Black History in Liberty - Margaret Young and her three children were enslaved in Liberty. In 1864, her two young sons, Dowan and Walter, were taken to Fort Leavenworth during a raid by Jennison’s Jayhawkers. The boys served Union officers, were separated during the war, and never saw each other again. Dowan worked for Sergeant Major James E. Strawn, who pledged to find Dowan employment after the war and help him find his family. On Christmas Day 1897, Margaret and her son were reunited after 36 years apart. Stories of reunion were rare and worth sharing. Click here to read the full story of this mother and son reunion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1600298730140-Y80ZM8HRZD1L3I5DNQVB/Untitled-1.jpg Black History in Liberty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1600222549000-6ZQO5SFL9ND7YSU0DJQR/Screen+Shot+2020-09-15+at+8.42.13+PM.png Black History in Liberty Withers Plantation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1600222108669-1DC0TS4N5FDFEIU4UTPY/image-asset.jpeg Black History in Liberty Garrison School, about 1880 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1600229615488-IXQNF7EBI1UJS3PTQAFJ/IMG_0003.jpg Black History in Liberty - Liberty Friends of Distinction: Vassie Willis, Sue Tag Irvin, Goldie Prince, Ella Mae Hinton, Francis Pearley McGill, Flora Hopes, Ruth Pearley Stevenston, Delcia Slaughter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1600217082325-T1X2DQUH33R1UUH5GAQ0/MEMORIAL_SCANS_020.jpg Black History in Liberty The First Baptist Mt. Zion Church, about 1890 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603761110150-BCP2Z5A4TPBZ4AM5UGN2/Screen+Shot+2020-10-26+at+8.04.04+PM.png Black History in Liberty Map of Liberty, 1914 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1600217234070-59NZ4U51FJHQLG7XU6BE/MEMORIAL_SCANS_011.jpg Black History in Liberty St. Luke’s African Methodist Episcopal Church, about 1938 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1613860800161-IYCGG7FMNNYT7QZFF0YA/Screen%252BShot%252B2021-02-19%252Bat%252B7.53.19%252BPM.jpg Black History in Liberty - David McClain’s mural on the third floor of the old courthouse depicts selected early 19th and 20th Century African American pioneers, businesses, churches and schools. It is a celebration of the resilience of the first African Americans in Clay County and the contributions they made to the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1600201032577-J0IXATF0HJWQIVVECRLA/Screen+Shot+2020-09-15+at+3.16.27+PM.png Black History in Liberty Bill of Sale: “Liberty Clay Co MO May 5, 1851. For and in consideration of the sum of six hundred dollars to me in hand paid I have this day bargained sold and delivered unto John A. Beauchamp my negro boy Isaiah a slave for life and sound & healthy in body & mind & free from the claims of any other persons and is about thirteen years old.” Click here to view more primary historical documents like the one pictured. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1600222179652-GZEVNZY3UVT359FYQJE5/image-asset.jpeg Black History in Liberty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1600222252048-ZEPM7XF7QU0SQX6048XT/MEMORIAL_SCANS_014.jpg Black History in Liberty Garrison School, about 1930 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1600225652532-0C3DR3FV4TZMJAINHME5/Screen-Shot-2020-09-15-at-8.07.00-PM.jpg Black History in Liberty - According to military records, 67 Black men are known to have enlisted at the Union Recruitment Station in Liberty, with only a handful returning after the war ended. 25 of them were confirmed deceased in battle or from disease, with several other men disappearing from records altogether. Possible outcomes include captured/killed by the Confederate army, unrecorded death, desertion to freedom, or living elsewhere after their term of service was completed. Enslavers who pledged loyalty to the Union received $300 compensation for the enlistment of the men they enslaved. Click here to read more about the Black men from Liberty who served in the Union army. According to military records, 67 Black men are known to have enlisted at the Union Recruitment Station in Liberty, with only a handful returning after the war ended. 25 of them were confirmed deceased in battle or from disease, with several other men disappearing from records altogether. Possibilities include capture by the Confederate army, unrecorded death, or desertion to freedom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1600222456652-2NJZN0Y98RBZ8QNGM9LH/image-asset.png Black History in Liberty https://www.libertylegacymemorial.org/contactus daily 0.75 2022-08-17 https://www.libertylegacymemorial.org/african-american-burial-grounds daily 0.75 2021-11-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1629920768817-U4YR8O340DCOOJ2RDA90/Screen+Shot+2021-08-25+at+2.27.59+PM.png African American Burial Grounds - Make it stand out Fox 4 KC A story about the Liberty African American Legacy Memorial by John Holt of Fox 4 KC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1590439537613-VNIAG6W8U8FECZ79D8OX/CJUUVYYSFZD5JK723ZLBN3TAQE.jpg African American Burial Grounds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/f9df26de-1c6b-4400-bac0-57b9449ae97c/IMG_2180.jpg African American Burial Grounds - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1590440294323-A16BABEZGH2CV3JWMKBG/https___specials-images.forbesimg.com_dam_imageserve_cfcdeb7044644bc49acf9a6198ecae12_960x0.jpg African American Burial Grounds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1629921682845-SF8JEHV4O7Z28CF1PE6U/210824134900-01-columbian-harmony-cemetery-gravestones-exlarge-169.jpg African American Burial Grounds - Make it stand out Symbolic Justice A CNN article about the ongoing project to recover and restore headstones that were thrown from a historic Black cemetery into the Potomac River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603844370378-N9PNJN9Z1M5L3DQVQDJK/Screen+Shot+2020-10-27+at+7.19.14+PM.png African American Burial Grounds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1590439844375-Q6CGAXVK0TNFFRJ8W4TS/abg.jpg African American Burial Grounds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1632925966016-AUCTGYSHP16A0C6GX1FA/Screen+Shot+2021-09-29+at+9.09.48+AM.png African American Burial Grounds - Make it stand out Who Speaks for the Dead? Jill Lepore’s powerful New Yorker article about Black burial grounds, the efforts to restore them, and the conflicts over inheritance and representation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1629921164655-69S8MG2BIFTP5ZPH8ZO5/Screen+Shot+2021-08-25+at+2.34.43+PM.png African American Burial Grounds - Make it stand out KSHB 41 Featured on KSHB 41 by Lindsey Shively. