Research tells a lot. I've always questioned Ancestry.com and other commercials speaking about "Finding your families past history." I received a free trial and thought I'd give it a chance. I couldn't loss anything so let's go.
I have come to find out where my slave name Johnson/Hinton originated from. This site took me back to England in 1148. That was as far back as the name took me but I found the name I was looking for. "Hinton". (I realize my People were not brought here as slaves yet (1148), I just wanted to see how far the name went back.) I didn't find the name of my ancestors, I found the name of our Masters, de Hynton which lead to DeHynton to Hynton and as of today we ended up in the Hinton family. Some Internet websites calls my people "slave", "African-American decent" and/or Blacks. But there were ones being real. They quoted our Masters calling us "Nigga slaves." They even went as far back as telling me the role they played on the plantation. Butlers, Farmers (field Nigga), Maids, housekeepers etc . . . But don't let that foul you.
As I worked with Ancestor.com for 4 hours and found the info, I also retreated back to a North Carolina State owned website that gives concrete history and legal info about my African People.
In 1785, an African was sold into slavery and was labeled as Major Hinton Sr.. Now don't get it twisted, the name title, Major, was not a Proud Black Military Veteran who fought as a proud man in the war, that's the name of his slave Master who fought in the Revolutionary War. His Master was Major John Hinton III (1748-1818) of Clay Hill-on-the-Neuse
My Uncle Troy doesn't look like a happy "Nigger Slave"
After born, raised and now living in NC for 42 years I've heard of the Clay Hill-on-the-Neuse. It's an area off the Neuse River. Ok. I've never thought about the spelling of the river because I have never seen the spelling. I've only heard of it without paying attention. I always thought it, as just a title, "Thinking I was hearing them saying, "Moose?, News?, or whatever?" But I have now found Heaven:
History of the Hinton Plantations, Knightdale, NC:
The two-story house was made of timber and iron nails, painted white with green shutters. It contained a porch the full length of the front. Inside were four bedrooms, a dining room, a butler's pantry, wine cellar, and a lower and upper hallway. It faced east, in front of the family gardens and graveyard. All rooms had high ceilings, hard plaster walls, and ornamented wood-work. "Now doesn't that sound like heaven?" As I read further I could smell the blood of the Neuse river and where it got it's name from. I could feel the streams of tears streaming from the trees. I saw images of mannequins, but were they playing in the trees? I heard the outcry of murder and the cheers of those who thought they were the winners. I could feel anger! It read more, "Slavery was rooted in bondage, beatings, forced labor, deprivation and death. Some of the family slaves were "Blind Jim", a groomsman, Buck, the carriage driver, and his brother, Uncle Briscoe. Old Mingo and Mammy Kizzy were captured in Africa and eventually sold to Major John Hinton. Mammy Kizzy was said to be an African princess, but worked as a dairymaid. Jeffry was said to have introduced a sweet pea to the plantation." Any other time I would laugh asking myself, "Where did they get those names from?" But I didn't. Why? As I was telling a friend about it, My Beautiful Black Sista' Kim, brought up an AWESOME point by saying, "How can they say that the fields of a Plantation looks like Heaven? But to Us it's the sight of pain and suffering which is not and never will be credited with a smile from my lips but with a sigh from my heart!" What a great point. "Now this Garden of Eden became the path of evilness." As I read further I ran across this: By the 1890s, the plantation was still in the family, owned by J. Mordecai. Although the plantation way of life was extinguished by the Emancipation Proclamation and the surrender of the Confederacy, family historian Mary Hilliard Hinton wrote that Clay Hill-on-the-Neuse was the site of "clandestine Klu Klux Klan meetings".
"I am not a hater, I'm just a realist." Now I go deeper and history just overcomes me. Whatever the future intentions of Jah-Jehovah will be, I have many questions to ask my people. I have a lot that I need to know.
(Something else that burned me was when the history mentioned the burial plots of Indians (which I call tribes of this land). But why did they have to go through this period?)
So I questioned myself, "Should I be proud of this history or should I be angry and hurt? Should I just stop studying forward?" As time goes on I'll let you know." So I shall keep you posted on my life History as research moves me forward. . . .
Major Hinton Sr., I'm more than proud to be your Great Great Grandson. Much Love, Honor and DUE Respect. May Jah Bless you well.
....and I'm off the mic!!!!".................
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