Wake Wednesday - Wake to Middle Tennessee, then North and West

As George has traced Wake migration west, he has uncovered some really fascinating stories. Today's guest post is a case in point. The continuation of the Barker families migration finds Thomas Barker in Middle Tennessee where he is part of a letter writing campaign to right a wrong done to a family known to him and his family and associates. The wrongdoer - none other than John Sevier, at the time serving as the first govenor of Tennessee. 

Barker and his family figure prominently as witnesses in the lengthy open letter written by John Powers to Gov. Sevier in August of 1804. The open letter was published in the Tennesee Gazette of Nashville, Tennessee  Read the letter for yourself and continue on to find out what becomes of Mary Lucost's family, previously free people of color, who were enslaved by John Sevier on migrating from North Carolina to middle Tennesee. 

Source

This one is a must read folks. 

Mary Lucost, the Barker Family, and Col. John Sevier (Pt 5)

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