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1590440781056-690GJE3NK37TEYUSD5NQ/Mortice-BlackCemeteries-12-768x576.jpg African American Burial Grounds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1590438841444-R17D0BZLYGBW97PW3FLZ/19CBA1BC-155D-451F-67C833114C2868F0Original.jpg African American Burial Grounds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1629921891547-PIBP7SZZ8O0HJGATRZE2/Screen+Shot+2021-08-25+at+2.50.35+PM.png African American Burial Grounds - Flatland KC Flatland KC Brian Burnes interviews members of the Liberty African American Legacy Memorial committee. https://www.libertylegacymemorial.org/get-involved daily 0.75 2021-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1590358929015-I7M7CI6S15QDEMCJ3BP3/XTN22820.jpg Get Involved - Are you an individual looking to honor the history of African American lives or a local resident seeking to remember the souls of Black folk who lived and died in Liberty, Missouri and, in some cases, have gone unacknowledged and unhonored for over a hundred years? Click here to donate to the Liberty African American Legacy Memorial and join us in building a space where we remember the Black members of the community and ensure they are never again forgotten. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1591484643056-LT67CCBWMG1FXEMXU3MD/7E10D5BA-5371-4B2E-963A-650F631B0B59-787AFDD5-7DAF-450D-865B-3F24D25CF159.JPG Get Involved Are you are an organization, business owner, builder, member of the community, or individual interested in supporting our work? Are you interested in donating time, money, or supplies, or resources to any of the Memorial Phases? Click here to contact us and speak to a member of the Clay County African American Legacy Inc. or one of our volunteers about how you can help be a vital part of this important work. https://www.libertylegacymemorial.org/research-disclaimer daily 0.75 2021-03-31 https://www.libertylegacymemorial.org/primary-documents daily 0.75 2022-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603389653472-PSRQUBUS40258VB69FCK/XTN22820.jpg Historical Documents - “History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.” MAYA ANGELOU, ON THE PULSE OF THE MORNING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603209583399-WN7X0U3GYM1A7SJ4ZW5S/PublicSaleNotices3.jpg Historical Documents Handwritten sale notice of the enslaved: Moses (56), Scott (24), Amazetta (15), Zaida (8), William (3), Charles (26), Harrison (18), Nelly (10), James (6), Jemima (22) and her son (6 mo). Madison (3), Sarah (3), Calvin (18 mo), Nelly (20), Sam (4) - 1853 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603132448796-NRH5HP8GHTHF5FDDL250/Screen+Shot+2020-09-30+at+8.45.41+PM.png Historical Documents Liberty Tribune Ad - Boy (8) March 27, 1857 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1601061562016-0R26ZX8P2BRPW3XL979D/LibertyTribuneScans2.jpg Historical Documents Handwritten sale notice of the enslaved: Rose (45), Bill (33), Burrell (21), Martha (15), May Jane (15) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603399124512-74N72WBUY1HSP5QY6G7X/1860+Slave+Schedule+Calhoun.jpg Historical Documents Slave Schedule showing the age, gender, color, disabilities, and possibly truancies of the enslaved. - June 22, 1860 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603132489149-YZKYKHID2HP6NDD4HZBX/1-6-1860.png Historical Documents Liberty Tribune Ad - Hannah (28) January 6, 1860 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603132414741-KF0EH9CO3BP2RK5C03Z2/Screen+Shot+2020-09-30+at+4.52.01+PM.png Historical Documents Liberty Tribune Ad - Louisa (34), infant (18 mo.), Margaret (17), Mack (9), Matt (5), Lee (9), Lavinia (4), Dick (6), Eliza (41), Carmy (15), John (14) December 10, 1858 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1601060991779-E4IL8SLVB96JC9NRI8Y6/LibertyTribuneScans6.jpg Historical Documents Handwritten reward notice for Freedom Seeker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1601061333659-XWVLOQ224WX4PRI9VF0B/Gant%252C%2BJack%2B%252825%2529.jpg Historical Documents Union army enlistment record of Jack Gant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1601060734530-O1Y2JZ1YRSZ1GPRIP88B/LibertyTribuneScans8.jpg Historical Documents Notice of compensation claims for enslavers for the enlistment of the enslaved in the Union army https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603132448904-HY41RJGXU9FGB3IEEPIT/Screen+Shot+2020-09-30+at+8.42.40+PM.png Historical Documents Liberty Tribune Ad - Rose (30), Jemima (29), Mary (21), Sarah (17), Nancy (19), Maria (15), Diana (14). March 27, 1857 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1601060737220-VIPCMQUMD29SD661Z217/LibertyTribuneScans.jpg Historical Documents Handwritten sale notice of enslaved man and woman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603646038077-HXQ85TB708Y195U8JNQJ/4-20-1860%284%29.png Historical Documents Liberty Tribune Ad - Mely (18), Charles (6), Anderson (5), child (1) April 6, 1860 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603129189770-2MD9X7Y6X9C201QOO14G/PublicSaleNotices2.jpg Historical Documents Handwritten sale notice of the enslaved: Solomon (56), Willis (15), Martha (13), Amy (40) and child (18 mo), David (7), Mary (4), Patrick (3 1/2), and Judy (2) - 1848 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603133038455-HOWO9CETB439TRZ7HIXT/MarriageRecords.jpg Historical Documents The first legal African American marriages recorded in Clay County - 1865. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603132489707-JQ9PQEB2TSGN5C2ZB8VM/5-25-1860.png Historical Documents Liberty Tribune Ad May 25, 1860 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1601060775275-GWYLMWEZJAO4RQ67DWGY/LibertyTribuneScans4.jpg Historical Documents Handwritten sale notice of enslaved woman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603646037908-NBSQYP9P7KNDVGF3QTDY/4-20-1860%281%29.png Historical Documents Liberty Tribune Ad - Presley (21) April 20, 1860 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603129191214-VYX70RNCKEQ3NCQZAD5H/PublicSaleNotices.jpg Historical Documents Handwritten sale notice of the enslaved: Solomon (56), Willis (15), Martha (13), Amy (40) and child (18 mo), David (7), Mary (4), Patrick (3 1/2), and Judy (2) - 1848 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603133106093-T0PUAY3FQB71ZHBYOND9/MarriageRecords2.jpg Historical Documents African American marriage records in Clay County - 1866 