Hemings, John, 1776-1833
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- Hemings, Johnny, 1776-1833
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- found: Will of Thomas Jefferson, 1826 March 16-17:("I give also to my good servant John Hemings...freedom at the end of one year after my death....")
- found: Thomas Jefferson letter to James Dinsmore, 1810 September 26:("Johnny Hemings is just entering on a job of sash doors....")
- found: Th. Jefferson encyclopedia website, Apr.23, 2009:("John Hemings (1776-1833) was a slave and joiner at Monticello. He was the son of the slave Betty Hemings and, it was said, Joseph Neilson, one of the white housejoiners hired by Jefferson in the 1770s ... Jefferson freed John Hemings in his will, allowing him the tools from the joinery as well as the work of his two assistants. He continued to live at Monticello until 1831.")
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- 2009-05-04: new
- 2009-05-05: revised
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