excerpt from SOFAFEA newsletter - Saundra Russ Cropps, WCGS Diversity Officer and member of the South Atlantic Region of  Society of the First African Families of English America , presented at the  Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society-Triangle Chapter  on February 7. She shared the story of her Forgotten Patriot ancestor  Private Jesse Harris  and the  Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church  (from the original project collaboration with the Wake County Historical Society and Wake County Genealogical Society). Russ Cropps shared the story of her ancestor Private Jesse Harris (1762-1844), a free Black man who served for 18 months in the 10th North Carolina Regiment of the Continental Army after being hired by a "class of men" to fulfill their service obligation. Saundra Russ Cropps Black History Month is a fitting time to share both presentations from our Shiloh History Celebration in October 2025.   View both slide...