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603646038362-7XHPQ22SU12VUG0QNJGA/9-3-1858+Ad.png Historical Documents Liberty Tribune Advertisements September 3, 1858 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603399155215-Q4T0SXIT8UKX7CEMJBQ8/DrakeEstes+Slave+Schedule+1860.jpg Historical Documents Slave Schedule showing the age, gender, color, disabilities, and possibly truancies of the enslaved. - June 16, 1860 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1605124040979-4S92OUSO4Z0XX8H1J7BE/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-10-05%2Bat%2B1.48.51%2BPM.jpg Historical Documents Marriage record of William Slaughter and Mary Decoursey - June 1, 1874 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1605124225731-0JMNE85ADN1AGCH4TMMQ/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-10-05%2Bat%2B1.51.59%2BPM.jpg Historical Documents Marriage record of Jackson Jones and Henrietta Jones - January 7, 1866 Children - Mary Allis (8), Elizabeth (6), Ellinora (4), Jackson (18 mos) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603646038151-VZUX5XRMCR9H4Q5JVEDW/4-20-1860%282%29.png Historical Documents Liberty Tribune Ad - Alfred March 30, 1860 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1601061359803-VUMOU3V58B1BMID6VEF3/Hampton%252C%2BParker%2B%252832%2529.jpg Historical Documents Enlistment record of Parker Hampton in the 67th Regiment of the United States Colored Troops (USCT) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603646036810-BYDJQFGB1UE70GPYA3UP/3-16-1860%282%29.png Historical Documents Liberty Tribune Ad - Mary (13) March 16, 1860 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1601060917158-UJD73585KEACM9JDNUB2/LibertyTribuneScans3.jpg Historical Documents Handwritten sale notice of enslaved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1601060729739-YRSEC6HSID5XLAFHGQAZ/LibertyTribuneScans7.jpg Historical Documents Handwritten notice of $300 compensation for enslavers for the enlistment of the enslaved in the Union army. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603646038122-HLVZDXGKQWMOGNEA9VOP/7-7-1848.png Historical Documents Liberty Tribune Ad - Nancy (20) June 26, 1848 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1601060960199-77BL473SJ0CKQ53PLCU7/LibertyTribuneScans5.jpg Historical Documents Handwritten sale notice of enslaved woman and her two children https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1605123968935-UTK1J302N6QGN77ZYI45/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-10-05%2Bat%2B1.47.22%2BPM.jpg Historical Documents Marriage record of Merit Withers and Anis Lincoln - January 22, 1866 https://www.libertylegacymemorial.org/enslaved-to-soldier daily 0.75 2021-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1604086794261-QE2PV1SLOLJK8EMTRQ8I/benton%2Bbarracks.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Unknown soldier at Benton Barracks, Missouri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1604087338156-13MYP5O98KWGB0SJDG4W/Screen+Shot+2020-10-29+at+11.13.19+AM.png Enslaved to Soldier Liberty Tribune announcing the enlistment of Black men into the Union army https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1604086870621-HBVZNVLGWYPTEJOY5PC5/Screen+Shot+2020-10-27+at+7.37.31+PM.png Enslaved to Soldier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603222929829-L7OOY10R28H4B3IGJ9L0/Arthur%252C%2BWallace.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Wallace Arthur - term of service ended, buried in Leavenworth, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603223431749-WIURWPF585JKOQD11Q1M/Baker%252C%2BGreen.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Green Baker - died May 31, 1864, Benton Barracks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603223567656-6DM6N3I32GUQJ1L2I0SS/Berry%252C%2BHenry.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Henry Berry - died August 1, 1864, Port Hudson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603846105373-8NFAANRP7SE6AJOCLFW2/Beasley%2525252C%25252BJoseph.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Joseph Beasley - believed to have fled to Kansas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603846342824-EUYQ2GUD0GU09BUPG9B9/Bird%252C%2BHenry.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Henry Bird - term of service ended, buried in Lansing, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603846573034-R60EFSFCIFIPMYVJ0MPJ/Calhoun%252C%2BRobbin.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Robbin Calhoun - enlisted at the age of 16 and believed to have fled to Kansas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603896499619-Z7T7SVDF6S06AHFYQRTM/Turnham%252C%2BJames.jpg Enslaved to Soldier James Turnham - term of service ended, post war location unknown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603223644893-QED2PCNTGSU4G29NBYMU/Beasley%252C%2BHenson.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Henson Beasley - dismissed due to age and disability https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603856182237-HFQHLHPQYXI5M79BTIIF/Claybrook%25252C%252BAllen%252B%25252834%252529.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Allen Claybrook - term of service ended and returned to Liberty. Strong possibility he is buried in Fairview, awaiting documentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603890624552-N08C40XS2NOABI3YN375/Denny%25252C%252BSamuel%252B%25252822%252529.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Samuel Denny - died November 19, 1864, Morganza https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603934332131-7U2D12X4Z4C28H13RS7N/Donaldson%25252C%252BSam.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Sam Donaldson - post war location unknown. "This recruit presented himself at my office" noted on enlistment record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603846904435-F6FOVY7AX110ASQ6Y814/Doniphan%252C%2BNelson.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Nelson Doniphan - promoted to sergeant and corporal, term of service ended, post war location unknown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603897515951-DXD9T6OPDOE55QKUC5OU/Drake%252C%2BDavid.jpg Enslaved to Soldier David Drake - term of service ended and returned to Liberty. Strong possibility he is buried in Fairview, awaiting documentation. Chosen name: David Blue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603847554951-85H8LXTI3TA69HM8WKR9/Estes%252C%2BZack.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Zack Estes - unknown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1604084533782-R3KDBQ1D85BAZ9NH0OJO/Estes%252C%2BHarry.