Hannah Gaskins

CbDThe African American Burke family of Washington County, Ohio, are descended from Mary (1705-?), her son Baptist Billy (1725-1794?) and his wife Hannah 1728-?), their daughter Winny Burke 1760-1828?), her son Joseph Burke (1799-1855) and his wife Hannah (Gaskins) Burke(1805-1889), all freed by Robert Carter III between 1791 and 1800. C/bD
CbDJoseph and Hannah (Gaskins) Burke brought most of their family from Prince William County, Virginia to Washington County, Ohio in November 1854. C/bD
CbDJoseph and Hannah had been "born free" in Virginia at a time when the majority of African Americans in Virginia were still enslaved. The parents of both Joseph Burke and Hannah (Gaskins) were enslaved and freed by Robert Carter III who lived at Nomini Hall Plantation in Westmoreland County, Virginia, but owned 18 seperate plantations in several Virginia counties comprising a total of 78,000 acres.C/bD
CbDTwelve of Carter's plantations were named for the Zodiac: Aquarius, Aries, Cancer, Capricorn, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Pisces, Sagittarius, Scorpio, Taurus and Virgo; plus Nomini Hall, Billinsgsgate, Coles Point, Old Ordinary and Mitchell's Spread. The 500 slaves owned by Robert Carter III were assigned to groups on each of these plantations.C/bD
CbDAt the time they were emancipated, Baptist Billy's family, including his grown daughter Winny Burke, were living at the Bull Run Quarter of the Leo Plantation which was located in Prince William County, Virginia across the county line from Leo plantation headquarters at Leesburg in Loudoun County, Virginia. CiD(Now the National Park Service Bull Run Civil War Battlefield.)C/bDC/iD
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