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Eston Hemings Jefferson (May 21, 1808 – January 3, 1856) was born into slavery at Monticello, the youngest son of Sally Hemings, a mixed-race enslaved woman. Most historians who have considered the question believe that his father was Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States. [1] Evidence from a 1998 DNA test showed that a ...
Madison Hemings, Madison Hemings recollections, Pike County Republican, 13 Mar. 1873 In 1784, Thomas Jefferson was appointed the American envoy to France; he took his eldest daughter Martha (Patsy) with him to Paris, as well as several of his slaves. Among them was Sally's elder brother James Hemings, who became a chef trained in French cuisine. Jefferson left his two younger daughters in the ...
John Joyce “Jack” Gilligan (March 22, 1921 – August 26, 2013) was an American Democratic politician from the state of Ohio who served as a U.S. Representative and as the 62nd governor of Ohio from 1971 to 1975. [1] He was the father of Kathleen Sebelius, who later served as governor of Kansas and United States Secretary of Health and ...
Madison Hemings (January 19, 1805 – November 28, 1877) was the son of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson. He was the third of Sally Hemings’ four children to survive to adulthood. [1] Born into slavery, according to partus sequitur ventrem, Hemings grew up on Jefferson's Monticello plantation, where his mother was also enslaved.
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Harriet Hemings (May 1801 – after 1822) was born into slavery at Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States, in the first year of his presidency. Most historians believe her father was Jefferson, who is now believed to have fathered, with his slave Sally Hemings, four children who survived to adulthood.
Jefferson is an unincorporated community in Wayne County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. History. Jefferson was platted on June 30, 1829, by Stephen Williams and Alexander Hutchinson. It was surveyed by George Emery. The plat and certificate recorded July 2, 1829. The community was named after Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States.
Fort Jefferson (Ohio) / 40.02556°N 84.65667°W / 40.02556; -84.65667. Fort Jefferson was a fortification erected by soldiers of the United States Army in October 1791 during the Northwest Indian War. Built to support a military campaign, it saw several years of active fighting. Today, the fort site is a historic site .