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Harry Estes Slaughter - term of service ended, buried in Fairview. The name on his records fluctuate between Harry and Henry (sometimes on the same page). Estes was his last name upon enlistment; Slaughter was his last name after emancipation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603895877173-VICBVYETNJQDZDM4CP1P/Thomason%252C%2BMilton.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Milton Thomason - promoted to corporal, died May 16, 1865, Mobile https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603892708048-75AOOPBQ1YXBAHGNYJN4/Ringo%252C%2BHorace.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Horace Ringo - died April 9, 1864, Port Hudson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603893660718-7EICBZHJJOB6WF6WMT49/Robinson%252C%2BMartin.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Martin Robinson - died September 6, 1866, Baton Rouge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603893419138-GENB9HG0R3MZBHF613UP/Robinson%252C%2BBenjamin.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Benjamin Robinson - appointed to corporal, died April 16, 1865, Nashville https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603896854281-W5PWBQIJ1WBQXFM8VOF8/Walker%252C%2BJohn.jpg Enslaved to Soldier John Walker - died February 8, 1864 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603896724809-4L7QSDQS801B0T9PK9WF/Walker%252C%2BGeorge%2BM.jpg Enslaved to Soldier George M Walker - died August 1, 1864 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603847754878-3PWEL2Z3XD8LQCISCELY/Everett%252C%2BDennis.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Dennis Everett - dismissed by mustering officer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603847902853-YSKAX1EYJOBNNSL5HGOC/Ewing%252C%2BWestly.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Westley Erring (written as Ewing) - dismissed upon medical examination https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603890681947-KGD4UP7D2VWASWGD4NF8/Mosby%252C%2BDavid.jpg Enslaved to Soldier David Mosby - dismissed upon medical examination https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603891999396-TO7K0QWDHSYTWNKIH8KP/Pryor%252C%2BDoniphan.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Doniphan Pryor - discharged after illness, post war location unknown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603891014921-SSX8BIINGEU2A7FDHAR9/Petty%252C%2BBenjamin.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Benjamin Petty - dismissed upon medical examination https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603891245990-1EXHO4FS75PC8D6LHOB0/Petty%252C%2BTaylor.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Taylor Petty - dismissed "because of being only 16 years old" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603891131438-JZGPZ2D20AS7UKED2JWP/Petty%252C%2BThomas%2BJ%2B%252817%2529.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Thomas J Petty - term of service ended, post war location unknown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603892881783-UL5YQJGFD8M3UVXOQ0IC/Ringo%252C%2BRufus.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Rufus Ringo - died October 13, 1864, Morganza https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603895626455-M0TRNC49WCHSJCGD5AA3/Talbott%252C%2BJames.jpg Enslaved to Soldier James Talbott - died September 1, 1864, Morganza https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603896304487-WMCFYKW0F11BPT50C3EN/Thorp%252C%2BSamuel.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Samuel Thorp - died February 13, 1864 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603895944433-6B70G7TDX3RAN6FAYJVB/Thompson%252C%2BBenjamin.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Benjamin Thompson - term of service ended, post war location unknown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603933902724-5LUKD8HC3C65A8ZTPHMD/Withers%25252C%252BMerritt.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Merritt Withers - term of service ended and returned to Liberty. Possibly buried in Fairview or with his family in the enslaved section of the cemetery on Withers Plantation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603896215549-IKE2XS5FWQSX3HTV3UK9/Thorp%252C%2BFrank.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Frank Thorp - on duty as musician and cook, discharged for disability, term of service ended, post war location unknown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603896010659-3EXVEI80P8TA33680C66/Thompson%252C%2BCharles.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Charles Thompson - promoted to sergeant, term of service ended, post war location unknown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603847982629-JXSNWA5ORPW3WNHH9QQZ/Field%252C%2BJerry.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Jerry Field - dismissed by mustering officer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603848116432-9HGNUJH7XS0BWNR232MN/Fleming%252C%2BSpencer.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Spencer Fleming - died November 11, 1864, New Orelans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603934187470-JFWQ7QM5B3T0J5IND442/Flemming%252C%2BSamuel.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Samuel Flemming - died October 8, 1864, Memphis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603934400329-58NZKEAWDULBUIXAH1E8/Fowler%25252C%252BMason.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Mason Fowler - died April 16, 1864, Port Hudson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603848737725-YG1UNMT9NUMVQYESQ2JB/Grooms%252C%2BGeorge%2BW.jpg Enslaved to Soldier George W Grooms - term of service ended, post war location unknown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603848624284-JW55QXARUZ0WMUNWY3UX/George%252C%2BIsum.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Isum George - died April 10, 1864, Benton Barracks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603848379622-T7X89AIYPOH7VCMG3R2Z/Fritzland%252C%2BFranklin.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Franklin Fritzland - promoted to sergeant, died April 8, 1865, New Orleans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603848480718-ZQI0PU78ZN70GIKHMLQG/Gant%252C%2BJack.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Jack Gant - term of service ended, believed to be buried in Kansas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603848951571-H9EMF4VT0VL5K6W08SR5/Hadley%252C%2BJohn.jpg Enslaved to Soldier John Hadley - term of service ended, post war location unknown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603849350423-5NBC57NDE596GVCFVHFI/Hall%252C%2BThomas.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Thomas Hall - unknown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603854791476-DCFTEKAR3ICKW6PET97D/Howard%252C%2BJoseph.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Joseph Howard - term of service ended, post war location unknown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603854714591-4F1DEUTOPJ7CJ70L86ZN/Hampton%252C%2BParker.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Parker Hampton - died April 21, 1864 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603854883877-5H432YLP8OTO7NV4YV5P/Keller%252C%2BJames.jpg Enslaved to Soldier James Keller - died September 4, 1866, Baton Rouge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603930980783-NNSIKT58AF0WPVP7O5DK/Laffoon%252C%2BElijah.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Elijah Laffoon - unknown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603993688513-D9C8P4ILONK85I9RHHFE/Land%252C%2BThomas.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Thomas Land - died February 14, 1864 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603855063506-I8LXJBQD8PQPG7J2BKNV/Lincoln%252C%2BIsaac.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Isaac Lincoln - unknown. "This recruit presented himself at my office" noted on enlistment record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603855268558-R26P2QKGWGWQR1XGMQHC/Lincoln%252C%2BJack.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Jack Lincoln - dismissed upon medical examination https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603933955906-P8WBNMA738S7FERFBKQ3/McCorkle%25252C%252BCharles.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Charles McCorkle - died July 30, 1864 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603855529286-J2GDI58YCH8SMCVQ2ETS/Minter%252C%2BGeorge.jpg Enslaved to Soldier George Minter - unknown. "This recruit was presented by his master" noted on record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603855636110-2BBEY3U97WPNJH1Z2UJT/Minter%252C%2BHenry.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Henry Minter - dismissed upon medical examination https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603890920240-F4CJ9BRPN56Z15J78ABJ/Peters%252C%2BBenjamin.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Benjamin Peters - left sick November 9, 1864, expected to have died https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603890758832-SIC0RSACRYJIR4RZ3E6O/Mosely%252C%2BMadison.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Madison Mosely - unknown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603891871771-FFNGJTZQIJZO2GRHH0XB/Pogue%252C%2BGeorge%2BW.jpg Enslaved to Soldier George W Rogue (written as Pogue)- died May 15, 1864, New Orleans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603890831822-9VHKH6EWVJ859XFPMHPP/Pence%252C%2BMarcellus.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Marcellus Pence - records seem to indicate he was brought before the Court Martial in New Orleans for failing to pay for supplies, post war location unknown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603891450011-NAALYMSI5I6UP5ZS2ZDR/Pickett%252C%2BWoodford.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Woodford Pickett - term of service ended and returned to Liberty. Possibly buried in Fairview or with his family in the enslaved section of the Pickett private cemetery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603893051527-5N3AQ9P5JCEYQA99XNTE/Robertson%252C%2BMat.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Mat Robertson - died October 10, 1864, Morganza https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603896394817-5DNQ3PL7CUM7XO8ZBO71/Tillery%252C%2BJack.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Jack Tilley (Tillery) - unknown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603895817968-3R2WHK1QGL64KD3G2535/Talbott%252C%2BRandall.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Randall Talbott - term of service ended, post war location unknown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603892300515-87OFSI9FVSM5D08ECDGW/Rice%252C%2BJerry.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Jerry Rice - term of service ended, post war location unknown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603896611484-TOXR6VGA0IJBP1T6JH2Z/Walker%252C%2BGeorge.jpg Enslaved to Soldier George Walker - died November 6, 1864 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603896997544-F44SW8SRS7FMMSRFQEGM/Welton%252C%2BJoseph.jpg Enslaved to Soldier Joseph Welton - died July 20, 1864 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603897120436-NOBUG2YPEKGCLRHVEWHN/Wilhite%252C%2BGeorge.jpg Enslaved to Soldier George Wilhite - promoted to sergeant, term of service ended, post war location unknown https://www.libertylegacymemorial.org/sacred-ground daily 0.75 2022-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1616188451934-BW6N8ZYHJUOPFJEAL0I0/360DC856-E608-26FD-1624382B1D2F3D57.jpg Sacred Ground - Precedence In 1991, construction on a federal office tower in Manhattan was halted when surveyors discovered human remains. Archaeologists soon concluded that the land was in fact a historical burial ground dating back to 1635 and contained the bodies of an estimated 15,000 enslaved and free people of African descent. During the excavation, the remains of 419 African Americans were unearthed and analyzed. Members of the African American community, historians, anthropologists, archaeologists, and city and political leaders worked together for reinterment of the remains. With the burial ground over 6 acres, graves are believed to be underneath existing roads, buildings, and other structures along Broadway. To honor the lives and legacies of all those buried in that land, a memorial was built at the site of where the 419 remains were found. That memorial is now the African American Burial Ground National Monument and demonstrates the cautious care that is necessary in erecting a memorial on hallowed ground. Our practices and methods are modeled after the work done for the National Monument and we aim to build the Legacy Memorial with the same level of integrity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603387576759-4I3AF4W5X4HZDEFAAOWW/Screen+Shot+2020-10-22+at+12.22.25+PM.png Sacred Ground - Interpreting the Data The GPR data was then cross-referenced with historic maps, records, and aerial photographs, confirming the previous existence of an old road that ran through the middle of the segregated section of the cemetery. According to the data, graves were historically plotted to the east and west of this roadway. While it is possible there were burials here prior to the roadway, the disturbance of those graves occurred when the road was built, and building on top of the existing roadway is the best way to minimize the memorial footprint. Given the age of the cemetery and the dates of the burials, the GPR report confirmed that any bodies that may be in the area for the planned memorial have decomposed and returned to the earth. In addition, the maximum digging depth for the walkway will be 8” and 36" for the two footing posts supporting the granite. This minimal depth ensures there will be no further disturbance or desecration of the souls laid to rest in the surrounding land. The pink line on the image, drawn out by the surveyors, indicates clear evidence of this former roadway and shows the location of where the memorial will be placed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603386576780-JPQNJ29UMJ18ZKLM99RX/MEMORIAL_SCANS_011.jpg Sacred Ground - Community Input Several descendants of the people buried in this sacred land still live in the Liberty area. It was vital that we sought out the input of these “pioneer families” on this project before moving forward. Representatives of the Liberty African American Legacy Memorial met with these descendants face to face, telling them of the project as well as the work that has been done to ensure, in due diligence, that no ancestor is disturbed or disrespected in this process. These descendants understood the project phases, the work done to this point, as well as the risks involved with unknown burials. Each gave hearty consent to the Legacy Memorial, signing letters to endorse the project and show their support of the memorial and its location. It was unanimously decided that the proposed location is the ideal location, as the intent is to honor, due diligence has been done, the construction methods are ethical, and the descendants have consented to the placement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1616188525798-E302N2U9QPBW3BH5J2QU/XT325237.jpg Sacred Ground - Moving Forward In March 2021, we at the African American Legacy Memorial partnered with the National Parks Conservation Association and the Coalition for American Heritage to show our support for legislation that will establish a network of African American burial grounds throughout the county. This bipartisan act, introduced by Senators Sherrod Brown (OH) and Tim Scott (SC), “directs the National Park Service (NPS) to conduct a study on ways to identify, interpret, preserve, and record historic African American burial grounds.” We are honored to have this project included in the letter of support for the African American Burial Grounds Study Act and are looking forward to the progress it will aid in the preservation of African American burial grounds and honoring those buried therein. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603386785781-9LB5TE0HESCIDMDMQX6M/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-07-17%2Bat%2B10.15.05%2BAM.jpg Sacred Ground - Ground Penetrating Radar In July 2020, the city of Liberty commissioned a team to complete ground penetrating radar (GPR), a geophysical technology that uses radio waves to detect potential subsurface disturbances in the layers of the ground. Although GPR cannot return detailed results or confirm the presence of remains, potential disturbances were revealed in the report. The Legacy Memorial Committee used the results from the GPR reports to determine the best possible location for the memorial and ensure there would be no desecration or disturbance of bodies previously interred there. https://www.libertylegacymemorial.org/photo-gallery daily 0.75 2022-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603897324320-OKGNB96W02LCMDIQDLND/XTN22820.jpg Photo Gallery - “Everybody has a legacy. Everybody was known to someone, loved by someone. These souls aren’t gone. We know right where they are. They’re here. No dust hides their glow in the road.” — Shelton Ponder https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603851555530-OA1Z9OJE9R5EOP3OJ5QU/MEMORIAL_SCANS_011.jpg Photo Gallery St. Luke’s African Methodist Episcopal Church (around 1938) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603851532976-GCP9ZLNYVDYQ96DVYWUX/img20201027_15323043.jpg Photo Gallery Mary Decoursey Slaughter with Laura Etta Slaughter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603851533038-FW565NNH0OY5TRVI7AY6/img20201027_15244136.jpg Photo Gallery Byrd, Ponder, Slaughter Families (1954) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603851622040-7UCZ19QHZLAPUE4JY2SK/MEMORIAL_SCANS_020.jpg Photo Gallery The First Baptist Mount Zion Church (about 1890) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603851602136-1VSOGKQ788T19ONXSC68/MEMORIAL_SCANS_015.jpg Photo Gallery Football Town Team, organized by Arthur Willis in 1915. Top row, left to right: Thomas Helmon, Snake Shepherd, Pete Stewart, Elza Boggess, Dave Jackson, Chester Dudley. Bottom row, left to right: Lewis Willis, Ralph Hine, Andrew “Babe” Dorsey, Arthur Willis (coach), Elisa Slaughter, Homer Porter, Jim Robinson, and (unknown first name) Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603851529303-FAWT8W2N4TXMKWI90COX/img20201027_15340271.jpg Photo Gallery Rev. William Parker (age 30) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/9f11eb0d-e3f8-489d-98db-b897eac55aa8/XTN23938.jpg Photo Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1610823317487-YCMP0MZAP1WJRY88A5F6/Screen+Shot+2021-01-16+at+12.34.10+PM.jpg Photo Gallery Ellis Lee, Angeline Williams, Andy Jackson, and Della Smith (about 1922). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/6f4e5d05-7b1a-4d77-99ad-00662825e350/XTN23952.jpg Photo Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603851560596-6SBS66JNW6U6BN0T93YF/MEMORIAL_SCANS_006.jpg Photo Gallery Clara Bell Colley and Elizabeth Colley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/c206554e-585e-42a2-af1b-b1b38b8fc24d/AliceSalleeRuff.jpg Photo Gallery Alice Sallee Ruff https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603851537519-L5IPD8A32KO0Y0AHRAAX/img20201027_15371911.jpg Photo Gallery William Ponder Jr, Shelton Ponder, Joyce Ponder, John Ponder https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603851529866-BYFH9R3U3OQ2HW9MU44U/img20201027_15295825.jpg Photo Gallery Shelton Ponder (1960) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603987491175-25CC3XANHZGSCP9F64HY/IMG_0003.jpg Photo Gallery Liberty Friends of Distinction: Vassie Willis, Sue Tag Irvin, Goldie Prince, Ella Mae Hinton, Francis Pearley McGill, Flora Hopes, Ruth Pearley Stevenston, Delcia Slaughter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603851600269-0AROSIB9O1LJ2E1XR9G0/MEMORIAL_SCANS_017.jpg Photo Gallery Rollie Humphrey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/77c9a1d6-70f5-4e23-8d05-6ed32160443b/KatieBrooks.jpg Photo Gallery Katie Brooks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603853519727-A6QNI13AUNVK51NK19AA/Screen+Shot+2020-10-27+at+9.51.35+PM.png Photo Gallery Garrison School Class of 1913: Dr. Seymore Pearley, Earl Bryant, Richard Waller, Ralph Tyrees, Aletha Houston, Clara Gantt, Katie Brooks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/6921cff0-5598-4fb1-b17a-eaf0d4458358/LauraEttaSlaughter.jpg Photo Gallery Laura Etta Slaughter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603851600871-MRHOWS8XU94UG8GXPVRP/MEMORIAL_SCANS_016.jpg Photo Gallery Liberty Athletic Club Team: Arthur Willis (coach), Thomas Kidd, Russell Shepherd, Babe Dorsey, Sterling Singleton, Thomas Willis, Pascal Stewart, Snake Shepherd, Leo Jackson (manager). Sitting, left to right: Elmer McGinnis, Dave Willis, Edward Slaughter, John Duncan, Elza Boggess, Buddy Willis, Pete Stewart, Ewing Cassall. The team went undefeated for 10 years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603851600860-JKTLEPQ93HRN15BIO5HP/MEMORIAL_SCANS_014.jpg Photo Gallery Garrison School (about 1930) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603851531128-GXQ2JAEDXCOB2L5YOKCW/img20201027_15310747.jpg Photo Gallery John Ponder https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603851560963-TQ5UZ4391NXACKUCW0CD/MEMORIAL_SCANS_004.jpg Photo Gallery Lucy Colley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1604367031654-2WN60HZQ8LPAQ6DCG7CZ/knightstemplar.jpg Photo Gallery St. Matthews Commandary Knights Templar of Liberty: Nelson Waller, Walter Monroe, George Goff, Fred Douglass, William Capps, Richard Waller, Thomas Davis, Perry Thompson, Mosses Ellett, Martin Earl, Henry Edwards, and George Johnson. This drill team is pictured at the rear of the Sandusky School in 1922 after winning the state first place award. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1406ee83-31ac-4bc6-b5bc-c6e1910dc7a0/EthelGay.jpg Photo Gallery Ethel Gay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/abd507d3-eb76-4ce0-9c31-adbda0169a92/XTN23936.jpg Photo Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/a37cfc21-fc35-4a68-bd8d-bb1764ffa04a/ClarenceParker.jpg Photo Gallery Clarence Parker (at piano) and his ragtime band https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1605034786609-88QN9VWU80S95X5M2SH5/Charlie_Lee_photo.jpg Photo Gallery Charlie Lee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1605034860130-YQ9WJARVF3J7VSY9NLFD/James_Brooks_photo.jpg Photo Gallery James Brooks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1605034925586-GZOYYN4020FYILQ4OQYI/Houstons_photo.jpg Photo Gallery Mary and Sam Houston https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1605034980396-52MX06ZGRBZ4G5W5AX28/Katie_Brooks_photo2.jpg Photo Gallery Katie Brooks at the ribbon cutting ceremony of Brooks' Landing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1605035024274-1YE9H0MDK6SO8LUPOJNX/Miss_Amy_photo.jpg Photo Gallery Miss Amy Monroe Baskett https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603851529053-ZV3WQQ702J3CWHH4CD7R/img20201027_15350852.jpg Photo Gallery Rev. William Parker (late 70s) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603851558594-DAAEOO25D16A68J0G9J5/MEMORIAL_SCANS_012.jpg Photo Gallery Garrison School (about 1880) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603851600471-7ABBVWZ1MQIA0DW73ZI1/MEMORIAL_SCANS_013.jpg Photo Gallery Garrison School (1905) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603851541609-R8XXF9SPISFAHWHZI4WB/img20201027_15422455.jpg Photo Gallery Lorena Ponder (1914) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/fc47684d-27b7-43cd-9ebb-f68c786fc0bd/Garrisonabout1883.jpg Photo Gallery Garrison School, about 1883 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603851541936-LVP6VAM2U5YODK0CVMAE/img20201027_15440759.jpg Photo Gallery William Ponder, Sr. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/dd4e0e40-3321-4e39-af9f-4961322c32bb/XTN23941.jpg Photo Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603851559741-AWHRW4RMTSD6O903H8ZB/MEMORIAL_SCANS_007.jpg Photo Gallery Mary McShear, Pearl Gantt, Lillian Gantt, Martha Bailey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603851540165-CY66IFKTZO1MWN0N1EMR/img20201027_15453181.jpg Photo Gallery Nancy Ponder and James Ponder at The Wiggle Inn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/bc5dfb6d-65d8-4dbc-b417-3d437e031f8b/XTN23953.jpg Photo Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603851560649-Q407YLNQWKMZJIQG3CNZ/MEMORIAL_SCANS_008.jpg Photo Gallery Prominent African American community leaders participate in a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603851621500-DKEJJLWV6QCCUQBBIHJS/MEMORIAL_SCANS_022.jpg Photo Gallery Clara Bell Colley with students at The Garrison School (1950s) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1603851622040-J3FS2KW41A01XO9X94GB/MEMORIAL_SCANS_021.jpg Photo Gallery Professor James Arthur Gay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1605038617535-ZZWJ1I0NIRYS40SI3GG6/Hazel_Monroe_photo.jpg Photo Gallery Hazel Monroe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1605062613692-K4PAR1GLEKYRIU7G5652/King2.jpg Photo Gallery Martin Luther King Jr celebration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/5b0b3c76-380e-4c2c-8ff9-cb6773b71829/AnnaLorenaHouston.jpg Photo Gallery Anna Lorena Houston https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/25a97b2d-7a73-4d1e-b248-0f2418dab510/XTN23942.jpg Photo Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1605062776008-016MF50B558T9QAJHHAX/Aileen_Gans_Marion_Pearley_photo.jpg Photo Gallery Aileen Gans and Marion Pearley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/9ce0d931-e0ab-4115-947b-db09d433e6b3/JamesGay.jpg Photo Gallery Professor James A. Gay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1605063146054-R0HIK0MULY2IFE7M7SDL/Garrison_3.jpg Photo Gallery Garrison School reunion and parade (1983) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1605063913506-WAQI6NLSYKMS71I4D35C/Westons_photo.jpg Photo Gallery Chris Weston and Rosa Patterson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1605063668142-9OK50KDYXLLOWF80IE7U/Cathy_Mitchell1.jpg Photo Gallery Cathy Family reunion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1618784718977-P9GYKP20BQNSVFL64P3B/BillLewis.jpg Photo Gallery Bill Lewis, "the official coon hunter of Clay County" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/5d8af266-741c-4f5d-b29a-85bf70aa2eef/XTN23946.jpg Photo Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/591ff49b-d30a-4f95-a89f-b49ce115ec6e/Dorsey_Arbelia.jpg Photo Gallery Arbelia Dorsey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/8f9410f6-fde8-4187-8440-5d7077a2df6c/0013_SlaughterBrothers.jpg Photo Gallery Slaughter Brothers: Charles, Robert, William, and Edgar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/044273f1-2771-40eb-a771-5bfe8d4aed75/Dorsey_Lum_Columbus.jpg Photo Gallery Columbus "Lum" Dorsey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/92e84062-29dc-44fa-9d00-d45c3ec24f3e/Houston_Charles_and_Flora_Dorsey.jpg Photo Gallery Charles Houston and Flora Dorsey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/f7af2542-c1a6-4793-8640-266ba183e28e/Houston_Charles_and_Murray_Ella_Houston.jpg Photo Gallery Charles Houston and Ella Houston Murray https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/8d20d8a3-44c9-43df-8be6-bc238291a515/Houston_Elvira%28Ella%29_Savage.jpg Photo Gallery Elvira (Ella) Houston https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/48b7195c-34db-4f2d-9003-64e79cae1323/Houston_James%28Jim%29_and_Houston_Mary_and_Unknown.jpg Photo Gallery James (Jim) and Mary Houston (man in bowtie unknown) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1605063466634-H5XJT1FQJUXW2O3BJMM3/Otis_Bird3.jpg Photo Gallery Otis Bird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/5ad6c3f0-ffcf-442b-8cf9-b787f4b6e6dd/Houston_Jim_and_Mary.jpg Photo Gallery Jim and Mary Houston https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/6c694815-74c4-4126-a589-74b475aa5443/Houston_Kenneth.jpg Photo Gallery Kenneth Houston https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/212e3e29-804b-433e-aa48-3128c433093b/Houston_Sam_and_MaryHelen_Woods_Harris_Wedding.jpg Photo Gallery The wedding of Sam Houston and Mary Helen Woods-Harris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1626290513598-OFD8FAKKWGBL97L50AF0/Jesse%2BE%2BDodd.%2BSr.jpg Photo Gallery Jesse E. Dodd, Sr. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/b15291e6-0f11-49d3-b58a-7ce83ac83e9b/AnnaMoore.jpg Photo Gallery Anna Moore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/5a4f0419-8560-4724-b5ff-918ec34bd2aa/0007_GarrisonReunion.jpg Photo Gallery Garrison School Reunion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1635180020218-HSDT4D2ST2Y3T0L3PDIZ/MarionLeePearley.jpg Photo Gallery Marion Lee Pearley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/40bbaf39-0f38-4780-a86b-560c30a95299/RobertSlaughter.jpeg Photo Gallery Robert Slaughter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/eeeb866c-224f-457f-bc61-416581da85c2/ViolaMaeKiddMabery.jpeg Photo Gallery Viola Mae Kidd Mabery https://www.libertylegacymemorial.org/newspapers daily 0.75 2021-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1604367697720-NAE1B3XMTJKHZNEV3YHV/Garrison_article3.jpg Newspapers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1604366631685-1LCDS6V7H3HKQF8Y8NQO/Otis_Bird2.jpg Newspapers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1605060844154-SAZOH0VC2FIG9TKZOTJN/Juneteenth4.jpg Newspapers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1605900367942-XF9V2XXKP9BT4WUPYGVD/Honors.jpg Newspapers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1604364949898-ZIYGI8532M6WC6R77K73/Garrison_1.jpg Newspapers The Garrison School reunion and parade was held Saturday. The parade wound down Main to the square and returned to the school via Water St. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1604430668502-QE6JL7YU3XWJA2D5H7W0/Rolla_Humphrey2.jpg Newspapers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1604430960003-PBBXJTWWZLH4YXPI261J/MEMORIAL_SCANS_017.jpg Newspapers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1604365526681-M5Y1003175LACK6D87X3/Garrison_article2.jpg Newspapers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1605060383570-IJVL49ES2D0UQIWD4RRV/Kwanzaa2.jpg Newspapers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1604366318731-2ASOD0ZCL1COQRWYB314/Otis_Bird3.jpg Newspapers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1605060627288-5SSHSVK8PFG1G5QDFHT6/PerrySaumel.jpg Newspapers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1605039145505-IGR100SPU3OTTEI0NL4C/Buffalo_Soldiers.jpg Newspapers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1604433064020-NHLDRD42HJQ5PLQGFADZ/Rev_Miller_photo.jpg Newspapers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1605040491126-6OSP5UBDR2R7YNMXI8DT/Hazel_Monroe.jpg Newspapers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1604365179994-HPVBOI4SHXCFG4O7NLZL/Garrison_4.jpg Newspapers The flags were unfurled Saturday on Main St. when the Black community held the Garrison School reunion and parade. The school, which dated back to the days of segregation, drew many of its friends and alumni who have gone on to many fields and locations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1605039988336-8SX142020LD9YEXXNAJ0/Westons_photo.jpg Newspapers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1605058596388-293ZC6YYBN3HWXOWCZ3L/King2.jpg Newspapers A multiracial group of about 100 persons gathered Monday on the steps of the old Clay County Courthouse on the Liberty Square to commemorate the birthday of slain civil-rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Hand-in-hand, singing “We Shall Overcome”, they marched to Liberty Junior High School and back to the square. Already a national holiday in King’s honor, Monday was declared “Martin Luther King Jr. Day” in Liberty by Mayor Glenna Todd. Marchers include: Ron Hardy, Theresa and Albert Byrd, Doris and Milton Taylor, Mary and Sam Houston, Shelton Ponder, Betty Dodd, and Sandy Crawford. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1605062221767-87Y22F9EW0RCO8XKCFV3/Children_photo.jpg Newspapers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec6e427f8005758c68aef7e/1605033824073-K2LCAAAZTPT15DER0GTC/Katie_Brooks_photo.jpg Newspapers Frank J. Kauzlarich, executive director of the Liberty Hospital Foundation, poses with Katie L. Brooks after she pledged support for the foundation’s work. 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